The Animal Care League
The Animal Care League has been helping homeless animals since 1973 by providing them with food, shelter, medical treatment and love until we can find them a new “forever” home. In the beginning we were able to help a few animals at a time by taking them into our homes, but we have grown over the years and we now help more than 1,200 animals a year at our shelter. Additionally, we run a low cost spay/neuter clinic to help reduce the number of companion animals born each year that start their lives being homeless.
We are extremely proud of the fact that all adoptable animals stay with us until a new home is found, regardless of time in the shelter and yet we never turn an animal away because of its physical or behavioral condition. This means we accept animals to the shelter that we know will be with us for a long period of time during their recovery and we never charge a fee for someone to turn their animal in to the shelter. While we feel this is the way a shelter should be run, it does lead to certain financial challenges. Shelters are not inexpensive to operate and adoption fees alone can’t come close to covering all of the costs. Therefore we depend on fundraising events to help bridge this gap.
Give’em Shelter is a fundraiser that is designed to help the shelter care for all of the animals that come our way, mostly from Chicago and the near western suburbs. Even though we desperately need donations, we understand most of our country is in a cost saving mode due to the economy. We have made 2 observations in these tough economic times. First, people still want to help, they just don’t have the disposable income of a few years ago and second, people still need to get out of the house and have some enjoyment in their lives to cope with the stress we all feel every day. By teaming up with Primitive, Chicago’s leading destination for art and design, we are providing our supporters with both – the opportunity to help our animals and to have a magical evening.
Please don’t miss this opportunity to help our animals and join us for an evening to remember.
We are extremely proud of the fact that all adoptable animals stay with us until a new home is found, regardless of time in the shelter and yet we never turn an animal away because of its physical or behavioral condition. This means we accept animals to the shelter that we know will be with us for a long period of time during their recovery and we never charge a fee for someone to turn their animal in to the shelter. While we feel this is the way a shelter should be run, it does lead to certain financial challenges. Shelters are not inexpensive to operate and adoption fees alone can’t come close to covering all of the costs. Therefore we depend on fundraising events to help bridge this gap.
Give’em Shelter is a fundraiser that is designed to help the shelter care for all of the animals that come our way, mostly from Chicago and the near western suburbs. Even though we desperately need donations, we understand most of our country is in a cost saving mode due to the economy. We have made 2 observations in these tough economic times. First, people still want to help, they just don’t have the disposable income of a few years ago and second, people still need to get out of the house and have some enjoyment in their lives to cope with the stress we all feel every day. By teaming up with Primitive, Chicago’s leading destination for art and design, we are providing our supporters with both – the opportunity to help our animals and to have a magical evening.
Please don’t miss this opportunity to help our animals and join us for an evening to remember.