Precious Pets Almost Home

What we do…

Precious Pets Almost Home is a rescue group/foster home organization comprised of dedicated individuals that are joined together by their compassion and love for homeless cats and dogs.

 

About us

Find out who we are and what we do

Our Organization

Our mission is to prevent cruelty to animals and to promote respect and compassion for all animals through education.  To provide quality homes for cats and dogs through our adoption programs. To reduce euthanasia by saving pets from going to animal control and pulling pets from animal control when resources permit.  To provide shelter and care for homeless and unwanted animals, reduce pet overpopulation through spay/neuter and TNR (Trap Neuter Return) of feral cats, and reunite lost animals with their owners.

We are an all-volunteer organization.  We do not receive any federal, state or city funding.  All of our support comes from concerned and involved individuals like you that share our compassion and love for homeless cats and dogs.  Precious Pets Almost Home Association is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization.  All donations are fully tax-deductible.

Information on Volunteering

If you would like to volunteer, please download and complete our application and fax it to 773-409-7440.  You can also scan and EMAIL it to us!

  • CAT CARE

    Feed and care for our feline population and maintain the cleanliness of our adoption showcase center. Give personalized time and attention to each cat. Interact with the public in order to encourage pet adoption, generate new volunteers, and promote awareness of our rescue and its mission. You can volunteer at our adoption center (Pet Supplies Plus 3757 N Lincoln Ave).  Hours are VERY flexible and tailored to your schedule.  If this sounds like fun to you, Email us TODAY for more info

  • PET PROMO - ADMINISTRATIVE

    Help PPAH from the comfort of your own home and in your pjs if you like.  We’re looking for volunteers to help draft pet bios and update pet profiles on search sites such as Petfinder and social media sites such as Twitter and Instagram.  This person may also post similar content to our FB page in order to generate interest in adoptable pets as well as search for and post interesting/entertaining/relevant articles to FB. If this is something you would enjoy, please let us know!

  • FOSTER

    Prepare a pet for their forever home by first welcoming them into yours.  Provide a caring, loving, and secure environment for homeless cat(s) or dog(s) until they are matched and adopted into a qualifying home.  We are always in need of foster homes due to the overwhelming number of homeless cats and dogs.

  • SPECIAL EVENTS

    We need assistance at special events throughout the year such as adoption events at Petsmart, Petco, and local businesses, Photos with Santa, and various pet expos.  We also need assistance preparing for special events by posting flyers, procuring raffle and silent auction prizes, selling raffle tickets, etc.

  • FUNDRAISING

    If you are feeling especially creative and motivated, we are in need of volunteers to identify and organize promotions, benefits, or fundraisers; be creative.

  • TRANSPORT

    Get our foster pets from point A to point B. Transport is often needed from CACC to a foster home or the vet. Or to and from events. Our events and foster homes are mainly in the near north and northwest side of Chicago and the north and northwest suburbs.

  • PHOTOGRAPHY

    Help us get our pets noticed on social media and in the news. Take pictures of our rescued cats and dogs and edit them to be used in print and web promotion and for adoption purposes.

Information on Fostering

Fostering is a great opportunity for someone who has an extra room in their home or who is unable to have a permanent companion animal of their own.  If you are not in a position to take on the long-term responsibility of adopting a cat or dog, but are interested in sharing your home and love with a homeless pet in the short term, you can absolutely become a foster parent for PPAH.  To do so, please complete and submit the foster application.

After speaking with our foster coordinator and determining that fostering for PPAH is indeed right for you, you will get matched with a pet in need.  PPAH can provide all necessary food and supplies.  If you are in a position to provide the food and supplies, we welcome that donation.  PPAH coordinates and pays for all vetting for the pets in our care.  We do ask that our foster homes provide transport as needed to ensure that their foster pet gets all of the preventative and continuing care that they need to be healthy and adoptable.

We also ask that foster parents provide weekly photo and short text updates.  Lastly, to most effectively locate their forever home, we ask our fosters parents to either bring their foster pets or make them available for transporters to take them to adoption events.

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Our Mission and Goals

Our Mission:

To prevent cruelty to animals and to promote respect and compassion for all animals through education. And to bridge the gap from homeless and forgotten to cherished family members.

Our Goals:

Rescue cats and dogs from life-threatening situations such as imminent homelessness and high-kill shelters.

Do our part to reduce euthanasia rates by saving pets from going to animal control and pulling pets from animal control when resources permit.

Provide shelter and care for homeless and unwanted animals.

find quality homes for cats and dogs through our Adoption Program

Prevent cruelty to animals and promote respect and compassion for all animals through education.

Reduce pet overpopulation through promotion of spray/neuter and TNR of feral cats.

Reunite lost animals with their owners.

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