Lucy is our 9 month old kitten who disappeared on the 4th of July. The loud fireworks caused her to bolt. Her owner, my 6 year granddaughter, and her family were away on vacation. The neighbor who was taking care of the pets and the house called my son saying he had not seen the kitten yet. Friday afternoon my son asked for my help. He told me that the Animal Shelter didn't service Copperas Cove, but they suggested to still check the shelter and surrounding ones. Another recommendation was to post flyers and go door-to-door to see if any neighbors had seen her around. Also, post lost reports on Craigslist, community Facebook pages, Nextdoor and nokillnetwork.org. The easiest thing for me to do was to go on nokillnetwork.org. I was very impressed! People on Facebook began sending heartfelt encouragement, sightings of similar cats found and very helpful advice. After realizing the second found cat was not ours either, I was beginning to get discouraged. But one nokillnetwork.org member outlined several things to put outside to help attract our kitten home. While looking in the basement for her adoption papers I heard a cat meowing outside the garage door. By the time I opened the garage door the cat scampered away, but the very smelly cat food I put in the back porch attracted her. As I dashed upstairs there she was munching away as if nothing had ever happened. I would most definitely recommend nokillnetwork.org to others. Their heartfelt kindness encouraged me to continue my efforts and the sense of community was comforting. Thank you Animal Shelter, Animal Control officers and special thanks to nokillnetwork.org for your network of support.