Where We Go

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:

misty rmhouseLoyola University Medical Center (Maywood)

  • 4th floor Pediatrics
  • Bernadin Cancer Center
  • Marcell Neihoff School of Nursing / Health Sciences Library
  • Ronald McDonald House (for families of hospitalized children)
  • Stritch School of Medicine
  • "On Call" visits throughout the hospital
  • "Colleague Support" visits for hospital staff throughout the campus
  • Loyola Department of Surgery
  • Outpatient Clinics on the Loyola and Burr Ridge campuses

Hines Veterans Administration Hospital (Hines)

  • Blind Rehabilitation
  • Extended Care / Geriatrics 
  • Fisher House (for families of hospitalized veterans)
  • Inpatient Oncology
  • 11th Floor Rehabilitation

Gottlieb Hospital (Melrose Park)

MacNeal Hospital (Berwyn)

Senior Living

  • StoryPoint Senior Living (Bolingbrook)
  • Oak Trace Senior Living, (Downers Grove)
  • Villa St Benedict Senior Living (Lisle)
  • Immanuel Senior Residences (Downers Grove)

Jeff and Opie Library ReadElementary, High School and College Programs

  • Arbor View Elementary School (Glen Ellyn)
  • Gardner North and South Preschool and Kindergarten (Naperville)
  • Hillcrest Elementary School (Downers Grove)
  • Lincoln Way East High School (Frankfort)
  • Lincoln Way High School Central (New Lenox)
  • Lincoln Way West High School (New Lenox)
  • Proviso Math and Science Academy (Forest Park)
  • Mooseheart Child Village Elementary School (Batavia)
  • Pierce Downers Elementary School (Downers Grove)
  • Percy Julian Middle School (Oak Park)
  • Schafer Elementary School (Lombard)
  • Westfield Elementary School (Glen Ellyn)
  • Gurrie Middle School (LaGrange)
  • Park View Elementary School (Glen Ellyn)
  • Butterfield Elementary School (Lombard)
  • Longwood Elementary School (Naperville)
  • Mother Mcauley  High School (Chicago)
  • Proviso Math and Science Academy (Forest Park)
  • Mother Mcualey High School (Chicago)
  • Montini High School (Lombard)
  • University of Illinois College of Dentistry
  • University of Chicago
  • Wheaton College
  • Dominican University
  • St Xavier University
  • Concordia University of Chicago

Public Library Programs

  • 95th St Library Public Library (Naperville)
  • Oak Park Public Library
  • Forest Park Public Library
  • Naper Boulevard Public Library (Naperville)
  • Nichols Public Library (Naperville)
  • River Forest Public Library
  • Lemont Public Library
  • Riverside Public Library
  • Downers Grove Public Library
  • Clarendon Hills Public Library

Special Programs

  • River Forest Police Department (River Forest)
  • Community Adult Day Care (Downers Grove)
  • Fox Valley Adult Transition Center (IL Dept of Corrections, Aurora)
  • Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Hospitals (JCAHO) Headquarters (Oakbrook Terrace)
  • Argonne National Laboratory (Lemont)