Voted Best New Business of 2019 by Algonquin/Lake in the Hills Chamber of Commerce!
A 501c3 providing hope & comfort
for veterans, children, and our community through companionship with psychiatric service dogs & emotional support animals
THIS HOLIDAY SEASON help a local family in distress
This is their story
Four children (ages 4-6-8-10) were recently taken into protective custody. The only life they had known was abusive and reckless. Life in the foster care system was imminent, but thanks to the kind souls of an aunt and uncle, there is hope. Hope for normal family life. Hope for counseling to help them recover from the misfortunes they were dealt with. Hope that the nightmare they were living can be put behind them. Hope for a brighter future.
The guardian angels who welcomed these children into their family need our help. How do you suddenly add four more people to a young family with two infants of their own? We know the state will eventually provide funding for food and some clothing, but where do you store the clothes and add beds without the significant expense? How do you pay for years of therapy?
Through Thanksgiving week, Canines 4 Comfort is collecting donations on behalf of these young children. Your tax-deductible contribution will directly support the immediate needs of a family in crisis. This family is facing traumas that most of us have only seen on the news or a television show, but this is their reality.
Relationships that heel
We know Giving Tuesday is just around the corner, but due to the urgency of this situation, we are seeking donations today. Any donation of $50 or more will receive a Canines 4 Comfort t-shirt.
Canines 4 Comfort is about relationships that 'heel' and with your help, we can initiate healing for this family this holiday season.
Please make your tax-deductible donation through this secure link.
About Us
How We're Helping
Community Outreach
Community Outreach
There is significant evidence that animals improve mental health.
Canines 4 Comfort is a 501(c)3 organization established to satisfy the growing need for Psychiatric Service Dogs and Emotional Support Dogs among veterans, children, and others afflicted with emotional and trauma syndromes.
Canines 4 Comfort trains psychiatric service dogs
There is significant evidence that animals improve mental health.
Canines 4 Comfort is a 501(c)3 organization established to satisfy the growing need for Psychiatric Service Dogs and Emotional Support Dogs among veterans, children, and others afflicted with emotional and trauma syndromes.
Canines 4 Comfort trains psychiatric service dogs for veterans, children, and others in our community. We provide resources, training, education, care, and support to our clients and the communities we serve.
We are focusing our efforts on training our existing dogs and fulfilling the needs of those on our wait list. At this time, we are not able to assist with training dogs that have not been sourced nor evaluated by Canines 4 Comfort staff. We will revisit our position on training dogs outside Canines for Comfort in the future; we do not want to over-promise and under deliver.
Services provided by Canines 4 Comfort are complimentary; however, as a nonprofit organization, we rely solely on the generosity of community donations to help us achieve our mission.
Currently Canines 4 Comfort serves areas within a 90 mile radius of Round Lake, Illinois. Our formal training site is in Grayslake, Illinois.
Community Outreach
Community Outreach
Community Outreach
We offer a professional program for our trained canines to bring cheer and comfort to others while demonstrating their trained capabilities. Canines 4 Comfort can personalize visits to:
- Provide dog therapy to residents and staff of health care facilities, senior living, and retirement communities
- Bring educational and therapy dog service
We offer a professional program for our trained canines to bring cheer and comfort to others while demonstrating their trained capabilities. Canines 4 Comfort can personalize visits to:
- Provide dog therapy to residents and staff of health care facilities, senior living, and retirement communities
- Bring educational and therapy dog services to local schools and counseling centers
- Supply dogs to participate in read to dog programs at local libraries
- Offer support in stressful environments such as:
- Court companions
- Grief counseling
- Natural disasters
- Therapy groups
- And most other circumstances where our dogs can provide comfort
- To keep our community guests and our staff safe and healthy, we are not currently offering home visits.
Make a Difference
Community Outreach
Make a Difference
Are you an Amazon shopper?
- Support Canines 4 Comfort at no extra cost when you shop at smile.amazon.com! Select Canines 4 Comfort as your charity and Amazon donates a percentage of your qualified purchases to us.
- Choose any item(s) from our Amazon wish list http://a.co/1cWuL2m and add it to your cart. Select Canines 4 Comfort's Gift Regi
Are you an Amazon shopper?
- Support Canines 4 Comfort at no extra cost when you shop at smile.amazon.com! Select Canines 4 Comfort as your charity and Amazon donates a percentage of your qualified purchases to us.
- Choose any item(s) from our Amazon wish list http://a.co/1cWuL2m and add it to your cart. Select Canines 4 Comfort's Gift Registry Address and items are shipped directly to us.
Are you interested in providing our "in training" dogs with foundational guidance? Please contact us and ask for information on becoming a host family.
Whether you help through monetary donations, volunteering your time, or sharing our mission through word-of-mouth, thank you! We couldn't accomplish our goals without the help of supporters like you.
Thank you for supporting Canines 4 Comfort during 2019!
Tax Receipts
As a practice, we send tax receipts as we receive donations rather than at year-end. If you feel you did not receive or have misplaced your receipt/letter, please contact us for a duplicate acknowledgement.