Before moving to Memphis, Ranise was involved in rescue in Chicago for a little over 5 years. She started out doing events and raising money, then moved on to volunteering with handling and dog walking, and eventually became a board member for another rescue for more than 2 years. She then became a foster coordinator for ALIVE. Ranise took what she learned in Chicago and has started our very first “branch” to help reduce the extensive overpopulation problem in Memphis. Ranise shares her home with Zelda, the very first dog rescued by ALIVE Rescue Memphis, and has two other foster failures from the program in Memphis, Patty and Sprout. Ranise’s previous dog, Anita Riot, was her inspiration for getting into rescue.

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Maureen Cooper,
Foster Coordinator

Maureen started fostering for ALIVE Memphis after she babysat for a family that adopted from ALIVE. They couldn’t stop saying how awesome the organization and volunteers were so she knew she had to check it out. Three years later she has fostered over twenty dogs for ALIVE Memphis from puppies to seniors. Her two personal dogs (Samson and Ghost) love when a new foster buddy comes through the door; however her cat Hazel (aka Street Fred) takes a little time to warm up. She is on the official cat testing team for ALIVE Memphis and never lets anyone pass easily. We all know she secretly loves the attention though.