Volunteer to help the Touhy Mobile Home Park cats

Hundreds of cats residing at Touhy Mobile Home Park need your help! 

We are happy to report that since our last posting in July 2006, we have trapped Taz (left) and had him treated at our veterinary hospital for the wound on the side of his neck.   Both Taz and "No Ears" are doing well now.   Since we started our spay/neuter efforts in Touhy Mobile Home Park, we have sterilized at least 50 cats, all at our own expense.  We have also removed over 60 cats & kittens from the park for adoption placement.  Our efforts are ongoing, and we still need your help.

VOLUNTEER NEEDS

  1. In the mobile home park:
  • Arrange for Owned Cats to be sterilized:  call residents who have requested spay/neuter services for their domesticated cats, go to their  home with carriers (if requested), have residents complete Waivers, provide residents post-op instructions, label the carriers, and return the cats to the staging area the night before surgery.  Give the following morning's transporters the Waivers, as they are required at PAWS.   Post-op:  return cats to their homes, reiterate post-op instructions.
  • Trap injured and ill cats: set, bait and monitor traps until dusk, cover traps when sprung, label traps according to location, and arrange for transport to a veterinarian.
  • Deliver cat and dog food to needy residents.
  • Transport cats to and/or from the PAWS Lurie Family Spay/Neuter Clinic in Chicago (volunteers provide their own vehicles).
  1. Veterinarians to donate their time to perform spay/neuter surgeries. 
     
  2. Foster Home Providers to take in the friendly stray cats and kittens we find in the park.

For volunteer information, contact Renea Burman.  

DIRECTIONS

  • PAWS Lurie Family Spay/Neuter Clinic is located at 3516 W. 26th Street (between Kedzie and Pulaski), Chicago, 60623.
     

    §         AM Transport:  cats must arrive at the clinic between 7:00 - 9:00 a.m.

    §         PM Transport:  cats must be picked up at the clinic between 4:00 – 5:00 p.m.

    Allow 3 hours each way for the commute.
     

  • Touhy Mobile Home Park is located at 400 W. Touhy, Des Plaines, 60018.  The park is located south of Oakton and east of Elmhurst Road on the north side of Touhy.  Please note that Touhy is known as Higgins (Route 72) west of Elmhurst Road.