employee Spotlight:
Tia Ezell A n e m p l o y e e w h o h a s w o r n s e v e ra l h a t s d u r i n g h e r 8 y e a r s a t L a w r e n c e Humane , Tia rolls with all the wild punches that working at a shelter can bring. We a r e t h a n k f u l f o r T i a’s d e d i c a t i o n t o o u r o r g a n i z a t i o n a n d a n i m a l w e l f a r e .
Wh at i s y o u r favo r i te th i n g a b o u t wo r k i n g at L awre n c e Hu m a n e? I have two stories - there’s one I get to tell ever y year, about summer time at the shelter. Summer at LHS is so incredibly hectic, with sometimes as many as 40-50 dogs, cats, kittens, etc. coming in daily. It can be a struggle for staff to feel like we can all stay afloat but ever y single summer, I am nearly brought to tears at least weekly with the outpouring of suppor t and offers to help from our fosters. On days when I cannot even imagine how we’ll be able to place all the animals we receive, our fosters always come through for us. It ’s just incredible! Words cannot beging to describe the gratitude we have for all of them. My second favorite stor y is about my first adoption from LHS - Lillian. Lillian was a beautiful chocolate pit mix that came to us as a stray after likely having puppies for the majorit y of her life. She was a senior pup when she arrived to the shelter and she was so scared. I had been loving on her ever y second I could with no intention of adoption. But when I heard she was headed to an offsite adoption event , I just knew I couldn’t let her go. I ran up to the front desk to place a hold on her and adopted Lillian later that week . She came home to live with my three cats and my little Schnauzer and she was just lovely. She was my ever y thing, my “hear t ” dog, and I was so lucky to have her in my life for the nex t six years. She passed away in 2020 and is truly missed. I would like to encourage anyone and ever yone to adopt in her honor - you never know when you’ll find true love in a shelter when you least expect it.
