The Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine in January received a $2.5 million donation from Travis and Anne Engen, bringing the school closer to its $5 million fundraising goal for the Henry and Lois Foster Hospital for Small Animals (FHSA).
In raising $5 million by the end of the year, Senior Director of Development and Alumni Relations at the Cummings School Ana Alvarado said the school would receive the $2.5 million challenge gift from the Amelia Peabody Charitable Fund, bringing renovation funds to about $8 million.
The Peabody grant has been a huge boost to our fundraising campaign," Alvarado told the Daily in an email. "Because of the Amelia Peabody Charitable Trust's support, the Cummings School is able to maximize every dollar that comes in this year as a result of the two-to-one matching grant ... The Engens' gift of $2.5 million gets us halfway toward reaching that goal."
According to Alvarado, the renovation plans include adding resources that benefit FHSA patients and clients, which is one of the school's teaching hospitals.
"The goal of the hospital renovation is to reshape our teaching hospitals into the Northeast's most advanced treatment and education center," Alvarado said. "Phase I improvements will add 25 percent more state-of-art exams rooms
