Chicago, IL
Our Chicago team works in unbridled collaboration to raise money for their local chapter of The Street Dog Coalition. To donate to their efforts to provide free veterinary care to pets of people experiencing homelessness in Chicago, click here.
We are hugely grateful to all Midwest FurFest participants and organizers for donating over $135,000 to The Street Dog Coalition in December 2024. Midwest FurFest selected our Chicago team as their charity recipient in 2022 and we were honored to be chosen a second time. Once again, we were blown away by their generosity, compassion, and kindness and we continue to pay it FURward.
Team Leads:
Dr. Stacy
Dr. Stacy (second from the left) is a small animal veterinarian in Evanston, IL and provides relief services for animal hospitals in the Chicagoland area. A Nebraska native, she attended Kansas State University College of Veterinary Medicine and moved to Chicago after graduation. She got involved with providing care to pets of Chicago's homeless through The Night Ministry in 2013 and took over the Chicago Team Lead in 2019. She lives in Chicago with her husband, three sons, two dogs and a recently adopted kitten. She still continues to root for the Chicago Cubs and the Nebraska Husker's football team, no matter their records.
Dr. Lynee
Dr. Lynlee (center) grew up in Steger, Illinois and has not strayed far from Chicago’s south suburbs. She attended Marian Catholic High School, graduated with a BS from Eastern Illinois University, and then earned her doctorate from University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine in 1996. Dr. Lynlee has been practicing small animal medicine and surgery for almost 30 years and still enjoys caring for her feline and canine patients every day. She joined Street Dog Coalition in 2018 and always looks forward to meeting the residents of Chicago’s South Shore neighborhood along with their beloved animal companions. She lives with her husband and way too many animals in the south suburbs. In her spare time, she loves to read and travel the world.
Partners & Resources:
The Night Ministry: The Chicago SDC team does work hand-in-hand with The Night Ministry, offering One Health services to both ends of the leash. The Night Ministry staff includes a social worker and a nurse practitioner who offer medical care to pet parents along with HIV testing and medication distribution. They are also able to help pet parents experiencing homelessness secure IDs and start the process of finding housing.
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Contact Us:
Call 773.280.8231, email chicago@thestreetdogcoalition.org, or fill out the form below.