2025 Charity:
MCP Rescue + Outreach
Midwest FurFest is excited to announce that MCP Rescue & Outreach is back as this year’s charity beneficiary!
During MFF 2021, furries from around the country and world raised $73,360 for Chicago's MCP Rescue & Outreach, which has placed hundreds of hard-to-adopt dogs with new forever homes, supplies pet food donations to food pantries, and directs families to low cost spay and neuter services. MCP explains their mission as changing minds – particularly urban youth minds – about the worth and value of the city's canine community
Mission Compassion Paw (MCP) is a nonprofit dog rescue and humanitarian organization, uses the international language of art to imprint compassion for animals into urban youth culture.
MCP Rescue is a Chicago-based animal rescue that finds Forever Homes for the overlooked, abused, neglected, in need, at-risk dogs (and cats). They believe every animal is an individual with their own idiosyncrasies, gifts, likes and dislikes, just like humans. MCP is the opposite of a revolving door type of rescue model.
MCP may not have the large numbers monthly but they have a return rate lower than 3% and they know where their dogs are and how they are. 85% of the dogs MCP bring into the Pack are considered true underdogs and harder to adopt, whether the dogs be of Pitbull types dogs, XL breeds, bonded pairs, seniors, major medical, or hospice. MCP looks at this process as adopting new humans into the Pack vs adopting the dogs out.
MCP is full disclosure. They know their dogs well, stand behind them 100%, and are selective on who they bring into their Pack. They are comfortable saying no at any time during the process and look for organic connections and humans willing to put in the work it takes to create successful forever relationships. They like to go slow to ensure proper communication so that everyone is on the same page and to secure a successful match. And, they are extremely hands-on throughout from first meet and greet, throughout decompression, onto Forever.
MCP Rescue & Outreach holds their animals and humans close. Hence, they are quality over quantity.
One Fight. One Love.