“Following your passion” key to success

AASV Foundation Live & Silent Fundraising Auctions
Monday, March 2, 2015
AASV 2015 Annual Meeting
Orlando, Florida

The donation period for the 2015 AASV Foundation fundraising auction has closed, and it's clear that members heeded auction committee chairman Dr. Daryl Olsen's advice to "Follow your passion!" Check out the auction item listing and you'll see that contributions reflect members’ passions for photography, quilting, knitting, hunting, fishing, sporting events, local artisans, antiques, and – of course - pigs!

Now it's time to demonstrate YOUR passion for the profession by bidding on the items! Proceeds from the auction enable funding for AASV Foundation programs, including:

  • Administering endowments for the Howard Dunne and Alex Hogg Memorial Lectures
  • Administering the Hogg Scholarship for a swine veterinarian pursuing an MS or PhD
  • Administering funding for Veterinary Student Scholarships
  • Co-sponsoring travel stipends for veterinary students attending the AASV Annual Meeting
  • Providing swine externship grants to veterinary students
  • Funding swine research with direct application to the profession
  • Administering funding for the National Pork Industry Foundation Internship Stipends
  • Providing support for Heritage Videos
  • Funding AASV student interns

You don't have to be present at the auction to bid! Contact the AASV office (aasv@aasv.org, 515-465-5255) to place your bid(s).

AASV Foundation Auction Committee:

Daryl Olsen, chair
Matt Anderson
Butch Baker
John E. Baker
Joe Connor
Scanlon Daniels
Tom Gillespie
Peggy Anne Hawkins
Darrell Neuberger
Max Rodibaugh
Larry Rueff
Tom Wetzell
Warren Wilson