ready, set, go!

Good afternoon fair-goers, friends, and veterinary enthusiasts!

As the Michigan fair season is just around the corner, you'll be very excited to hear that the Healthy Pet Surgical Suite team is once again busy preparing the exhibit for its 2009 debut! Your 2009 student coordinators (Christina and "the other Ryan") will be testing out the waters at the Croswell Agricultural Society Fair, July 9-11 (that's only one month and six days away, not that we're counting)!

Christina (light blue bandana) and Ryan (white bandana) with their vet-school dodgeball teammates!

Ryan, Marcia (a fellow veterinary student), and Christina enjoying Sonic ice cream at the Veterinary Symposium

We (Ryan and Christina: see our pictures above!) have been working very hard to get the exhibit ready for you, and we've added a few improvements and new demonstrations that you'll certainly want to check out! We have recieved a plethora of resources and advice from the MVMA and the 2008 student coordinators (thank you!), and we think we have everything we need to make the 2009 HPSS the greatest show on earth!
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As you are reading this, we are collecting and assembling all sorts of creatures, instruments, and awesome veterinary displays. We would like to thank our many friends at the College of Veterinary Medicine (CVM) for letting us use their amazingly fun learning materials! We think its awesome that our professors are just as excited as we are to bring the very best and most interesting specimens to all of you (who don't get to see them every day like we do)!

We would like to keep you posted on our progress as we travel throughout the wonderful state of Michigan this summer (and as we get ready to do so). Be sure to check back for more exciting updates here, and also to check out the HPSS website! We can't wait to meet you!