I am so grateful to Riedel & Cody! My kitty baby & bestfriend was diagnosed with HSA in October 2018. We began chemotherapy and I applied for a grant with Riedel & Cody. In December, my girl had a terrifying pancreatitis attack and her kidney levels shot up. Soon after, I found out that I was awarded a grant with Riedel & Cody! But we could no longer continue chemotherapy because of too much risk to kidney levels. I was disappointed, but I reached back out to Riedel & Cody, and they allowed me to put my grant toward holistic treatment my Diddles is now receiving. I am so thankful for this organization, for helping me help my bestfriend. Thank you Riedel & Cody!
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THANK YOU to The Riedel & Cody Fund for their support with Penny's cancer treatment. Penny was a foster fail through Adopt A Golden Knoxville after having a rough start to her life. She has been living the golden life for about 3 years but was recently was diagnosed with a tumor on her heart! We are so grateful to The Riedel & Cody Fund for supporting us with Penny's treatment costs! We cannot say thank you enough and hope to get Penny's cancer under control so she can fetch sticks from the lake all summer long!
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The Riedel & Cody Fund is truly a blessing. When we found out that they were willing to help us out with the radiation treatment costs for our chug, Max, we were left speechless. The community you've all created and the financial help generated by every individual and organization is astounding, heart warming, and extremely humbling. We can't THANK YOU enough for all of your help and support. It means the world to our family. With gratitude, sincerity and well wishes, Jon, Angela and Max
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My name is Jerry and the cute pup that I am holding is Thor. He has bone cancer. The cancer was first noticed in his leg and that leg had to be removed. I managed to pay for that myself through my savings and 401k. I needed more help so I applied for a fund donation from the Riedel and Cody Fund. They gave me a grant to help with cost of taking care of Thor. He goes back to the animal hospital every couple of months for x-rays and a blood test. Thor is almost 9 months post-op and his last x-ray and blood test came back normal. I cannot thank the people at the Riedel and Cody Fund enough for their grant. They helped me save Thor.
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It is with a very heavy heart that our family had to say goodbye to Toby Friday July 8. He went over the rainbow bridge after an almost year long battle with Cushings disease and cancer. He quickly went into remission but a huge abdominal mass snuck up on him and it did not respond to treatment. Toby fought hard until the end and was a trooper but he stopped eating and it was time to let go. He was our big teddy bear!!
He would be so excited and run towards you like a bull in a china shop but then stop short and lick you to pieces!! Shower done!! He was a true gentle giant! His best buddy was a little 10lb furbaby down the block named Emily and her little sister named Gracie. He got to say goodbye to them today before we left for the vet as they just happened to be walking by around 8am...that was God lining up his last day to be just right. He had a good couple of last weeks; long walks, a trip to the dog park and swimming in the lake.
We are going to terribly miss our big Chocolate Chesapeake, but he's hanging out at the Rainbow Bridge waiting for us and we will see him again soon. His til wagged until the absolute last second.
Thank you mostly for the extremely generous funding the Riedel and Cody Fund provided.in addition to the well wishes and words of encouragement during this hard time. This granted us an additional year with our child Toby to spend with him. .
Forever gratefully,
The Ericksens
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I give my deepest gratitude to the Riedel and Cody Fund for helping my 3 year old pitbull, Bentley, recieve the chemotherapy treatments he needed for his cancer. He was diagnosed with histiocytic sarcoma in February 2016, became part of the tripawd club in April 2016 started his chemotherapy sessions soon after, and became cancer free and started remission October 2016. I applied to R&C shortly after finding out his diagnosis and it didn't take long before I heard from them to gather more information to complete Bentleys file. They let us know about the grant in time to pay for his remaining chemo treatments and he is now cancer FREE! It wouldn't have been possible without the help of Riedel and Cody Fund.
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When Mr Nash, my hearing service dog was diagnosed with Osteosarcoma and given only 3 months to live, I was heart broken. He has given me so much over the years, I knew I had to do everything I could to improve his chances. After many tests and doctors we found a teaching hospital that had a great deal of success with Radiation treatments and Chemo Therapy to length life expectancy, and improve quality of life. Obviously the treatment was going to be very costly. My family and I had several local fund raisers to assist Mr Nash in his treatment costs, and sought the help of Riedel and Cody as well. Without the assistance of Riedel and Cody treatment would not have been possible.
I am happy to report that as of now Mr Nash is alive and well, 9 months past his initial life expectancy quote. His bone cancer has stopped growing and has even shrunk in size. To date the cancer has not moved to any other part of his body, and he is happy and energetic. He is still receiving on going treatment, of which Riedel and Cody continue to provide assistance with the costs. We cannot thank Riedel and Cody enough for being there for our family and Mr Nash during our time of need. I will forever be grateful that I could provide Mr Nash with the care he needed and deserved!
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I can't say enough good things about RCF. When I thought all hope was lost on the most important being in my life, I hit rock bottom. That's when RCF came in. Like a superhero they picked me up and put me back on track again. I never knew anything like RCF ever existed. What they did for me and my family was incredible. Not only did they financially help us out, they gave us back our hope. Helping us in more ways then they even know. And I can't thank them enough.
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My Fur Baby Penny (Dog).............My Best Friend My Girl More than That.........She was Loved By all......Penny had cancer money was going fast ......Nevog Cancer Treatment For Pets..........Reached out to various places for help with my expenses for Penny............A True Blessing...Happened....A Grant Came from Riedel and Cody............Not a Day Goes by ..that i dont think of all the help and support to me and my girl,,that Riedel and Cody ............gave us not only funds..they really know how it is to see your dog have an illness,,,,,,,,,,,that may last go up and down...my little girl lasted 4 years with cancer...............i would not have had that xtra time with penny..if it wasnt for their funds...........i wish i could give them all the money in the world...for what they did for me and penny...............giving from heart........memory of my baby girl penny.................i miss her so..........
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RiedelCody came to Tobias & now Willey's rescue like the Calvary. Without RiedelCody Willey & Tobias would not have had the much needed life saving treatments they received. RiedelCody is a blessing and I thank G-d for them every day.
Sherry Drasin
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The Riedel and Cody Fund helped me during an intense time of need when my dog was diagnosed with malignant cancer. The bills were piling up quick and I felt helpless until Riedel and Cody came along with a generous grant that helped put my dog in remission. He is doing great today and I couldn't have done it without this organization. Thank you!
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The Riedel & Cody Fund was the only nonprofit organization that helped contribute to Tuxedo's $6K Cancer Treatment. Shortly after his 4th birthday, Tuxedo was diagnosed with Stage 4, B-Cell Lymphoma. I only had a matter of weeks to come up with a plan to start him on Chemotherapy Treatment.
I couldn't afford the entire cost being a full time student & working only part time, this was financially difficult & put a lot of doubt about trying to give Tuxedo a second chance at life. However, the Riedel & Cody Fund were the only ones who helped give Tuxedo that chance to fight for his life.
Words cannot express the gratitude & relief I had having them by our side and helping us by contributing to his Chemotherapy Treatment. Now, Tuxedo is "Cancer Free" (in remission) and is enjoying the rest of his youth to the fullest. I'm grateful to have their organization lend a hand to someone who was struggling to give their pet a fighting chance. Thank you to The Riedel & Cody Fund. Tuxedo thanks you too!
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I had lost all my pets, my mom, my sister and my health all in a 3 year period. I was devasted. I had one little kitty left to comfort me and she came down with a treatable form of cancer, but i needed help to pay for treatment. Someone told me about Riedel & Cody at the vet hospital and within 2 weeks i had the money to start helping my kitty, Bali.
Me and Bali are forever grateful to Lorin, the staff and all the members of Riedel and Cody for they helped her, which helped me and when I get well I'll be able to do more to help others.
If you can, please donate to these great people that are making such a big impact!
Sincerely, Jerialice
The Riedel and Cody Fund was instrumental in helping me get my beloved dog Madeline her chemotherapy care in 2013. I applied for assistance through their on line application and within 1 month, I was notified they would be giving me a 2500$ grant for her cancer treatment. This was a monumental day! Madeline is a rescued Pit bull that came to me after she was dumped at age 6, at a local shelter. She came to me with mast cell cancer. I was able to pay for her initial surgeries but when the cancer came back more aggressively, her vet said chemotherapy was a must in order to try to get her into remission. The cost was 400$ a month. I am a single woman with an income that could not easily support that kind of regular expense. The Riedel and Cody assistance gave Madeline 6 months of consistent chemotherapy care and put her into remission. There are not enough ways to say thank you to this wonderful organization. My dogs are my children as I have no human ones. I rescue them from shelters or the streets - and to be able to give them the love, devotion and best care is my greatest gift to them. I am so grateful to this group for helping support my Madeline.
Very disappointing experience.
Communication non existent, you can write email after email and no response.
They use picture of your pet on their website under category "Granted" as if they really did something to help. To be clear Granted = we take your application no actual financial help nor email informing about status of your application, complete silence.
All it is they collect your personal info, use your pets picture and you can only wonder what do they do with your information.
RCF ED 08/23/2017
It's sad to read a review like this one. We communicate with our applicants many times per day and, as seen by other reviews, we've had supportive and grateful grant recipients. Do we have to say "no" more than "yes"? Of course we do – and while most people understand that we can't fund everyone some don't. We've funded over $300,000 for lifesaving cancer treatments to save cherished companions around the country. Because cancer doesn't recognize holidays or weekends we manage our charity 365. Anyone who has questions or concerns after reading the above review is welcome to contact us for a complete overview of our processes and mission achievements to date.