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The Animal Rescue Foundation is a non-profit organization located in Theodore, Alabama that rescues, fosters, and finds homes for animals in need. Founded in 1995, the organization operates solely through donations and adoption fees. It has placed over 1,000 animals in homes and opened an 8,000 square foot facility in 2011 to care for the animals. The all-volunteer organization relies on foster homes and daily volunteers to care for the animals until they can be adopted into permanent homes.
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- 1. 6140 Rangeline Road Theodore, Alabama 36605 251-443-1198 www.AnimalRescueMobile.org Animal Rescue Foundation A non-profit, all volunteer organization, promoting the humane treatment of animals through rescue, fostering, and placement. Mission Our Mission is to bring about a time where there are no more homeless pets, to eliminate suffering of animals, and to increase public awareness of the philosophy of reverence of life. Objectives Our objectives are promoting the welfare and humane treatment of animals through rescue, fostering, and placement. In addition, Animal Rescue Foundation advocates on behalf of all of sterilization, not euthanasia, as an effective solution to reproduction and unnecessary breeding. History In 1995, Animal Rescue Foundation was incorporated as a non-profit organization. Without a facility in which to house rescued animals, our founding members opened up their own homes whilst a foster program was created and implemented. The same year, Dr. Stuart Dowling, DVM, retired his practice and donated his building to this hard working group. Aptly dubbed the ARFanage, Dr. Dowlings generosity allowed ARF to flourish, rescuing more animals in need. ARF operates solely from donations, grants, and adoption fees with 100% of donations directly impacting the animals in our care. All pets placed for adoption have been socialized, evaluated and seen by a vet. Animals have been spayed/neutered, are up-to-date on the required vaccinations and micro- chipped. In 2003, ARF placed 182 dogs and 46 cats in our community. In 2005, ARF qualified for acceptance into the Mobile County Maddies Pet Rescue Project. This Partnership includes ARF, Mobile SPCA, City of Mobile Animal Shelter and Friends of the Mobile Animal Shelter. Maddies Fund was created to help create a no-kill nation where all healthy and treatable shelter dogs and cats have a chance for adoption and life. In 2008 and through our Partnership with Maddies Pet Rescue Project, we were able to help the City of Mobile Animal Shelter to become 100% healthy, no-kill shelter. They met their goal in October 2008 and continue to maintain this status today. In 2009, ARF placed 381 dogs and 40 cats in our community. Also, a portion of our vetting was moved in-house, reducing medical expenses by nearly 50%. In 2010, ARF placed 400 dogs and 35 cats in permanent homes in the community. Officers Board Members Michelle Turner, President Lindsey Carter, PR Director Lynn Carter, Vice-President Mary Nelson, Director of Catteries Dawn McLaughlin, Treasurer Rachel Seymore, Co-Director, Behavior & Training Lindsay Miller, Secretary Alison Rellinger, Co-Director, Behavior & Training Charlotte Curry, At Large Macy McKay, At Large
- 2. 6140 Rangeline Road Theodore, Alabama 36605 251-443-1198 www.AnimalRescueMobile.org Animal Rescue Foundation A non-profit, all volunteer organization, promoting the humane treatment of animals through rescue, fostering, and placement. In 2011, an ARF Emergency Rescue Team was dispatched to help relief efforts after the tornadoes in Northern Alabama. Volunteers camped alongside shelter staff and other volunteers, providing much needed relief to the exhausted members of the community. As a result, ARF transferred 9 puppies, 2 kittens, and 8 adult dogs to their facility. ARFs volunteers were able to lighten the load of an overburdened county as they continued to endure the aftermath of these storms. Our crowning achievement of 2011, dubbed Project Paws, is the new 8,000 sq facility purchased by ARF earlier that same year. The new facility offers dog suites instead of kennels, allowing the rescues to live together as nature intended. With access to outdoor runs, separate play areas, isolation, intake holding and a state-of-the-art medical area, this new facility is the only one of its kind in our community. Programs Volunteer/Fostering Program As an all volunteer organization, the Volunteer Coordinator organizes kennel duty volunteers in 3 daily shifts, 7-10 a.m., 12-4 p.m., and 5-9pm. It requires 63 volunteers to fill 21 kennel shifts each week. The kennel duty volunteers provide food, water and medications along with allowing for group exercise and a sanitary environment. ARFs approved foster families provide temporary homes for our rescued pets. These temporary homes are vital to ARFs program as not only does it allow for us to increase our rescue efforts but it also offers each rescue the tremendous benefit of living in a real home environment and learning the basics prior to their adoption. Outreach Dogs Around Town provides additional adoption opportunities in the community. Our volunteers provide transport to McGuire Oil Company with their large, grassy, fenced in play areas and open house policy in their office. Rehm Animal Clinic also allows a pet in their reception area once weekly to advertise as available for adoption. Various other activities include play days at Walks & Wags, a local pet daycare facility along trips to our downtown area with volunteers. Studio 10, a popular talk show locally, features a Pet of the Week each Monday. ARF participates bi-monthly by appearing on the show with the chosen rescue. Officers Board Members Michelle Turner, President Lindsey Carter, PR Director Lynn Carter, Vice-President Mary Nelson, Director of Catteries Dawn McLaughlin, Treasurer Rachel Seymore, Co-Director, Behavior & Training Lindsay Miller, Secretary Alison Rellinger, Co-Director, Behavior & Training Charlotte Curry, At Large Macy McKay, At Large
- 3. 6140 Rangeline Road Theodore, Alabama 36605 251-443-1198 www.AnimalRescueMobile.org Animal Rescue Foundation A non-profit, all volunteer organization, promoting the humane treatment of animals through rescue, fostering, and placement. Adoptions: The ARFanage is open for adoptions Monday-Friday from 12-4pm and on Saturdays from 10-3pm. ARF also participates in many off site events and community adoptions. Petfinder: Our website is linked to PetFinder which is a search engine for all rescues in the United States. Entries include photos, biographies and medical information thereby strengthening their probability of adoptions. Petfinder is, by far, our biggest resource regarding adoptions due to the websites popularity and screening process as only legitimate 501(3)c organizations are allowed access. Rescue Hotline: 24/7 messaging service in which volunteers return all calls within 24 hours. Messages range from reporting animal abuse to pleas for assistance to inquiries regarding adoptions, fostering and volunteering. Transporting Animals: Partnerships with other area and nationwide animal rescue groups allows us to transport animals to other areas in the city, state and country in order to facilitate adoptions. Pet Therapy: Volunteers and approved rescues visit local nursing home facilities as part of our Pet Therapy Program. We are currently working on strengthening this program with our focus mainly on terminally ill children and adults. Please visit (link here) to learn more about our program. Behavior Modifications: Trained volunteers offer assessments and individual training to those in need. Emergency Disaster Relief: A team of volunteers is in place to help rescue groups affected by natural disasters, hoarding situation or in other times emergency / disaster. Our team worked with several groups who were displaced after the North Alabama tornadoes. Officers Board Members Michelle Turner, President Lindsey Carter, PR Director Lynn Carter, Vice-President Mary Nelson, Director of Catteries Dawn McLaughlin, Treasurer Rachel Seymore, Co-Director, Behavior & Training Lindsay Miller, Secretary Alison Rellinger, Co-Director, Behavior & Training Charlotte Curry, At Large Macy McKay, At Large