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Stephanie Easter, CPA, and her son, Joshua, with their rescue bulldogs: Griffin, Jade and Opie.
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f you ask her, Stephanie Easter, CPA, will say that her best feature is that she is a quick thinker, even in an emergency. “I keep my cool, get the problem solved and get help—whatever needs to be done,” she said. It’s her commitment to problem solving that led to her hobby and passion, rescuing English bulldogs. “I started Tornado Alley Bulldog
Rescue (TABR) in 2012 around a dining room table with three of my best friends,” Easter explained. “We were all bulldog lovers and we knew there were resources missing in Oklahoma and surrounding states to care for the abused, abandoned and neglected English bulldogs. We could see their popularity growing and we knew the situation was only going to get worse over time.” Te public accounting senior at Engelbach
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Roberts & Co. in Oklahoma City, set out with her friends to create a regional network of volunteers across New Mexico, Arkansas and Kansas to provide the level of care required to rehabilitate and rehome bulldogs. Tornado Alley Bulldog Rescue is the only 501c3 bulldog rescue in Oklahoma, New Mexico and Arkansas. “Since TABR started, Kansas now has
a rescue, but New Mexico and Arkansas still do not have rescues of their own,” said Easter, who is also dog sitting two additional canines for a marine on deployment as part of her volunteer work for another nonprofit. Being the only rescue for three states means
Easter’s hobby has morphed into a part-time job, as the president of TABR. “Te rescue takes about 20-25 hours a week to keep all the paperwork up to date, book the
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