Jaclyn Pierce

Treasurer

Jaclyn earned her degree in Systems & Information Engineering from the University of Virginia. Her professional background includes internal audit, commercial lending, technology and operations. Jaclyn moved to Teton Valley in 2007 and runs a consulting business.

Living adjacent to Aska, Jaclyn considers herself lucky to have ‘hands on’ involvement with Aska’s Animals. She has always had a love for pigs and enjoys spending time with all the residents at Aska’s Animals. Jaclyn has been an animal lover her entire life and is passionate about helping Aska’s Animals expand their reach to animals in need and within the local community.

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Merry Christmas, Happy New Year, Happy Holidays etc. etc. etc. Thank YOU for making 2024 such a spectacular year and entrusting us with this work. A gift we do not have words to describe our gratitude for. Sending love to everyone.✨🥹 🐶🐓🐷🐱🐴🐐💩

Photogs: @littlescoutcreative @zach.montes @hitchedhorizons @bdanncreative

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Welcome to the Wild West! Calamity Jane & Cat Ballou joined us this week from new partners, @rilos_rescue. Both of these mommas had puppies who were only days old and either accidental or stray.

The animal welfare world surely does feel like the Wild West right now with an endless stream of puppies entering the system that is already overcrowded and overflowing. We are at a moment in time where accidental, unwanted and stray cannot continue to happen. Spay/neuter is the most effective way to help get the pet overpopulation problem under control.

We cannot wait to raise and love all these puppies for them to eventually be available for adoption via @rilos_rescue but PLEASE continue to fight the good fight. Educate others, spay/neuter your own animals & encourage others to do so, foster a dog, donate to animal welfare orgs when you can, share social media, etc. etc. etc.!

As always, thank you for allowing us to do this work and supporting us through it all! 🤠 🐶

#spayandneutersaveslives #spayandneuteryourdamnpets #spayandneuteristhesolution #animalwelfare

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Our @spotify Wrapped is here! 🫶

According to Spotify, we cleaned up a lot of poop this year—and had a great time doing it! This year has been nothing short of amazing, and we feel so lucky to do this work.

Cheers to everyone in the animal welfare industry working hard every day. We’re endlessly grateful for the incredible people who support us and the amazing team we work alongside.

Here’s to another year of making a difference and helping those that need it most! ❤️

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Happy Thanksgiving! We are incredibly grateful for everyone who supports, inspires and fuels us. Words can’t fully capture how lucky we feel, and we had an amazing time with all of you this morning.

Our first annual Pigsgiving Pig Trot was nothing short of incredible—filled with smiles, rescue puppies, donuts from @earlybirdbakesdriggs, coffee from @jacksonholeroasters, spoiled sanctuary pigs, and a wonderful sense of community.

A huge thank you to @lulusfund for your matching donation and @stio for sponsoring the first of many Pig Trots! Mark your calendars—365 days until Pigsgiving 2025!

Wishing everyone a joyful holiday! ❤️‍🔥

📸 @zach.montes

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This month has been extraordinary. We just launched our first children’s book, tomorrow, on Thanksgiving, we’ll gather with 100 community members for our Pigsgiving Fun Run—a day of gratitude, connection, and joy. And as of today, we’ve met our $100,000 fundraising goal, a milestone that reflects the love, trust, and value YOU, our supporters, pour into this work.

Through all of this, we remain grounded in our daily mission: caring for the 75+ animals who call Aska’s Animals home—whether permanently or while transitioning to new families. These moments are made possible by the efforts of our dedicated volunteers, Board of Directors, and incredible staff members.

The other night, as I read the new book with my son—words that tell the story of our home and the animals we call family—it struck me how extraordinary this moment was. Here was a book about Aska’s Animals, created not by me but by people who believe so deeply in our mission. Jenna brought this project to life with her vision and dedication, Hope wove her magical words into the pages, and Grace added beautiful imagery.

As we packaged up the books, I was overcome by the realization of how much this work has grown beyond me. When we first started, I knew every donor’s name. Today, I don’t recognize every name on the shipping labels—and that’s a beautiful thing. It means that what began as my personal mission has blossomed into an organization powered by a passionate community that shares our vision of saving animals, providing exceptional care, and supporting others with compassionate support.

This is what I dreamed of when we became a nonprofit: an organization that could continue, thrive, and grow without me at the center. While I’m still deeply involved as a volunteer, I see parts of this work running independently, led by people I trust. Watching this growth is bittersweet—sometimes hard, but so deeply fulfilling.

Some days feel so ordinary, but then you realize—your son is reading a book made by friends for a mission you share. That’s where the extraordinary lives.

Thank you for being part of this journey and making my queen month extraordinary. We couldn’t do it without you.

XOXO,
Aska

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Our cup is filled with joy for Cricket! 🦗❤️🏡

Adoptions are not our specialty—we have countless partners who excel in this side of animal rescue, and if you’re looking to adopt, you should definitely check them out! However, once in a blue moon, an animal comes along who finds themselves in a pickle, and we have the bandwidth to get creative and help.

Dr. Joe at @jacksonanimalhospital gave us a call after Cricket’s owner passed away. Wanting to keep her from ending up in a shelter, he reached out, and without a proper plan in place, we said “yes.”

A huge shoutout to our board member, @jacpierce12, who stepped up to foster Cricket and did all the heavy lifting while our team focused on our full house of puppies, the Pigsgiving Pig Trot, and our children’s book.

Cricket’s new family has big shoes to fill, but we are certain her new parents will go above and beyond. She hit the jackpot—and so did they.

Sometimes you need to minimize the scope of animal rescue to one at a time to realize the impact and know you’re going in the right direction. We ❤️ you, Cricket! 🦗

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Inspired by @pattiegonia & @the.cowgirlmermaid, Aska’s Animals is finally offering merch! It was deeply important to us that we weren’t contributing to the production of new clothing but instead utilized what’s already in circulation. Just like the animals we work with, think of this merch as its own “second chance” at life!

Our team hit the thrift stores (special shoutout to @luckydogthriftstore for letting us raid their collection), and @littlescoutcreative created these custom, to-die-for graphics! Not only will we be doing occasional drops of merch, but we’ll also be setting up shop at community events, where you can design your own merch using items from your own closet or from the selection we have on hand.

We’re thrilled to debut this at Pigsgiving next week! In the meantime, you can find a limited collection on our @shopify store.

In addition to merch, we’ll also be selling new and lightly used pet goods that have been graciously donated to us but aren’t needed for our programs. Why shop corporate when you can shop local and have all proceeds go directly to animals in need?

We’re so excited to expand our offerings in the most environmentally friendly way possible and can’t wait to hear what you think. ♥️ ♻️ 🐶

*we cannot guarantee your purchases won’t come with a little hay on them from the farm 😂

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Ok, friends. As we roll into the last 2 weeks of November, Aska will be chiming in with some stories and videos from the past year as we approach the goal of our incredible matching campaign from @lulusfund and to celebrate another year around the sun!

Many of you loved the video from a few weeks ago from when Mama Squash first arrived, and we worked to get her out of the crate. This video captures just a few moments early on with Aska working to gain her trust and get comfortable enough with handling so we could safely introduce the AAF animal care team into her life. Well, a little time and patience is working, and we have integrated more people into her inner circle of life. And, well, obviously, Aska has fallen in love with the kinda weird border collie. What can we say? She likes the weird ones 🤷‍♀️

Our ability to give mamas like this a chance, a place for the babies to grow up safely and to give them the time and behavior support they need is made possible through donations. At the end of the day, we can't save every single dog out there. But the lives that we do touch, we hope it makes a difference. Even for "just" that one dog.

So, today, if you feel like contributing a small amount toward dogs like Squash, click our link in our bio or visit our website askasanimals.org and click the donate button. All donations throughout this month are generously matched. Every donation $5, $15, $50 or more makes an impact for these animals.

Thank you to everyone who believes in the world we provide for the dogs in our care and for the behavior support we share with humans in our communities. We appreciate you all so very much.

P.S. I (aska) wrote this in the third person. Which is kinda weird but I also very much want to emphasize that while this video has my clips of my time with Squash early on, the entire team here is part of her well-being and without this team we couldn't have the impacts we are having if I was all alone in a 🐶🕌 making out with the weird dogs 😉😜❤️🥰

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Aska’s birthday month just got even better! Our first children’s book has arrived, and we couldn’t be more thrilled to share this passion project with you. What better way to celebrate than by spreading the message of animal welfare? Order your copy today!

If you pre-ordered and chose local pick-up, check your inbox for instructions on how to grab your copies! For those who opted for shipping, your books will be mailed out next week. Stay tuned for formal book launch events this December at @wilsonbookgallery, @jhbooktrader, and @violet_volumes!

And another exciting update! We’re now 76% of the way to meeting the $50,000 @lulusfund match in celebration of Aska’s birthday. Every dollar will be doubled, helping us get even closer to our $100,000 goal by December 3rd.

📖 👧 👦 🐖 🐶 🐴 🐈 🐐 🐔 🌈🫶

#childrensbook #nonprofit #animalwelfare #tetonvalley

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Phone Number: (208) 270-2136

Email: info@askasanimals.org

Address: 1984 W 7000 S, Victor, ID 83455
PO Box 1150, Victor, ID 83455

EIN: 85-4363017

Aska’s Animals Foundation

Providing a progressive environment for animals through rehabilitation, adoption, education, and community outreach and filling the critical gap between shelter and permanent rescue.

Website Photos by Ben Dann | B Dann Creative, Grace Peck | Little Scout Creative, and Lara Agnew | Lara Agnew Photography.