Volunteer Spotlight: Laura Dipiazza
Laura DiPiazza was concerned about Chicago’s homeless companion animals and knew she wanted to help when she found PAWS in 1999.
“I thought that volunteering…would help me feel as though I wasn’t looking the other way,” she said.
As a volunteer adoption counselor, Laura admits that she struggles with falling in love with every dog she meets, but fi nds matching dogs with their new families to be very rewarding. Laura enjoys spending time with people and hearing stories about how important their pets are to them. In seven years of volunteering, she has personally facilitated the placement of over 300 dogs!
Though she’s quite busy with her work as a computer programmer in the advertising industry, Laura also enjoys travel, studying Italian, and spending time with her family, which includes a white poodle named Sugar. She has had many opportunities to keep in touch with PAWS alumni she has placed, and she fosters PAWS dogs in her home whenever she can.
Laura looks forward to continuing her work in the new Adoption & Humane Center,and serving as matchmaker for even more homeless dogs.
“Watching the organization expand through the years has made me feel as though I am a part of something great. PAWS Chicago is addressing the problem the proper way, through education in addition to providing a humane transition from homeless to forever homes. Being part of this gives me more than I could possibly ever give back!”
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