About Us...

Jannet Quackenbush-King is the Co-Founder and President of Wings of Hope-NJ. Jannet is a nurse and mom of two children, Brenden and Morgyn. She has been a volunteer with Golden Retriever Rescue since 1999, both in NJ and now in NC. She is also a NC Court appointed advocate for abused and neglected children. She has owned birds on and off for many years. Her first bird was a cockatiel named "Scootch" that she received for her 16th birthday. She was doing avian rescue for a few years before she and Leesa decided to begin their own group in 2000, as there are no other groups central to New Jersey. She is owned by FIDS: Congo African Grey "Grey", Cockatiel "Tiki" and Parakeet "Sunny". She also has 2 Himylian cats named "Whiskers" and "Nemo", 2 Golden Retrievers named "Shiloh" and "Bailey", a Boxer named "Saydee" and some fish.

You may contact her at Jannet@wingsofhope-nj.com.

A message from the Founder and President Jannet Quackenbush-King

Leesa Jenkins is the Co-Founder of Wings of Hope. She is a nurse and mom to 6 boys: Dean, Travis, Jesse, Hayden, Corey, and Aaron. She has been involved in animal rescue since 1990. She has also been involved with a local wildlife sanctuary for rehab and release. She also volunteers her time supporting High Risk pregnancy moms while they go through their pregnancies. She is owned by Fids: A blue and gold macaw named "Jazzmin". She is also the permanent foster home for "Sydney", a Sulphur Cockatoo who is a member of WOH-NJ's Sanctuary program.

You may contact her at Leesa@wingsofhope-nj.com.

A message from the Co-Founder and past Vice President, Theresa Jenkins

My name is Maria. I am the Vice President and Volunteer and Foster Home Co-Coordinator here at Wings of Hope. I live in Central NJ with my husband, Geno, and have three daughters - Heather, 22, Melissa, 15 and Nicole, 10. I'm a stay at home mom which affords me the time to devote to Wings of Hope.

My love of birds began with the hobby of bird watching and has blossomed into a passion. I originally applied to adopt through Wings of Hope, but realized early on that I wanted to be more in involved. I've been a volunteer since 2006 and have found every minute of it to be fun and rewarding.

I am currently owned by a Pionus named Ozzy, an Amazon named Jojo, a Parrotlet named Kiwi, as well as 2 African Greys named Rosie and Jolie.

You may contact Maria at Maria@wingsofhope-nj.com.

I am Joanne and I am the Secretary here at Wings of Hope. I have lived in NJ for almost 20 years. I work full time with the state of NJ. I live with my husband Andy and my son TJ.

I purchased my first bird, an African Grey (Captain Marble Casper O'pig) back in 1982. Since then I have slowly added to my flock by another seven. All of my other animals have been rescued from homes that could no longer care for them.

I am owned by Murphy (B&G Macaw), Georgie (Elenora Too), Cody (Bare Eyed Too), Maxine (African Grey), Smokey (Dusky Conure), Buddy (Green Cheek Conure) and Jeffrey (Peach Faced Lovebird adopted from Wings of Hope). I also have three dogs: Fuzzy (Choc Lab), Dru (Lab Mix) and Sydney (Pug). The dogs have all been adopted from other homes as well.

I have been a volunteer with Wings of Hope since 2006, and working with this organization has been very rewarding to me.

You may contact Joanne at Joanne@wingsofhope-nj.com.

My name is Judy and I am a Director here at Wings of Hope. I am also the Foster Home and Volunteer Co-coordinator. I joined the group in 2004 after receiving my African Grey Belle as a gift from my nephew for Mother's Day. I have since adopted my Macaw Shamus from Wings of Hope.

I have been involved in animal rescue for over 30 years. I have done pitbull rescue and work closely with the SPCA. I am retired.

You may contact Judy at Judy@wingsofhope-nj.com.