Chester visits Howell Veterinary Care Center!
Here is Chester's story...Chester is from Mrs Mills Class at St. Peters School. Each child is to take Chester home for 4 days. While the children have Chester, they are to keep a journal and take pictures of what Chester did and where he went with that child. After every child has taken Chester home, the class will put all the journals together with the pictures that were taken on Chester's journey. This journal and Chester will then go to an Art auction and will be auctioned off to raise money to benefit the school for things needed.
On this page you will find Community Events that we have participated in. We believe that it is important to be involved in the community and although we don't have any pictures of some events, believe us when we say that we've all had a great time with everyone that we have come in contact with!
Dr. Howell is very active in the Richmond Rotary where he has been past President. He is also currently serving as Vice President on the Richmond Community School Board.
Tammy currently represents Howell Veterinary Care Center in the Richmond Area Chamber of Commerce.
On August 25 2006, the girls from Howell Veterinary Care Center, Sarah, Kim, Samantha and Tammy, participated in the 1st Richmond Area Chamber of Commerce Ladies Night, which was a scavenger hunt that sent us to local businesses throughout the community searching for clues that would win someone a prize! At the end of the scavenger hunt, we would all end up at Beebe Street Park looking for a photographer that was there taking everyone's pictures as they finished the hunt. Everyone in the scavenger hunt later gathered at Brengmans Inn Land for some cocktails and to win their prizes. We won 1st prize for the karaoke contest and Sarah later won the luscious lips contest, winning a bag of lipstick and a pair of inflatable lips! We had a great time and can't wait until next years Ladies Night 2007!
On September 10 2006, we participated in the Richmond Good Old Days Parade, walking the sidewalks passing out Fortune cookies and dog treats while chatting with Richmond residents about our new Care Center.
School/Community Events
Dr. Howell sponsors a 4-H trophy at Goodells Fair
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On August 9 2006, Dr. Howell, Sarah, Kim, Samantha and Tammy attended the Annual Chamber Event held at Maniaci's Banquet Hall were we were able to mingle with area business owners while enjoying the terrific food layout that was beyond our imagination!
On December 6, 2006, the girls at Howell Veterinary Care Center went to the Chamber of Commerce Annual Christmas Party at the beautiful Goldenhawk Banquet Center. The food was delicious and a great time was had by us all.
On June 12, 2007, Girl Scout Troop # 383 came in to take a little tour of our Care Center. We told the girls our names and described our duties in the Care Center. Sarah and Kim then walked them through the Care Center and showed them pictures of different proceedures and explained each picture and what was being done. After their tour was finished, Dr. Howell talked to the girls and showed them fun x-rays and several educational specimens. We ended the tour with some snacks and a group picture. The girls visit here earned them a badge and some insight on what goes on in a veterinary clinic.
On August 8, 2007 Samantha, Kim, Julie and Tammy participated in the Richmond Area Chamber of Commerce August Event which was held at the beautiful Goldenhawk Banquet Center. We had a great time chatting with area business owners and, once again, the food was excellent!!
Richmond Good Old Days Parade 2007
We had the BEST time! This year we were actually IN the parade! Thanks to Denise Misson for letting us use her Hummer, we had sirens, horns, lights and a great stereo system! We had so much fun interacting with the crowd! We're sorry to all the kids who were waving their little arms off looking for us to throw candy, unfortunatly, we ran out of candy less than half way through the parade! Next year we'll know better! We did have plenty of dog bones to throw out to our furry friends! The reactions of pet owners, and kids waiting for candy, who were thrown doggie bones for their pets (instead of candy) was PRICELESS! We'll be looking forward to seeing you, your family and your pet at the Richmond Good Old Days Parade 2008!! To see our decorated Hummer, you can Click Here!
On September 27, 2007 the girls from Howell Veterinary Care Center, Sarah, Kim, Samantha, Julie and Tammy, participated in the 2nd Richmond Area Chamber of Commerce Ladies Night. It started out at the beautiful Golden Hawk Banquet Center with dinner. We then started out on our hunt to local businesses for clues and interesting challenges. We then ended the night at Seaway Bank for the most amazing dessert layout ever! This year, Kim won the luscious lips contest, walking away with a gift bag full of lip products from Mary Kay Cosmetics, and each of us won some great gifts, which were donated by local businesses, in a ticket raffle at the end of the evening. We all enjoyed ourselves so much that we can't wait for next years Ladies Night 2008!
On January 8, 2008, Junior Girl Scout Troop # 541 came in to take a tour of our Care Center. We told the girls our names and described our duties in the Care Center. Sarah, Kim and Julie then walked them through the Care Center and showed them pictures of different proceedures and explained each picture and what was being done. After their tour was finished, Dr. Howell talked to the girls and showed them fun x-rays and several educational specimens. We ended the tour with some snacks and a group picture. The girls visit here earned them a badge and some insight on what goes on in a veterinary clinic.
Click here to see Junior Girl Scout Troop #541 visit.
On December 4, 2008, Daisy Girl Scout Troop # 30473 took a tour of our Care Center. We showed the girls some pictures of what we do around the Care Center to help take care of their pets. We also showed them specimen samples that totally grossed them out and talked about fecals and the parasites we sometimes find in stool, the girls were amazed by this! They were able to see the boarding facility where they saw some dogs and cats who were boarding at the time. After the tour, we treated them to some cookies and juice boxes. At that time their troup leader passed out toy puppies, Band-Aids and vet wrap so each girl could care for their own sick puppies. They were also awarded one of their Daisy flower petals for friendliness and helpfulness and also received their vet patch. To see pictures of Daisy Girl Scout Troup # 30473, Click here!
On September 14, 2008 the Richmond Good Old Days Parade took place. We didn't participate in the parade this year because of restrictions that were made by the Parade Committee. We did walk around the festival grounds shopping at the vendor displays and meeting new people and their pets and letting them know about Howell Veterinary Care Center. We are already thinking about what we're going to do next year on parade day and decided that no matter what we do, we'll always have fun!!
On October 2, 2008 the HVCC girls, Sarah, Julie, Jessica, Lianna, DeAnn and Tammy, participated in the 3rd Richmond Area Chamber of Commerce Ladies Night.
We decided this year to come up with a team name for ourselves so from now on any events we participate in, we will be "Team Awesome"!
We started out at the First Methodist Church in Richmond with dinner of pizza and salad. We were then assigned a starting point and were able to start as soon as we were finished eating. We then were off to start our scavenger hunt to area businesses. We had to do things like karaoke, to the tune of YMCA, we completed the chicken dance at the dance studio, (who knew that song was sooooo long!!) and we also decorated balloons and had to walk the street with them! We had more time to complete our tasks this year but were unable to do so! Maybe we stayed in some places too long?
We then ended our fun evening at Seaway Bank for an amazing layout of desert and punch. We really didn't win any contest this year but we all received some nice door prizes that were donated by area businesses.
We had so much fun this year that we're already looking forward to the Ladies Night 2009! To see our Team Awesome picture, you can Click here!
On December 11, 2008, Tammy was awarded a Certificate of Appreciation from the Richmond Area Chamber of Commerce for being the Leader of the Largest Team Participating Since 2006 in the Ladies Nite Out and a Gift Certificate for H&R Block. How nice is that!! Thank you so much! Go Team Awesome!!
On March 16, 2009, Daisy Girl Scout Troup # 30603 took a tour of our facility. We shared with the girls some pictures of what is done around the Care Center on a daily basis to care for our furry friends. They were able to see our boarding dogs and cats. After the tour the LVT's answered many questions about anything the girls could think of. They were awarded one of their Daisy flower petals for friendliness and helpfulness. To see pictures of Daisy Girl Scout Troup # 30603, Click here!
On October 1, 2009, The HVCC girls, Sarah, Julie, Jessica and Tammy participated in the 4th Richmond Area Chamber of Commerce Ladies Night.
We started out at St. Peters Lutheran Church with dinner and some games to earn a stamp on our punch card.
We then traveled throughout the town to local businesses to do tasks to complete our punch card, which we were unable to complete again this year. We started out at the Dairy Queen, they supplied us with some free new drinks that they were promoting that gave us the sugar buzz to move extra fast and extra funny! We had to do things like insurance bingo, karaoke with some bubble blowing, (this was the funniest event that took place all night as we had Julie dancing like a fairy through all the bubbles we were blowing!) We also had to paint some fake fingernails that were put up for a prize. We ended the night doing some Yoga and found out that some of us are really not as coordinated as we may have thought!
The evening ended with an afterglow party at the Seaway Bank. We drew tickets for prizes, Sarah won a Halloween stuffed animal and Tammy won a little manicure bag with some goodies in it. We found out about a week later that we also won a $10 gift certificate to Chaps for answering all the Ladies Night trivia questions AND getting them all right!
Again, we had a great time and are looking forward to Ladies Night 2010!!!
On March 25, 2010, Brownie Troop # 30185 was here to visit the Care Center. The tour started out with Sarah showing the girls/boys our exam room and some of the things the Dr. uses to examine the pets we see, then they were off to the lab where Julie explained about what we look for under the microscope. The girls/boys then went to the treatment area where Sarah explained how we administer vaccines and take radiographs. Then they were off to the water table where the dentals are done, Julie explained the process of administering anesthesia so the dentals could be done. After that, they stood in the surgery room where Sarah explained to them how we do our surgeries and showed pictures of a surgery that had been done. After that was done, we took the girls into the kennel area where we explained to them that dogs and cats board with us and how we care for them while they are here. To wrap it up, we showed the girls/boys some interesting radiographs and had them guess what was going on in the x-ray. They, then were able to see some specimen samples of teeth, tumors, ticks, monitor lizard eggs, fecal parasites and a bunch of other interesting samples that were on hand including a Burmese Python skin that was 15-20 ft long! The girls were then served cookies and drinks for their snack before they had to leave and then they all posed for a nice group picture! To see the pictures of the tour, CLICK HERE!
