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Published 7/30/25 8:00PM

PAWS Chicago Lincoln Park Adoption Center Volunteer

PAWS Chicago
On-site, Volunteer must be in or near Chicago, IL
I Want to Help

    • Details

    Available Times:
    Weekdays (daytime, evenings), Weekends (daytime)
    Time Commitment:
    A few hours per month
    Commitment Details:
    For new volunteers, we ask for a commitment of volunteering twice per month for the training to stay fresh!
    Recurrence:
    Recurring
    Volunteers Needed:
    100
    Cause Areas:
    Animals, Community Development, Volunteering
    Benefits:
    Training Provided
    Good For:
    Teens, Public Groups, Age 55+, Private Corporate Groups
    Participation Requirements:
    Attend Orientation
    Age Requirement:
    18+

    Description

    PAWS Chicago Lincoln Park Adoption Center Volunteer

    Want to make a life-saving difference for homeless cats and dogs? Consider volunteering at PAWS Chicago, the city’s largest No Kill animal shelter!

    PAWS Chicago is a national model in sheltering, committed to bringing an end to the killing of homeless cats and dogs in our community, and volunteers play an invaluable role in nearly every aspect of our life-saving efforts. PAWS Chicago offers a wide variety of volunteer opportunities within each of our programs and volunteers can train for any role or program they are interested in! This enables our volunteers to bring personal expertise from their own backgrounds to enable us to save more lives.

    We are especially looking for volunteers with weekday daytime availability. For more information or to sign up to become a volunteer, please visit www.pawschicago.org/volunteer. Send questions to volunteers@pawschicago.org.

    Location

    On-site

    PAWS Chicago Adoption Center

    1997 N.Clybourn Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, US

    Please fill out this form

    Instructions:

    To apply, please complete the online volunteer application found at the links below:

    Ages 18 and up: https://www.pawschicago.org/how-to-help/volunteer/become-a-volunteer. If you have questions, please email volunteers@pawschicago.org.

    Ages 12 - 17: https://www.pawschicago.org/how-to-help/volunteer/volunteer-opportunities/junior-volunteers. If you have questions, please email JV@pawschicago.org.

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