FAMILY FOREVER ANIMAL FOUNDATION MISSION: Family Forever Animal Foundation is a non profit organization specializing in keeping cherished pets with the families that love them. Through education, financial support, veterinary care, food & supplies and spay/neuter resources, Family Forever strives to help residents of Central Florida provide safe, loving and healthy home environments for their animals. Through these efforts, we hope to decrease the number of animals surrendered to shelters and/or euthanized.
Family Forever Animal Foundation was founded in 2013 by dedicated animal lovers and rescuers in Central Florida. After years of volunteering at a local no-kill shelter and rescuing cats and dogs independently, the group realized that people were surrendering animals for problems that could be fixed- and that the animals could remain members of their families with a little bit of help! Stephanie. April, Stefanie and Jessi decided to put their years of animal experience to good use and to intervene when families are having issues keeping their companion animals at home.
President
Stefanie Morrison is FFAF's president. She is an Orlando native and a graduate of the Florida State University. She and her husband, Barton, who also serves as FFAF's attorney, have provided a steady foster home to sick and scared cats and dogs for almost a decade. Stefanie enjoys coming home to a handful of lively kitties, three entertaining long-haired dachshunds, a few tropical fish and a cold glass of champagne
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Vice President
Stephanie Harris is FFAF's Vice President and a crazy cat lady with a particular soft spot for special needs cats. She works full time as a medical librarian at an Orlando hospital and part-time at Disney's Animal Kingdom. Her non-animal time is spent playing with social media, driving animals around Central Florida, watching Law & Order, cheering for the Flyers, Ravens & Orioles and napping.
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Volunteer Board |
Jessi Van Pelt focuses on FFAF’s fundraising and donor correspondence. She currently works at the Mustard Seed of Central Florida and serves as the Executive Director of the Vegetarians of Central Florida. She is an artists and a photographer and the mom of a much loved rescued dog and cats.
April Tubbs is FFAF's event guru and general jack-of-all-trades. She began rescuing at a young age, bringing home any and all lost or abandoned plush animals before graduating to living pets in 2008. When not petting cats, she can usually be found working or in the yoga studio, however she has also been known to participate in dance productions requiring the wearing of many costumes and outrageous wigs. She is the proud pet parent of two of the best rescue kitties ever.
Family Forever Animal Foundation Founders