Canines 4 Comfort has earned the 2020 Bronze Seal of Transparency on GuideStar!
A 501c3 providing hope & comfort
for veterans, children, and our community through companionship with psychiatric service dogs & emotional support animals
Thank you for supporting Canines 4 Comfort during 2020!
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.
About Us
How We're Helping
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 disabilities.
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.
Our efforts focus 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.
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.
Canines 4 Comfort serves areas within a 90 mile radius of Round Lake, Illinois. We currently train in Grayslake, Illinois.
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 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
Help us 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 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 our organization.
Do you have a social media presence?
- Create a Facebook fundraiser with Canines 4 Comfort as the beneficiary. Did you know we have received several thousand dollars in donations from birthday and Giving Tuesday fundraisers that our followers have created on Facebook?
- Follow us on Instagram [instagram.com/Canines4Comfort] and like us on Facebook [facebook.com/canines4comfort] for current updates that we would love for you to share among your networks.
Become a host family
Are you interested in providing our "in training" dogs and puppies with foundational guidance? Canines 4 Comfort provides all supplies, support, coaching, and veterinary care; you provide a loving home and attend weekly training sessions. Please contact us and ask for information on becoming a host family. Commitments for our "puppy raisers" range from 4 -10 months.
Donate
Make a tax-deductible donation through our secure site and encourage others to do the same. We have been fortunate enough to receive many "in memorial" donations. You can specify on our site where to direct your donation.
Spread the good word
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.