Help Code 597 was named after the California Penal Code for Animal Abuse & Neglect. This foundation is dedicated to providing charitable and educational services, to pet owners to improve the health, safety and lives of their animals. This foundation is unique since we work directly with Animal Control Officers, giving them the tools to work as social workers not just policemen. Many times animal control officers go out in the field and give pet owners two options, fix the problem or surrender their dog. In many cases, pet owners just do not have the means to provide for their animals. They love their animals but cannot provide the best care or just don't have the correct information to give that animal a healthier life....being forced to surrender their dogs to the shelters. Code 597 is designed to keep animals out of shelters
Jarrod Cooper - Founder
Jarrod Alexander Cooper (born March 31, 1978 in Akron, Ohio) is an 8 year veteran American football safety who recently retired from the Oakland Raiders of the National Football League. He played Football and ran Track and Field for Pearland High (Texas). As a senior he was an All-state selection and was a four year letterman in Track and Field excelling in Long jump, triple jump, 110 meter and 300 meter hurdles.He played college football at Kansas State.
PERSONAL: All-state selection in football as a senior at Pearland (Texas) High School, also was a four-year letterman in track, competing in the 100 meters, 110-meter and 300-meter hurdles, long jump and triple jump.
COLLEGE: Four-year starter at strong safety for Kansas State and earned All-Big 12 recognition following each season...Elected as team captain as a junior and senior, he left the Wildcats ranked 11th all-time in tackles...As a senior in 2000, injured his left pectoral muscle in the season opener against Iowa and missed the next three contests...He returned to start the remaining 10 games and posted 68 tackles, five tackles for a loss and two passes defensed, earning All Big 12 honorable mention from The Associated Press...As a junior, started 11 contests and earned second team All-Big 12 recognition from coaches after ranking second on the Wildcats with 77 tackles and posting a team-high 12 passes defensed...He also added a forced fumble and a fumble recovery as part of a defensive unit that led the country in passing efficiency and ranked third in total defense...Second team All-America choice by The Sporting News and a consensus All-Big 12 first team choice at strong safety...He started all 12 contests as a sophomore in 1998 and finished third on the team with 86 tackles and also totaled 1.5 sacks, one interception, three fumble recoveries, 13 tackles for a loss and eight passes defensed...Freshman All-America second team selection by The Sporting News and honorable mention All-Big 12 choice by coaches in 1997 and played in 11 games with three starts...Ranked third on the team with 79 tackles and also contributed two sacks, nine tackles for a loss, one fumble recovery and four passes defensed.
PRO: Aggressive defender who came to Oakland in the second half of the 2004 season...Regarded as one of the best special teams players in the NFL...Has played in 87 regular season league games in five-plus years and three postseason contests, including Super Bowl XXXVIII...Won the Ed Block Courage Award for the Raiders in 2005.
In 2007 Cooper began volunteering at the Oakland Animal Shelter in Oakland California. He quickly became an integral part of the shelter's team of staff and volunteers, often spending hours walking the dogs, cleaning kennels, and performing various improvement tasks around the shelter. Eventually he donated funds for the construction of outdoor exercise runs for the dogs named "the Coop." He found that these animals saved his life and in return he is dedicating the rest of his life to keep animals out of shelters.
Erica Arana - Executive Director/Co-Founder
Bio:
Erica Arana is an American model and former NFL cheerleader of Mexican descent. A former Oakland Raiderette for four years, she is currently the primary face for all western-region Coors Light point-of-sale advertising for the NFL. Arana was selected by the NFL to represent the Oakland Raiderettes in the NFL Cheerleader Playoffs television show which debuted in 2006 on the NFL Network. Arana is now in broadcasting, as a Co-host in the Bay-area sports entertainment show Outta Bounds.
Arana was born and raised in Fillmore, California. She attended Fillmore High School where she excelled in track and field. She currently holds records for the high jump, triple jump, long jump, 4x400 m relay, and 4x100 m relay.[citation needed] She placed third in the state of California while attending Moorpark College competing in the heptathalon.[2] Arana also has competed in many national soccer tournaments.
