About Strays Halfway House
Strays Halfway House, founded in 1981 by Belinda Olsen and Sharon Gawlik, is an all volunteer, registered, not-for-profit organization dedicated to rescuing stray and abandoned animals. All of the monies raised by Strays Halfway House is used for the animals. There are no paid members of our organization.
Our animals come from facilities that are forced to euthanize because of space, or stray animals that are found in the yards, or injured on the streets of surrounding northwest cities. Strays Halfway House does not kill any adoptable animal that we have taken in just because a given time period has expired. At times we have animals in foster homes for many months until the "right" adoptive home comes along. We do not prolong the suffering of any that carry an incurable disease, or that have temperaments that would make living in a home with people a miserable experience for that animal, but we do treat many serious injuries and conditions that can be resolved, so as to guarantee the animal a good quality of life.
Strays Halfway House has been helping in communities since 1981, successfully placing healthy, well adjusted, and friendly companions into the homes of Illinois. Strays also proudly holds the honor of being named Schaumburg Volunteer Organization of the Year for 1996.
You can rest assured that any companion animal adopted from Strays Halfway House has had the best modern medical care, as well as the individualized love of a foster home. This attention to detail is important, so you can be assured that any cat or kitten you adopt from Strays Halfway House will be a good match for your home, allowing them to become a lifelong family member.