In March 2011, the Southside SPCA was approached by an advisor to the Jessica Beath Foundation, to provide a generous grant to support its ongoing mission of animal rescue.
This grant included a dollar for dollar match, up to a total of $10,000, on individual donations of $75 or more through the end of June 2011.
In addition, it announced that it is providing sponsorship of spay and neuter services through the soon to be opened Jessica Beath Clinic in central Virginia.
Jessica Beath created The Beath Foundation in 1991 with two missions in mind. The first was to honor the memory of her husband, parents and sisters; Dr Thomas Beath, Mr. and Mrs. William Thomas, Annie Thomson, and Beatrice Stockdale. The foundation’s second mission was to provide financial support for organizations with certain charitable purposes, first and foremost among them being the general welfare and protection of animals.
Jessica pursued both of these missions relentlessly throughout her life and with a bequest to the Jessica Beath Foundation at her death. Sadly, Jessica passed away in 2010.
Now, it is incumbent upon the Southside SPCA to continue and expand her legacy of animal rescue and protection with the generous financial support her foundation has provided to the Southside SPCA.
