<body><div><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=0oS7xI_0vl6vsA500" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=0oS7xI_0vl6vsA500" width="1320" height="743" >WARWICK, R.I. (WJAR) — A Warwick boy with a passion for helping animals is doing all he can for them, even if it means starting a 'poop scooping' business.Luca Arpin, 6, is in the first grade.For years, he and his mom, Robyn Bouchard, have been fostering animals at their home.“I have a dog at home. I also have a cat at home," said Arpin. “I do a lot with them. I snuggle them, pet them and stuff.”“Luca just has a knack for reading animals. He’s a really calm, really cautious kid and he played a huge part in getting almost all 98 of our fosters adopted," said Bouchard.“It’s pretty wild, We didn’t think it was going to be this big of a part of our lives and it just turned into something that we just became so passionate about.”His mom, Robbyn Bouchard, works at a local animal shelter and when she goes to work he sometimes tags along to volunteer alongside her.“I work at a local animal shelter and he is the first person to walk into the building. He'll start folding laundry. He’ll sweep and mop the floors, he'll tell everybody I love my job I love coming to work every day," said Bouchard.However, Luca makes no money.“Volunteering is one of our core values in life and I just can’t picture where we would be without it," said Bouchard. "We lost our dog earlier this year and that was tough."Arpin and Bouchard are big dog people but a few months ago, Luca bonded with a cat at the shelter he'd been volunteering at.Bouchard explained to him that it would cost money and a lot of time to do that, and that it probably wasn't in their cards at the time.“He asked me, 'What can I do to raise money? How can I raise money to adopt this kitten?' Because he just felt like he couldn’t live without her," said Bouchard.“We had a conversation about some of the things he could possibly do to raise money and I asked him, 'What’re you good at?'"Arpin loves to clean.With his passion for tidiness, and a love for animals, he created his small business 'Poopa Scoopa Luca.'“It’s fun. I love cleaning. It’s like one of my favorite things," said Arpin. “People hate picking up dog poop.”For a few weeks now, upon request, Luca heads to homes in Warwick alongside his mom, to pick up pet waste.<img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=0rJqyh_0vl6vsA500" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=0rJqyh_0vl6vsA500" width="648" height="365" >He takes protective measures to make sure he is clean, as well as the area he's targeting.“It's $15 for one dog or $20 for multiple dogs but if there is like lots and lots of poop, like I said there was in one yard, it would be $20," said Arpin.“I had like four or three customers.”Arpin raised enough money to adopt the cat that he has named 'Pebble.'“We’re hoping that business picks up because a lot of the funds that Luca is looking to raise, hoping to raise, he’s hoping to incorporate in helping save more animals in the future," said Bouchard. “I have the coolest kid in the entire world honestly. To have a little boy who is so aware of all of these things and to be so aware of the rescue crisis in the state and overall in the country I think that’s pretty unique.”Arpin can be reached for his hired services at (401)-688-4061.To follow his success, he is also on instagram @poopa.scoopa.luca</div></body>

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Warwick boy starts 'poop scooping' business to adopt cat, help other shelter animals

WARWICK, R.I. (WJAR) — A Warwick boy with a passion for helping animals is doing all he can for them, even if it means starting a 'poop scooping' business. Luca Arpin, 6, is in the first grade. For years, he and his mom, Robyn Bouchard, have been fostering animals...