PAWS Chicago - Adoption Centers
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The PAWS Chicago Adoption Center is a state-of-the-art, cageless No Kill shelter, uniting more than 6,000 homeless cats and dogs with new families each year.
The PAWS Chicago Adoption Center is located in the heart of Chicago’s own Lincoln Park neighborhood, designed to meet all the needs of its homeless canine and feline guests, while welcoming and encouraging involvement from the community. This bright, welcoming, accessible home-away-from-home for homeless animals is in the heart of one of the most progressive and animal-friendly communities in the country.
At 1997 N. Clybourn Avenue, the PAWS Chicago Adoption and Humane Center is surrounded by thousands of people, families, and retail stores, with lots of activity and foot traffic to attract volunteers and adopters.
PAWS Chicago has consulted with sheltering and behavior experts across the country to ensure that the design, operations, and practices of the new Center will offer the best temporary care and comfort for the homeless animal guests, while easing their transition into permanent homes once adopted. The Center’s innovative features will enhance the physical and emotional health, and therefore the adopt-ability, of its homeless dogs and cats, with:
*Suites instead of cages to ensure a quiet, relaxed environment
*Ventilation system with 100% fresh air flow to eliminate disease transmission
*Enrichment area for daily exercise, agility and training
*Matchmaker program to match pet characteristics to adopter’s lifestyle
The Center is also designed for PAWS Chicago's more than 5,000 volunteers to engage at every level, from greeting guests to socializing pets to counseling adopters to coordinating foster homes. As a No Kill shelter, PAWS Chicago is committed to treating each pet with the highest quality medical care.
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11/30/2021
Most of us don’t know what it’s like to be abandoned. Maybe we can imagine. Life is good, there’s food, shelter, someone to love us. And then it’s replaced, by cold, silence, and fear.
Maybe that’s how Uriel and Urla felt when they were abandoned in an apartment together. Amazingly, their story is a happy one. Because they were found. The entire PAWS Chicago community is looking out for them. That’s never more true than on this day, Giving Tuesday. With every donation thousands of other Uriels and Urlas will soon be saved. Please join us if you can.
Thanks to the generous support of PAWS adopter, Erin Fauber, your donation will be matched up to $10,000 in honor of her PAWS pet, Oliver! Donate at https://bit.ly/PAWSGivingTuesday21
#GivingTuesday
11/30/2021
Homeless pets like are hoping for your support today—Giving Tuesday, a global day of giving & one of the most important days of the year for at-risk animals.
And today your support works twice as hard, thanks to the generous support of PAWS Chicago adopter, Erin Fauber, your donation will be matched up to $10,000!
Charity Navigator, the nation’s largest independent evaluator, has rated PAWS Chicago at its highest 4-star ranking for 19 consecutive years—an achievement earned by less than 1% of charities in the nation. That means your donation goes further and saves more pets. As a leader in the No Kill movement, PAWS Chicago is committed to the life of every pet we take in and make sure your donation gives animals in need the second chance they deserve.
Donate at the link in bio.
11/29/2021
Giving Tuesday, the global day of giving, is tomorrow, November 30. If you’ve ever needed a reason to join the PAWS Chicago community in our mission to protect voiceless, innocent animals, well, meet 𝕋𝕚𝕝𝕕𝕒.
Her foster calls her quiet, curious & brave, and says she snores a little during naps. She’s adapting to life with only one front leg.
She arrived at Chicago Animal Care and Control with fur so severely matted it had cut-off circulation to her paw. We hurried her to our Medical Center the day we met her and performed the surgery the very next day. She’s healing now and her future looks bright.
With animal-lovers like you supporting us on critical days like Giving Tuesday, Tilda and thousands of others get a second chance. We’ll keep giving every Tilda everything they need. Please join us if you can.
Thanks to the generous support of PAWS adopter, Erin Fauber, your donation will be matched up to $10,000!
Donate at the link in bio.
11/29/2021
Vanilla is tongue-out in excitement to tell you the good news! The PAWS Chicago online store is updated with all new gifts for the animal-lovers and fur babies in your life. AND you can use code PAWS MERCH for 20% off your order.
From sweatshirts to onesies to doggie hoodies, everyone in the family can get cozy while proudly showing their support for a heartwarming cause.
11/25/2021
From all of us at PAWS Chicago, Happy Thanksgiving! 🦃🧡
11/24/2021
PUPDATE: The Lincoln Park Adoption Center will close at 5 PM today & will be closed tomorrow, Nov 25 for the Thanksgiving holiday. The Lurie Clinic will also be closed. Stay tuned for more holiday closures this season.
Looking for ways to give back this holiday season? Consider ordering an item from our PAWS Chicago Amazon Wish List. Every donation helps us stretch dollars by supplying everyday items we desperately need.
See whats on our Wish List at the link in bio.
11/22/2021
Peanut is here to share some tips to keep your pup safe during the Thanksgiving feast 🦃 🌽 🥖
If you want to treat your pet the right way, consider sugar-free pumpkin puree or green beans! 🧡 💚
Read more at the link in bio & please share to pass the knowledge along.
Psst... Peanut 🥜 is still looking for his home for the holidays. Learn more about him on our website!
11/21/2021
What a wonderful time we had in the @themagmile Lights Parade last night, celebrating with hundreds of thousands of friends & animal lovers!
Miss it? No worries – catch it tonight at 6pm on @abc7chicago as we "Light Up Their Lives."
Huge thanks to generous donors who made our participation possible. And special kudos for the inspiring float design donated by advertising agency @cramerkrasselt.
11/19/2021
These precious pups and kittens are ready to make a new friend at the North Shore New Friend adoption event tomorrow! Take a sneak peek here and visit our website to learn more!
📍 PAWS Chicago North Shore Adoption Center
1616 Deerfield Road, Highland Park, IL
⌚️ Saturday, November 20 from 12-3pm
🐶🐱: Cheryl, Sakura, Hathaway, Sailor, Charlene, Samuel, Chickpea, Santiago, Hancock, Hammond
11/19/2021
PAWS Chicago is honored to win the Multicultural Veterinary Medicine Association’s (@multiculturalvma) DEI Commitment to Change Award. 🐶❤🐱 This is awarded to a candidate for demonstrating a commitment to promoting diversity and inclusion in veterinary medicine through contributions that may have impact in any area - college, local area or region, state and/or national arenas.
Our Veterinary Assistant Apprenticeship Program provides skills and pathways to employment in the veterinary industry to under-represented populations, focusing on the PAWS for Life Community Outreach client base. This twelve-week, hands-on, paid job training program allows residents of Englewood, West Englewood and Back of the Yards to learn all the skills needed to be a Veterinary Assistant, all while helping neighborhood pets through our Community Medicine program.
11/18/2021
Have you met Pedro & Mojo, the two beautiful pets in our holiday campaign?
Pedro is one of the kittens we rescued from the horrors of Hurricane Ida & Mojo was a tiny, 2-month-old pup suffering from parvo (deadly).
They're alive because animal-loving people like you stepped up as volunteers, fosters, adopters & donors in 2021.
We hope you can say yes one more time today & help us save thousands more. Learn how to DONATE at the LINK IN BIO.
11/18/2021
Santiago has a secret to tell you… He’s one of the 10 adorable puppies and kittens who will be searching for a home at the North Shore New Friend Adoption Event this Saturday, November 20 from 12pm-3pm!
Don’t forget to fill out the ComPETibility Quiz & Adoption Application before heading to the PAWS Chicago Glenn L. Felner North Shore Adoption Center located at 1616 Deerfield Road in Highland Park.
See all the adoptable animals at the link in bio and save the date for our next event on December 18!