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The University of Rhode Island's Tick Encounter Resource Center is pioneering anti-tick outreach and research strategies to solve the tick problem in Rhode Island and beyond. Its website www.tickencounter.org is one of the nation's best sources of information on tick-bite protection and tick-borne disease prevention. Your contribution helps ensure tick-bite protection decision support today... discovery of sustainable disease prevention solutions for tomorrow.

The Tick Encounter Resource Center is a program affiliated with the URI College of the Environment and Life Sciences (CELS).

CELS is dedicated to making a difference for its students, faculty, and the community through the world-class education and research it offers. To make an online gift, click on the link above. Donations may also be made by check, credit card or via transfer of stock. In addition, a donation may be made in a lump sum or through a multi-year pledge. For more information about supporting the Tick Encounter Research Center or other programs in CELS, please contact Amy Porter, Assistant Dean for Development, at 401.874.2446 or via email at aporter@foundation.uri.edu.

One Infected Tick Could Change Your Life!

Do you hate Ticks? Are you concerned about the serious health threat caused by ticks? Would like to make appropriate tick-borne diseases prevention programming more widely available?

If you answered yes to these questions, please consider supporting the Tick Encounter Resource Center at the University of Rhode Island.