FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 13, 2025
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Lafourche Parish Animal Shelter Encourages People to Adopt a New Best Friend During PetSmart Charities National Adoption Week March 24 – 30
LAFOURCHE PARISH – The Lafourche Parish Animal Shelter receives a $25,000 grant to help more adoptable pets find people to love! Pets are family and can bring hope, companionship, and unconditional love to their people. Adopting a pet in need of a home can bring joy to people and also impact communities, alleviating strain on overcrowded shelters. That’s why the Lafourche Parish Animal Shelter will bring adoptable pets to PetSmart Houma for PetSmart Charities® National Adoption Week, taking place March 24 – 30, 2025. Lafourche Parish Animal Shelter aims to find homes for 20 pets during the event. The adoption prep grant awarded to Lafourche Parish Animal Shelter will be used to hire one additional part-time employee to serve as a liaison for adopters and fosters. We hope to minimize barriers for those wishing to adopt and maximize lifesaving in our community by placing more pets into forever homes. PetSmart Charities connects adoption partners such as Lafourche Parish Animal Shelter with local PetSmart stores to bring adoptable pets in for adoption events and meet and greets. These include pets of all ages, breeds, temperaments, and energy levels. Staff and volunteers are available to help make ideal matches considering lifestyle and other preferences such as energy levels, personalities, sizes, etc.
“With this grant funding from PetSmart Charities, we are growing our team to help better serve the community,” said Hilary Detillier, Animal Shelter Manager “Our shelter plays a crucial role in not only providing a safe haven for animals in need but also in strengthening the fabric of our community by nurturing the human-animal bond.”
“Our local shelter and rescue partners are overflowing with animals looking for people to love. Adopting or fostering a pet not only enriches your life but is the best way to support your community and local partners like Lafourche Parish Animal Shelter in their lifesaving work,” said Heidi Marston, director of pet placement at PetSmart Charities. “There is nothing like the unconditional love of a pet! Please stop by your neighborhood PetSmart store and meet your new best friend.”
To find out more about the Lafourche Parish Animal Shelter and its lifesaving work and view pets available for adoption, please visit their website at https://www.lafourchegov.org/animal-shelter.
Event Details:
Adoptable pets will be available at the following times and PetSmart locations:
Cats: March 24-30th , during operating hours
Dogs: March 25, 27, and 29th 9am-noon
Location: PetSmart Houma
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About PetSmart Charities®
Pets are family. For 30 years, PetSmart Charities has remained committed to making the world a better place for pets and all who love them. Through in-store adoptions at PetSmart® stores, local shelter partners help hundreds of thousands of pets find loving families each year. PetSmart Charities also delivers grant funding to support animal and human welfare organizations that advocate and care for the well-being of all pets and their families to improve access to veterinary care, alleviates pet hunger and integrates the needs of pets into disaster response. Each year, millions of generous supporters support the mission by donating at PetSmart® registers in-store or online atPetsmart.com, or directly at PetSmartCharities.org. In turn, PetSmart Charities efficiently uses more than 90 cents of every dollar donated to fulfill its role as the leading funder of animal welfare in North America, granting more than$500 million since its inception in 1994. Independent from PetSmart LLC, PetSmart Charities is a 501(c)(3) organization that has received the Four-Star Rating from Charity Navigator for the past 18 years in a row – placing it among the top one percent of rated charities. To learn more visit www.petsmartcharities.org.
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