Where We Volunteer



Teams consisting of a volunteer handler and his/her registered therapy dog participate in visitation and therapy sessions at a variety of different locations in the Chicago metropolitan area:

Loyola University Medical Center
Maywood, Illinois

  • 5th floor Rehabilitation unit
  • 4th floor Pediatrics
  • Burn Unit

Hines Veterans Administration Hospital
Hines Illinois

  • Blind Rehabilitation
  • Spinal Cord Injury
  • Psychiatric Day Treatment
  • Inpatient Psychiatry
  • Extended Care / Geriatrics / Hospice units
  • Medical / Rehabilitation unit

Fairview Baptist Home
Downers Grove, Illinois

  • Assisted Living
  • Medicare units
  • Dementia units

Good Samaritan Hospital
Downers Grove, Illinois

  • Geriatric Psychiatry unit
  • Adult Psychiatry unit

McNeal Hospital
Berwyn, Illinois

  • Orthopedic Unit

Reading Education Assistance Dog (R.E.A.D.) programs:

  • Tate Woods Elementary School
    Lisle, Illinois
  • Scheiser Elementary School
    Lisle, Illinois
  • Hodgkins Elementary School
    Hodgkins, Illinois
  • Maplebrook Elementary School
    Naperville Illinois
  • Briar Glen Elementary School
    Wheaton, Illinois

 

Mooseheart Academy
Batavia, Illinois

 

Little Friends
Spectrum Vocational Services and Adult Day Care
Downers Grove, Illinois