Arielle Wait is the Deputy Director of Lucky Dog Animal Rescue. She began as a volunteer handler at adoption events and quickly became more involved by fostering dogs, coordinating adoptions, and planning adoption events. She worked her way up from Event Team Lead to Program Manager and now Deputy Director, managing the daily operations of Lucky Dog Animal Rescue.

2. Arielle Wait, Deputy Director for Lucky Dog Animal
Rescue
● Manages all of Lucky Dog's adoption, volunteer and animal care
programs
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● Arielle's work with Lucky Dog began, as many volunteers do, as a
handler at adoption events
● She quickly became more involved, fostering dogs, coordinating
adoptions and coordinating adoption events
● ​She was first hired to serve as Lucky Dog's Event Team Lead before
being promoted to Program Manager and now the Deputy Director
*Photos courtesy of Lucky Dog Animal Rescue

3. What did Arielle tell us?
● How she got started in animal rescue
● What Lucky Dog Rescue does
● Lucky Dog Kids Program
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● Programs they offer
*Photos courtesy of Lucky Dog Animal Rescue

4. How did Arielle get started in animal rescue?
● Someone suggested she become a foster and
chose to foster a 120 pound bloodhound mix
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● After that she loved it and started fostering twice a
month and then every weekend
● Arielle got more involved and ended up adopting a
dog from Puerto Rico that really pushed her to be as
involved as she is now
● It is her dream job and she has been involved in
every part of the organization and is now the
Deputy Director where she manages the daily
activities
*Photos courtesy of Lucky Dog Animal Rescue

5. What does Lucky Dog Animal Rescue do?
● Lucky Dog is a volunteer-powered nonprofit dedicated to
rescuing homeless, neglected, and abandoned animals
from certain euthanasia and finding them loving forever
homes
● They educate the community and all pet owners on
responsible pet parenting, including the importance of
spay/neuter, obedience training, and good nutrition.
● Their volunteers are very dedicated!
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● Raise awareness regarding animal welfare and
the importance of spay and neuter and its role in
helping control pet overpopulation.
*Photos courtesy of Lucky Dog Animal Rescue

6. What programs does Lucky Dog Animal Rescue have?
● Main program focus is saving animals from high kill
shelters and bringing them to foster homes. Without
fosters they wouldn’t have an organization
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● Program is growing and always looking for more fosters
● They have overnight fosters, long term fosters until
they are adopted, temporary fosters who give a place
for animals to stay if their long term foster goes on
vacation or out of town for a few days
● Adoption coordinator program/volunteer program
(screening process for adoptions, finding out what
people are looking for in a dog)
*Photos courtesy of Lucky Dog Animal Rescue

7. What is the Lucky Dog Animal Rescue Kids Program?
● Designed to involve kids in their mission of rescuing
homeless and abandoned animals
● Kids and their parent will come to the adoption events
where the children can learn and play with the dog,
run bake sales, fundraise and make toys
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● Ambassador Program: For older kids. They can
participate in fundraising events, donations drives, help
with social media where they come to adoption events
and take photos and videos and do a quarterly
newsletter
● Kids can apply for grants for the rescue which goes toward
medical care and supplies to help with fundraisers to make
toys
*Photos courtesy of Lucky Dog Animal Rescue

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Want to learn more?
Listen to the podcast with Arielle Wait at
www.animalrescueprofessionals.org or on iTunes

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