Get Involved
If you love cats and want to make a difference, there are many ways to support Chicagoland Animal Rescue. Whether you are here locally or far from Chicagoland, you can open your home, lend your time, or simply help spread the word.
Your involvement helps local cats find safe, loving futures.
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Chicagoland Animal Rescue depends on compassionate neighbors like you. Here’s how to step in and start helping today.
🧡 Foster a Cat
Fostering is one of the biggest lifesaving needs at CAR. Opening your home temporarily gives cats a quiet place to relax, adjust to indoor life, and show their true personalities.
When you foster through Chicagoland Animal Rescue, we provide guidance, supplies, toys, and approved medical care.
Why fostering saves lives:
Creates space for another cat to be rescued
Helps shy cats build confidence
Allows kittens to grow in a home, not a cage
Gives adopters valuable personality information
Even a short-term foster can change a cat’s future.
Bambina will be spayed early March, 2026 - then she will be ready for her adoption!
🐾 Volunteer With Cats
Searching for ways to volunteer with cats near Chicago? In-person volunteers make our rescue work possible every single day.
You might help with:
Feeding, cleaning, and litter care
Socializing cats and kittens
Photography and adoption profiles
Event and fundraising support
Transporting cats to vet visits or foster homes
Whether you’re cuddling kittens or helping behind the scenes, you’re part of the lifesaving chain.
💸 Donate for Local Cats
Donations directly support veterinary care, vaccinations, spay/neuter, food, and emergency treatment.
Popular wish list items include:
Cat food and Kitten care
Litter and litter boxes
Top-loading Cat Carriers
Towels, Beds, and Blankets
Cleaning supplies
Every contribution helps us say “yes” to the next cat in need.
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📣 Share Adoptable Cats
One share can lead to an adoption. 📢
By posting our cats on social media, telling friends, or forwarding adoption listings, you help them reach the families meant for them. Awareness saves lives just as much as hands-on work. Follow us on all social media platforms, @chicagolandanimalrescue to stay current with our available furry friends.
🏠 Adopt a Rescue Cat
Opening your home permanently is one of the most POWERFUL and REWARDING ways to help. Adoption not only changes that cat’s life — it makes room for us to rescue another.
When you adopt, you join a community that believes every cat deserves safety, comfort, and love.