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Animal Services Volunteer Opportunities | Pets for Seniors

Eligibility

Anyone interested in volunteering.

Required documents

Please call.

Hours

24/7
309-446-9721
Voice·

Main Line

Languages

English

Application process

Please call.

Fees

None

Service area

No boundaries.
Pets for Seniors is an organization that matches cats and dogs from shelters and foster pet groups with senior citizens who might need a little help with the responsibilities of pet ownership. They were established in 1999. They are a 501(c)3 organization registered with the Illinois State Attorney General’s office. If you are a senior citizen 60 years or older, and if you’d consider an older pet, they will:
  • Offer a substantial discount on our senior animals for adoption
  • Give you starter supplies (as donated supplies allow)
  • Take care of the pet for free should you ever have to spend time in a hospital
  • Send you our newsletter three times a year
  • Take your pet back and if possible, find it another home if you can no longer care for it
An animal that would be eligible for the Pets for Seniors program would be a dog 7 years or older or a cat 5 years or older. (Keep in mind that small dogs can often live 15-17 years and cats 17-18 years or more). They reserve the right to refuse help with any adoptions that they don’t approve of or feel are not compatible (such as a young, strong and unruly dog to a fragile elderly person). The Pets for Saving program is open to all ages. Their membership is made up of adopting members, board members, supporters and volunteers. They have a no-kill shelter where they foster cats and dogs that they have rescued from euthanasia at animal control facilities. They do not accept owner relinquished animals other than from their adopting members who can no longer care for their pet.

Last Assured

08/27/2025

Providing organization

Pets for Seniors
Pets for Seniors is an organization that matches cats and dogs from shelters and foster pet groups with senior citizens who might need a little help with the responsibilities of pet ownership. They were established in 1999. They are a 501(c)3 organization registered with the Illinois State Attorney General’s office. If you are a senior citizen 60 years or older, and if you’d consider an older pet, they will:
  • Offer a substantial discount on our senior animals for adoption
  • Give you starter supplies (as donated supplies allow)
  • Take care of the pet for free should you ever have to spend time in a hospital
  • Send you our newsletter three times a year
  • Take your pet back and if possible, find it another home if you can no longer care for it
An animal that would be eligible for the Pets for Seniors program would be a dog 7 years or older or a cat 5 years or older. (Keep in mind that small dogs can often live 15-17 years and cats 17-18 years or more). They reserve the right to refuse help with any adoptions that they don’t approve of or feel are not compatible (such as a young, strong and unruly dog to a fragile elderly person). The Pets for Saving program is open to all ages. Their membership is made up of adopting members, board members, supporters and volunteers. They have a no-kill shelter where they foster cats and dogs that they have rescued from euthanasia at animal control facilities. They do not accept owner relinquished animals other than from their adopting members who can no longer care for their pet.