Meet Our Volunteers
Recycled Love Rescue could not function without the help of some very special and dedicated people, our volunteers. It is through their hard work and dedication that we are able to help both animals and people. We have a wonderful group of volunteers who make Recycled Love Rescue function and be a very important service to our community.
If you would like to volunteer with our rescue, please fill out our volunteer application and send it to us right away. Someone will contact you within 24-48 hours of receiving this.
These are only some of the faces behind Recycled Love that make everything possible. They also want to share with you why they do what they do.
Emily and Oliver
Janney
Oliver Janney and soon to be wife Emily love volunteering for
Recycled Love. They have fostered many dogs and adore helping them
find forever homes. They currently live in Pasadena , MD with their
two dogs, Trixie and Humphrey.
Elizabeth Duer (Our
Betsy)
I have been a volunteer with Recycled Love for the past 3 years. I have always loved animals and loved working with them. After our family dog passed away and I moved out on my own I wanted to get a dog but knew that I didn’t have the time to fully devote to raising a dog with my busy work schedule. However, I could act as a intermediary home for homeless animals before they found their forever homes. Over the past 3 years, I have fostered 6 dogs and 12 cats/kittens; I also maintain all adoption and veterinary records for the rescue as well. The passion of the Recycled Love volunteers is remarkable! I am endlessly amazed by the number of animals we save every year and the amount of hard, dedicated, and continuous time and energy that goes into this rescue. Recycled Love has achieved some astounding feats over the past 3 years because we rescue the animals that others cannot or will not: those with extreme medical issues, those severely neglected and abused, those no one believes can be saved. It is an absolute pleasure to be a Recycled Love volunteer! Betsy currently lives in Towson with her adopted dog, Gwen.
Lauren
Klau
Lauren is a currently attending the University of Baltimore for her
masters is Psychology and works full time for the University of
Maryland School of Medicine as a researcher. During her spare time
she enjoys spending time with friends and family. About 2 years ago
she came across an ad on pet finder for a dog that was going to be
put down but was rescued into a foster home. A few days later she
dragged her boyfriend, Dave, out of the city to meet the dog and
Lexi came home with them the next day! Lauren, Dave (her soon to be
husband) and Lexi are a happy little family in Baltimore City
trying to encourage and educate people about the love and
compassion pittys can give to everyone!
Nancy
Johnson
Four and a half years ago, Sally Jennings asked to foster a puppy
for Recycled Love. I enjoyed the experience and found it to be so
rewarding that I continued fostering. Since that time, over 25 dogs
have come and gone from my home. I have had young puppies, senior
dogs and a full range in between. There have been healthy dogs,
sick dogs and others that have had special needs. All of them have
touched my life in a way that I will always remember. In the
beginning, I thought that I was just taking care of the dogs but it
wasn’t long before I realized that they were taking care of me as
well.
Krissy Kraczkowsky and Nate
Readal
NateReadal and Krissy Kraczkowsky have been fostering dogs with
RecycledLove since August 2008. They fell in love with bully breeds
afteradopting their first pit-mix, Daisy Dukes from the city
shelter in2006. A year later, they expanded their family by
rescuing Blueberry, aStaffordshire Terrier. Nate and Krissy loved
their rescued dogs somuch, they wanted to extend that love to other
pit bulls by becoming afoster home. They chose to foster with
Recycled Love because of theirefforts to give all homeless animals,
particularly bully breeds, asecond chance at a better life.
While fostering for RecycledLove, Nate and Krissy have had the
pleasure of watching their fosterdogs transition from the harsh and
sad conditions of their previouslives to become well-adjusted,
wonderful dogs who find incredibleforever homes. Although the
departure of a foster dog isheart-wrenching (Krissy cries every
time!), they take comfort inknowing that more dogs will spend their
nights in a warm home with thelove and care they deserve.
Rene Watkins and Lauren Debelius
"Inthe winter of 2007, we decided that we wanted to bring another
dog into our lives. We had recently put our longtime companion,
Spike, tosleep and knew that our Red Tick Coonhound Casey was
lonely. Renewanted to adopt but Lauren was more hesitant and
offered the suggestionof acting as foster mommies to a dog.
After a quick internetsearch, we found Recycled Love and were
immediately enthralled withtheir hard work, dedication and immense
love for homeless and needypets in Baltimore. We fostered a little
puppy, Holly, until she foundher forever home and then soon felt
the void of only having a one doghousehold again. Within months, we
had Sable, a brindle pit bull, atour doorstep coming to us as a
foster. Needless to say, her big browneyes and charming wit
captured our hearts and she quickly became ournew family
member.
Sadly, we aren't able to foster any moredogs in our small, city
townhouse, but we recognize the importance ofwhat Recycled Love
does for hundreds of animals and are committed tohelping them
achieve their goals. Lauren transports and visits lonelydogs in
various animal hospitals and Rene is always sending emailalerts to
friends and family and is at home begging to make anotherdonation.
We are both so excited to join the new Pit Bull Advocatesgroup at
Recycled Love and look forward to many more years of providinglove
to needy animals in Baltimore.
Thank you for all thatyou do, Recycled Love. Not only do you change
the lives of the animalsyou save, but you forever change the hearts
of the ones who love them.Keep up the great work!"
Tom Soul and Kathy Homan
Tom Soul and Kathy Homan met while walking their rescued Pit
Bulls intheir Parkville neighborhood. Kathy tried to avoid meeting
other dogswhile walking Gracie but when she saw how cute Tom was
she took a risk.The two dogs didn't get along but Tom and Kathy had
a nice conversationand she invited him to meet the puppies she was
fostering at her house.Tom had been searching for a way to help
dogs. He learned by saving thelife of his own dog Phoebe, how badly
abused Pit Bulls were and wantedto do more. Kathy quickly spun her
web around Tom, offering him freshcookies and home cooked meals.
The two of them started helping at alocal rescue's adoption events
and before long they were a couple. Fouryears later they have a
total of seven rescued Pits, own the Happyhound Hotel in Hanover,
PA and are engaged to be married. They plan tohelp as many dogs as
possible and live happily ever after doing it.
Kelly Buzzard
My name is Kelly, and from the time I remember I have always LOVED
animals. Any kind really, but I have a special bond with dogs. I was
never able to have a dog until I was older and as soon as I could I
adopted my first dog. I found Lola, my first dog running in the street
near Loch Raven Blvd. I stopped my car out of fear I would hit her and
I opened my car dog and she jumped in! I tried to find her family, but
was never able to locate them. She's been with me ever since. As I
said, I've always had a love for dogs, but the love for rescue and
adoption came after I acquired her. She has blessed my life in so many
ways and has brought me such happiness that I would have never known
if I didn't open my home and heart to a "stray".
I joined Recycled Love as a foster for Hogan. I had a neighbor who was
friends with Sally Ann Jennings the original founder of Recycled Love.
Hogan was dropped off at my door one day, and he was so skinny and in
need of so much love we just couldn't help ourselves and we adopted
him. Hogan has been such a great addition to our family. My husband
and Hogan have such a special bond, I feel they were made for each
other.
I am very passionate about adoption, fostering, or volunteering in any
way possible. These animals do not have a voice of their own and they
need our help. They need someone to stand up for them and give them
the life they deserve. I also believe YOU need THEM, as much as THEY
need YOU!!!
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