Petco Love Launches New Nonprofit Veterinary Technician Scholarship Fund
SAN ANTONIO, March 5, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The Registered Veterinary Technician (RVT) shortage has become a significant hurdle in ensuring that pets most in need receive the attention and care they deserve. Petco Love, a national nonprofit organization, is taking a proactive approach to tackle this issue by launching the Petco Love Registered Veterinary Technician Scholarship Fund with Penn Foster, an innovative online learning provider. This scholarship fund aims to address the growing concerns surrounding lack of access to care by increasing the number of registered veterinary technicians serving the most vulnerable pets, those at animal shelters, and those whose pet parents struggle financially.
- Petco Love , a national nonprofit organization, is taking a proactive approach to tackle this issue by launching the Petco Love Registered Veterinary Technician Scholarship Fund with Penn Foster, an innovative online learning provider.
- The Petco Love RVT Scholarship Fund at Penn Foster bridges the gap in the nonprofit veterinary workforce shortage by supporting approximately 100 candidates currently working in animal welfare organizations who aspire to become credentialed veterinary technicians.
- Applications for a scholarship will be made by the nonprofit or municipal animal sheltering organizations or veterinary clinics to Petco Love.
- "Penn Foster's online Veterinary Technician Associate Degree program has full accreditation with the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA), meaning that learners can pursue a veterinary technician career after passing the VTNE.