An interior architecture executive focused on the corporate market, Luisa de Roo also takes an active role in her community. Luisa de Roo stands out as an active supporter of the Assisi Animal Foundation in Crystal Lake, Illinois.

1. By Luisa De Roo

2.  An interior architecture executive focused on the
corporate market, Luisa de Roo also takes an
active role in her community. Luisa de Roo stands
out as an active supporter of the Assisi Animal
Foundation in Crystal Lake, Illinois.
First established in the 1980s, the Assisi Animal
Foundation grew out of a shared love of animals
between Mrs. I.L. Yarosh and her daughter Mrs. I.
Linklater. The shelter began in the homes of the
two women, who used their own personal funds
to build a physical shelter for the 150 animals
then under their care.

3.  The area's first cage-free, no-kill shelter, the facility
continues to provide much-needed care for animals
waiting for permanent homes.
Actively involved with nursing and assisted living facilities
across the area, the Assisi Animal Foundation provides
pet-assisted therapies for residents of these facilities as
well as for the homebound. Through these visits, the
foundation has become aware of the heartache that ensues
when an elderly person cannot arrange care for a beloved
pet upon moving to a facility. In response, the foundation
has initiated a continuing care program that arranges to
take in such pets.
The foundation also continues to advocate for homeless
animals with humane education initiatives for community
members of all ages.