About this Event
UPDATE DUE TO CHANGE IN INITIAL EVENT!!
Join the Forest Park Board of Health for our chill-est and cutest WBW yet! This time, we have an on-site collaboration with April’s Kittens of Forest Park and Cuddle Bunny of Chicago where folks will have the opportunity to experience either the relaxing effects of kitten-time, or bunny-time.
Petting small, furry mammals has been shown to have many beneficial emotional and physical effects, including triggering our bonding hormone and lowering our stress hormone. It can lower our blood pressure and heart rate, reduce pain, ease muscle tension and promote bone and tissue healing (via sound frequencies of purring, reduce stress and anxiety, raising feel-good chemicals and alter loneliness and depression, and aid in helping us to slow down and live in the present moment.
In between the cuteness, we will discuss a few tools to cope with anxiety, in those settings where we don’t have an animal to pet!!
This healing event will take place at April’s Kittens in Forest Park and tickets will offer the option of bunny time OR kitten time, based on limited space (and needing to keep the animals apart.) If you come with a buddy and want to swap halfway through, just alert the facilitators beforehand. Souvenirs from both businesses will be available.
This event is 18+. But feel free to return and attend either venue with the whole family!
Meet the owners:
April’sKittens.org is an interactive cat rescue lounge located at 7247 Roosevelt Rd, Forest Park. April Moore is the founder of Aprilskittens.org. She is an animal advocate who opened the space in May 2026, providing a safe haven for vulnerable cats. Her mission is to save, medically rehabilitate or rehome critically injured, medically complex and special-needs cats facing euthanasia or homelessness. Anna is the Operations Director and will be assisting us on the 11 th .
CuddleBunnyccc.com is a bunny boarding and interactive experience located at 2901 N. Clark St. in Chicago. Cuddle Bunny Too recently opened at Woodfield Tech Center, 1119 Tower Road, Schaumburg. Barbara Burdick of Cuddle Bunny is a life-long animal lover and volunteer who wants to share her love of bunnies with those who wouldn’t otherwise have access to them. She believes that, “in a country with such tremendous wealth, no human or animal should ever be without the necessities of clean water, food or shelter.” She recently opened a second site at. Susan B can personally vouch for Barbara’s ethics and intentions as they have known each other almost 50 years!
Event venue & nearby stays
April's Kittens, 7247 Roosevelt Road, Forest Park, United States
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