Building Hope, Expanding our Reach…
Leave a lasting legacy in support of animal rescue!
We need our community supporters now more than ever. For interest in corporate or private sponsorships and donations, please email fundraising@reachrescue.org.
This includes sponsorships and donations in exchange for naming rights in various locations around the new building.
Ever since Reach Rescue started back in 2011, we have grown and grown. We were proud to have rescued and found homes for around 60 dogs that year. Now, we have the resources and volunteers to find homes for that many in just two months or less. During our weekly adoption events at the rescue, our space which once seemed abundant now overflows with people and dogs. We are simply bursting at the seams, and every inch is being utilized. It was always important to us that we stayed in Mundelein, where it all started. In the fall of 2021, Reach Rescue officially closed on three acres of land off of Route 45 in Mundelein that will eventually become our permanent home. The land had three residential structures on it which were demolished in early November of 2024. Our team is currently working on the extensive permitting processes, all kinds of plans and pre-construction to-do’s, and it’s quite slow sometimes, but progress is progress!
Our future site will include an adoption facility that further accommodates our growing needs, intake garage, revamped medical room, outdoor exercise areas, training space, community pet food pantry and more — but we need all the support we can get.
February 10, 2025
Civil Engineering for the utilities and drainage has been completed and sent to the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) permit for the entry on Route 45 as well as the utilities that need to go under the road.
Other engineering plans for Mechanical, Electrical and Plumbing (MEP) are well underway and hopefully nearing completion.
Our architect is working with a contractor on details for structural engineering and trusses.
We're hoping to get a complete set of plans in front of the village in the next few weeks!
November 6, 2024
We are continuing #BuildingHope for animals in need with our biggest update yet! The two unusable structures on our property were recently demolished to start making way for bigger and better things, and we are still desperately fundraising to fully fund our new facility!
This project will be #ExpandingOurReach by allowing us to save THREE times as many homeless animals with the space and resources we have planned. We are eagerly awaiting #GivingTuesday this year (27 days - but who's counting) in hopes you will consider Reach Rescue and foster dogs current and future who will get a second chance because of this building. Exciting things are happening!
March 30, 2024
Progress continues on the new Reach Rescue property and future adoption center! On Wednesday, we met with the building department at the Village of Mundelein to update them on our plans and progress.
They were happy to hear that we were continuing to move forward with the project and gave us a lot of advice; from making sure that our architectural plans are up to the latest village code standards, to demystifying the many permits we'll need to deal with removing dead trees, closing the well and septic, and beginning demolition of the old buildings that have to go to make room for our awesome new facility. There is a ton of work ahead of us to get there, but it's exciting to be moving forward! Reach Rescue Directors Bill (pictured) and Barrett represented Reach at the meeting. We will have MANY more updates coming soon, so stay tuned!
