Caring for our Dogs

AARF Executive Board

The AARF Executive Board works hard to help Richmond animals. Please read below to find out more about the exceptional people who comprise our Executive Board.

AARF PRESIDENT - Cindy Chiles-Smith

Cindy first joined AARF about 12 years ago when she ran into one of AARF's stands at Pet Smart. She volunteered to help bottle-feed kittens and then puppies. Cindy has been rescuing and fostering puppies and dogs, ever since. She was Recording Secretary for two years and then was the Treasure/Dog Chair/Puppy Lady. She has now become the AARF President! Cindy also runs adoption stands every weekend, sends updates to the AARF site, makes deliveries, screens adopters, does the data base, answers the Hotmail account and face book. She has been instrumental in maintaining AARF's presence on the Pet finder and adopt a pet, web sites, by submitting articles and pictures. Cindy is a tremendous help with various fundraising events and is the fund raising chairperson. Cindy helps keep all our dogs and puppies, well, by giving all the shots, worming’s for each dog and puppy. She is also one of the dog chairs and is also on the Board of Directors.

Cindy has also, been maintaining the Petersburg Animal Shelter’s web site for the past two years and has helped save many lives from the shelter, by taking and receiving pictures and info, placing them on the websites and mass emailing all rescue groups and lining up, transports.

She is very dedicated in saving many lives, from off the streets or in area pounds, finding them loving homes and continuing the circle of rescue, that is needed in the area.

AARF FIRST VICE PRESIDENT - Debbie Allan

Debbie has been with AARF for over 4 years. She was first involvled with AARF when she adopted her first AARF dog Zeus in August 2006. She and her daughter Tiffany have fostered many dogs, delivered dogs to their fur-ever homes,checked references on applications, worked at all our dog stands and even participated and worked at all our fundraisers. Debbie is also the foster chairperson for AARF.

She has adopted three of her fosters dogs: ROXANNE ,MILLIE and GRETA.

AARF RECORDING SECRETARY - Sharon Malechek

AARF CORRESPONDING RECORDING SECRETARY - Luci Medekova

Lucia began volunteering with AARF 3 years ago. She has since fostered many dogs and helped find homes for some of our slightly more misunderstood long timers. She has assisted with numerous fundraisers and helps in as many ways as she can. She has 2 adopted dogs, one being Smiley, a Katrina rescue that was with AARF for number of years.

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