About the Animal Rescue Foundation
ARF is an all volunteer organization and was formed in 2014 with the goal of building a regional no-kill animal shelter in Grangeville, ID to serve Grangeville and the surrounding communities. The nearest animal shelter to Grangeville is over 75 miles away. ARF started raising funds to build a shelter in 2014.
Lack of an animal shelter for the communities and residents of Idaho and Lewis Counties results in pets being abandoned, neglected, placed in difficult rehoming/adoption situations and pets simply lacking proper veterinarian care such as vaccinations and spaying/neutering. These issues contribute to a large pet overpopulation problem in our rural counties. In 2020, the members of ARF recognized the need to implement shelter programs despite the fact that no animal shelter exists locally. The programs implemented in 2020 focused on efforts to decrease the pet overpopulation problem and improve local animal welfare. As ARF operated and expanded the animal rescue programs, obtaining funding to build the animal rescue shelter continued. Since February of 2020 through December 2026, ARF helped improve the lives of pets in need 5323 times and raised over half of the funds necessary to build a rescue shelter.
This year, 2026, a long held dream of ARF will be realized. Construction of the ARF Animal Rescue Foundation Shelter will start!!! ARF's hope is to finish the construction by 2027 dependent on additional funding. The shelter will be built on property located at 131 Grangeville Truck Route on property generously donated by the Ray and Madeline Anderson family.
As ARF builds the shelter, ARF will continue helping animals, pet owners and community members through all of the programs currently in place.
We couldn't help so many animals without the generosity & support of our donors - THANK YOU!
Our Board Members
Terri Tackett, President
When I was young, I was raised by my mother and then after I was 11, by my grandparents. My mother loved animals and when my sister and I were with her, we always had at least a dog as a pet. My grandmother on the other hand did not like having pets. When I was finally 18, I got my first rescue dog, Katie. I have not been without a pet since. That was a few decades ago with many rescue dogs and cats over the years. Now my husband, Danny, and I have Alfred known at my house as “Alfred The Dog”, Auggie, and Grandma also known as "Rugrat" or "Little Girl" along with two cats, Harvey and Clyde. All are rescue animals. I feel providing a safe and loving home for an unwanted animal is a gift we all can give.
Lanee Wood, Vice President
Lanee has a background in dog sports and is dedicated to animal care, is hardworking, has a pet lizard, 5 dogs, does dog sitting and is a lover of all pets that are Tri-Color! She is a Lead Veterinary Assistant at Tolo Veterinary Clinic in Grangeville. Lanee grew up in Grangeville and graduated from GHS where she was very involved in FFA.
Dr. Kimberly Wolfrum, Secretary
Dr. Kimberly Wolfrum, DVM grew up in a small western Washington town where she knew by the age of six that she wanted to be a Veterinarian. She practiced trying to make all the animals she could find better. She attended Washington State University, receiving her Animal Science Degree in 1992 and her DVM in 1999.
She and her family moved to Grangeville in October 2000. She worked for the local vets part time while raising a family of four kids with her husband, Burt. In 2015, she started a mobile practice where she went all over Idaho County. In 2020, she started the Tolo Veterinary Clinic located in Grangeville.
In her off time, she enjoys fly fishing, riding mules and horses, gardening and doing things with her kids. This picture is of her with her horse Misty at the WhiteBird battle field.
Rachel Biebow, Director
Rachel grew up on Camas Prairie. As a child, she would likely be found in the calf barn snuggled up with all the dairy and beef calves or in the barn stalls with their dairy cows and bulls. Her family had around 150 milk cows and always a couple bulls. Each one had a name. Her parents sold the dairy in the mid 80's and switched to a large hog operation. It wasn't long before Rachel was trying to name each pig too. She currently has 2 cats, Baha and Tommy. Baha adopted her by showing up one day and being persistent. Tommy was adopted from Grangeville Vet Clinic. She has 3 children and two grandsons.
Rachel admires the great people on ARFs board past and present for all the hard work and dedication towards our area animals and the work they have done so far to build a much needed animal shelter in our area.
Lynne Fredrickson, Director
My name is Lynne Fredrickson, both my husband and I are life time residents of Grangeville Idaho. I work at Syringa Hospital as an RN. I have three horses, two dogs and two cats. I have always loved dogs. As a young girl I would bring home every stray dog I could find and try to find a home for the dog.
Because of my love of animals, I joined ARF. I enjoy working with the dogs, and my goal in working with the dogs is to help teach them how to be a good dog citizen and then to help them find their appropriate person
Carla Simmons, Treasurer
I am excited to be on the board of Directors of ARF. I am an avid animal lover, big and small and I am very excited for the rescue shelter for which we are currently fundraising.
Helping animals has always been a passion of mine and I'm currently passing this trait onto my grandkids who fall in love with all the animals I bring home to foster.
Claudia Boyd, Director
My name is Claudia Boyd. I've been a lifelong animal lover and have rarely been without a cat or dog by my side. My most recent rescue, Nala is settling in nicely and already made it clear she runs the house!
My love for animals, along with my commitment to service and community is what drew me to serve on this board. I am grateful for the opportunity and the animals truly have my whole heart.
Henry (Hank) Kaufman, Director
I have worked in community cat rescue for many years. While I lived in Hawaii I was involved in the rescue of many cats and kittens and helped with TNVR for rescues there. I enjoy trapping the cats and seeing their lives improved through the TNVR clinics operated by ARF.
I and my wife, Barbara moved to Grangeville after my retirement from the military and brought property outside of Grangeville where we can take care of the many dogs and cats we love.
Dorene George, Director
Dorene moved to Grangeville in 2004 to be closer to family and the mountains. She and her husband, Dave share a home with two dogs, two cats and a horse.
Having previously worked for the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA), she was wanting to find ways to help locally. She's very happy to be volunteering with ARF and working towards common goals of helping create a better life for feral and companion animals in our area.
She loves the mountains, camping and 4-wheeling along with mushroom hunting and huckleberry picking.
Ed Hale, Director
I live in Grangeville with my wife Shireene. Shireene’s mother and grandmother grew up in the Grangeville area and we were “rehomed” here in 2019 having previously lived in Coeur d” Alene for about 20 years. We have always had dogs and cats in our lives and are currently enjoying our role as a foster home to local dogs in need. It’s been a joy to get to know so many animals of various breeds and training them to live in our home and then move on to a permanent safe and happy environment.