Registration Now Open: Salt Lake City, Midvale and Sunset Veterinary Clinics to Provide Free Eye Exams to Local Service & Working Animals through the ACVO® and StokesRx Annual Event in May
Registration form available on www.ACVOEyeExam.org from April 1 - 30
MERIDIAN, Idaho (April 5, 2018) – Registration for the annual ACVO®/StokesRx National Service Animal Eye Exam event is now open to Service and Working Animal owners and handlers at www.ACVOEyeExam.org. Along with hundreds of other board certified veterinary ophthalmologists across the U.S., Canada and Puerto Rico, the following clinics will provide Service and Working Animals with free eye exams this May:
The American College of Veterinary Ophthalmologists (ACVO) is an approved veterinary specialty organization of the American Board of Veterinary Specialties that board certifies veterinarians as ophthalmologists. The organization developed the ACVO/StokesRX National Service Animal Eye Exam event in 2008, and since its inception, nearly 60,000 Service and Working Animals have received free screening eye exams — including approximately 7,500 in 2017 during the 10th Anniversary event.
Honor, a three-year-old yellow lab Service Dog trained by Freedom Dogs in San Diego, received her first free eye exam during the ACVO/StokesRx National Service Animal Eye Exam event in the 2017 10th Anniversary event (picture can be found here). Like many Service Dogs, Honor works loyally each day to help her handler, Marine, Cpl. TJ Melhus, with tasks such as, medication retrieval, retrieval of dropped items, blocking people from approaching, alerting of people approaching from behind, and redirecting anxiety attacks through pressure from her chin.
“It was so important for Honor to take part in the ACVO/StokesRx National Service Animal Eye Exam event for the first time in 2017,” said Katie Stoll, Honor’s trainer/puppy raiser at Freedom Service Dogs. “The free eye exams provide Service Animal handlers with the comfort of knowing their animals are healthy — sight is an asset these dogs use each day to keep their handlers safe.”
More than 300 board certified veterinary ophthalmologists throughout the U.S., Canada and Puerto Rico will donate their time and resources to provide free screening exams to Service and Working Animals in May. In addition to dogs, other Service or Working Animals including horses, miniature horses, donkeys, alpacas and cats can receive free sight-saving exams.
The goal of the ACVO/StokesRx National Service Animal Eye Exam event is to provide as many free screening exams as possible to eligible Service and Working Animals. The following types of Working or Service Animals may qualify: guide, handicapped assistance, detection, military, search and rescue, and current, registered therapy animals – all whom selflessly serve the public.
This year’s event is sponsored by ACVO® and Stokes Pharmacy, as well as several generous industry sponsors. Participating board certified ophthalmologists volunteer their services, staff and facilities at no charge for Service and Working Animals and their owners/agents to participate in the event.
HOW TO REGISTER FOR THE 2018 EVENT:
To qualify, Service and Working Animals must be “active working animals” that have been trained through a formal training program or organization, or are currently enrolled in a formal training program. The training organization could be national, regional or local in nature. More qualification details are available here. Owners/agents for the animal(s) must FIRST register the animal via an online registration form beginning April 1 at www.ACVOeyeexam.org. Registration ends April 30. Once registered online, the owner/agent will receive a registration number and will be allowed access to a list of participating ophthalmologists. Then, they may contact a specialist to schedule an appointment, which will take place during the month of May. Times may vary depending on the facility and are filled on a first-come, first-served basis, so owners/agents are encouraged to register and make appointments early.
About the American College of Veterinary Ophthalmologists®
The American College of Veterinary Ophthalmologists® (ACVO®) is an approved veterinary specialty organization of the American Board of Veterinary Specialties, and is recognized by the American Veterinary Medical Association. Its mission is “to advance the quality of veterinary medicine through certification of veterinarians who demonstrate excellence as specialists in veterinary ophthalmology.” To become board certified, a candidate must successfully complete a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree, a one-year internship, a three-year ACVO® approved residency and pass a series of credentials and examinations. For more information, please visit www.ACVO.org.
About Stokes Pharmacy
Stokes Pharmacy is a national, full-service compounding pharmacy specializing in the art and science of the custom formulation of prescription medicines for humans and animals. Leading the way in innovation, Stokes invites veterinarians to prescribe compounded medications online securely, quickly, and accurately via iFill, a cloud-based prescription management system. For more information, visit stokesrx.com.
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Hemp, Inc. Announces CEO Bruce Perlowin as Speaker on First-Ever Hemp Panels at Black Communities Conference in North Carolina
SPRING HOPE, NC, April 19, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --Hemp, Inc. (OTC PINK: HEMP), a global leader in the industrial hemp industry with the largest multipurpose industrial hemp processing facility in the western hemisphere, announced today that the Company’s CEO Bruce Perlowin will be speaking at the Black Communities Conference on Monday, April 23, 2018 at the Carolina Theatre in Durham, North Carolina and at the afternoon workshop at the NC Biotechnology Center in the Research Triangle Park. He will join other industry experts on three of the event’s first-ever hemp panels, discussing the business of hemp, the overall industry and plant genetics.
“We are honored to participate in the first-ever hemp panels and to guide this new conversation topic at the conference,” said Hemp, Inc. CEO Bruce Perlowin. “The state of North Carolina is quickly becoming the center of the industrial hemp industry and we are excited to be a part of its growth both on a regional and national level.”
Conference organizers created discussion opportunities about industrial hemp at this year’s event due to increased demand for hemp education from local farmers. Hemp, Inc. wholly-owned subsidiary Hemp University, LLC offers industrial hemp educational programs for farmers in North Carolina throughout the year, making Perlowin’s participation in this high-in-demand event a natural fit. The hemp industry is projected to grow 700% and hit $1.8 billion by 2020, according to Hemp Business Journal. Perlowin’s complete speaking schedule at the conference can be found below.
11:00 a.m. - The Hemp Industry: Avoiding Pitfalls
2:30 p.m. - Seeds, Plant Genetics, Testing and Monetizing Your Crops
As part of Hemp, Inc.’s ongoing expansion of its operations, the Company announced on March 7, 2018, that it was set to grow 25,000 acres of industrial hemp this year, thus further positioning North Carolina as the epicenter of the industrial hemp industry. In addition, the Company announced March 13, 2018, its long-term strategy to build the world’s largest hemp oil extraction infrastructure by creating joint ventures with multiple companies to house and operate their CBD extraction equipment in its 85,000-square foot facility in Spring Hope, North Carolina. The first company of these joint ventures is HQ Global Education, Inc. (OTC: HQGE), a scientific research development company.
The Hemp panel and workshop sponsored by RGJ and urbanforce™ is hosted by The Institute for African American Research and NCGrowth. The Black Communities Conference connects academic researchers and Black Communities across North America to create new collaborations, as well as help to document, safeguard and enhance the life of these communities.
For more information about the conference and to view the entire agenda, please visit http://blackcommunities.unc.edu/index.php/static-agenda/.
ABOUT HEMP, INC.
With a deep-rooted social and environmental mission at its core, Hemp, Inc. seeks to build a business constituency for the American small farmer, the American veteran, and other groups experiencing the ever-increasing disparity between tapering income and soaring expenses. As a leader in the industrial hemp industry with ownership of the largest commercial multi-purpose industrial hemp processing facility in North America, Hemp, Inc. believes there can be tangible benefits reaped from adhering to a corporate social responsibility plan.
SOCIAL NETWORKS
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"Hemp, Inc. Presents" is capturing the historic, monumental re-creation of the hemp decorticator today as America begins to evolve into a cleaner, green, eco-friendly sustainable environment. What many see as the next American Industrial Revolution is actually the Industrial Hemp Revolution. Watch as Hemp, Inc., the No. 1 leader in the industrial hemp industry, engages its shareholders and the public through each step in bringing back the hemp decorticator as described in the "Freedom Leaf Magazine" article "The Return of the Hemp Decorticator" by Steve Bloom.
"Hemp, Inc. Presents" is accessible 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, by visiting www.hempinc.com. To subscribe to the "Hemp, Inc. Presents" YouTube channel, be sure to click the subscribe button.
UPCOMING INTERNATIONAL AND DOMESTIC EVENTS
Across the globe, the hemp industry is rising to astronomical levels. In the wake of the hemp industry projected to grow 700% and hit $1.8 billion by 2020, there has been more education and networking within the industry. That means more events and conferences, thus, Hemp, Inc. has started compiling an ongoing list of upcoming hemp events around the world. Check out the listing of international and domestic events here.
FORWARD-LOOKING DISCLAIMER AND DISCLOSURES
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Movement organization inspired by Sen. Bernie Sanders calls on Canadian Prime Minister to stop the development of the Trans Mountain Pipeline
WASHINGTON, DC, UNITED STATES, April 20, 2018 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Our Revolution, the movement organization inspired by Sen. Bernie Sanders, on Friday called on Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to stop the development of the Trans Mountain Pipeline. On Monday, Trudeau announced that the Canadian government would enter talks with Texas-based company Kinder Morgan to use government support for Kinder Morgan as it seeks to build the biggest tar sands pipeline on earth. The proposed Trans Mountain Pipeline would ship up to 890,000 barrels of tar sands oil a day from Alberta to the coast. The pipeline and tanker project could lead to the same climate warming impacts as 34 million cars a year.
Deborah Parker, Our Revolution Board Member and former vice chair of the Tulalip Tribes of Washington state denounced Trudeau's actions saying, “We are concerned the rights of Tribal Sovereign Nations are threatened by the Trans Mountain Pipeline. The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous people requires free, prior and informed consent which this pipeline project does not have. The Trans Mountain pipeline poses a grave threat to our environment not just for today, but well into the future. Prime Minister Trudeau must respect rights of indigenous populations and respect the laws in place to protect their land from degradation.”
Jane Kleeb, Board Member of Our Revolution commented, “Instead of continuing to subsidize fossil fuels and line the pockets of Big Oil and Gas, while decimating First Nations' treaty rights and landowners' property rights, we are calling on the Prime Minister to stop the Trans Mountain Pipeline and invest in renewable energy. We need to enact stronger protections for our climate, land, and water."
Jim Hightower, Board Member of Our Revolution also weighed in, asking, "Why do politicians keep kowtowing to greedy global giants like Kinder Morgan? It's time they stop sacrificing our public health, Tribal sovereignty, small businesses, and entire ecosystems just so Big Oil bullies and pipeline profiteers can squeeze another dollar out of Mother Nature."
Sen. Nina Turner, President of Our Revolution stated, “In America and Canada, it is outrageous that fossil fuel corporations are using public funds to bail out projects that hurt people. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau can be the leader the world needs to act on climate, respect Indigenous rights, and stop this pipeline project once and for all."
The world expects more from Justin Trudeau. In the time of Trump, we need leaders willing to stand-up to the fossil fuel industry, not more politicians ready to bow down to it. In a time of climate crisis, no politician should be using public funds to bail out a failing fossil fuel project. Our Revolution is committed to standing against Trans Mountain, Dakota Access, Keystone XL, and all North American pipelines that threaten our land and water. Our Revolution was active in the fight to stop the Dakota Access pipeline, raising more than $200,000 to support the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and collecting nearly 250,000 petition signatures to oppose construction of the pipeline.
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Diane May
Our Revolution
(317) 292-2922
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