Let Grayslake Businesses Help: Dog Walking, Delivery, More

GRAYSLAKE, IL — With the state's extended stay-at-home order set to begin Friday due to the coronavirus pandemic, local businesses across the Grayslake area could use support from community members. Because of the recent heavy restrictions, the lack of options regarding places to go, people to see and things to do are weighing heavily on many. If you're finding yourself in need of a break, or a change in routine, consider these local businesses that have found ways to stay open and to offer services, activities, delivery, pick-up and safe-distance transactions to serve the community.

We put a call out to local businesses on Patch last month and asked them to update their status, give details on how you can continue to patronize them and to let the community know how they can best help during these challenging times. You can find the local guide here.

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At-home needs:

Let's be honest, our pets are pretty much walking us at this point. Especially those pet owners who are now walking their dogs at least twice per day during the stay-at-home order. If you'd like a break, while also hoping to support a local business, why not give Hairy Tails Pet Education, LLC a call?

They provide pet walking for "structured exercise" and also online conference calls for anyone needing behavioral help with their puppies or pets. If you're fostering a dog or recently adopted one from a local shelter or other business, there's no better time than the present to get some help from Hairy Tails.

Have a different type of creature living in your home — AKA 'pests'? — then you're in luck due to Hurricane Exterminator in Antioch.

"Outfitted with the best PPE for your protection and ours," this local business will handle and take care of all of your pest control needs.

Can you no longer stand to look at your dirty, rusty or eroding bricks, fences, or outdoor areas? Then you better call or email Apollo Pro Services in Round Lake. Described as "Pristine," Apollo Pro Services invites community members to email them for a free quote on all power washing needs: apolloproserv@aol.com. More information: 847-242-1399

If you or someone you know needs elderly care in their home or needs their grocery shopping taken care of and delivered, Right at Home in Grayslake wants to do just that for those in need, and wants you to know their caregivers are equipped with PPE.

Remote date night or weekend fun:

Do an at-home wine tasting with some great grapes from Wine Knows, located at 1130 W. Washington Street in Grayslake. All you have to do is call 847-612-7048 to order wine for curbside or pickup. You can call any day, and go pick up the wine (or via curbside) from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, or from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday.

Let Emil’s Tavern on Center — 161 Center Street in Grayslake — deliver your dinner (closed Mondays).

Treat yourself to some new jewelry and retail items for your quarantine date night, video chatting or future (someday, sigh) in-person events by visiting Vicki's Premier Designs Jewelry and Fashion online boutique. Don't forget Mother's Day is coming up.

"My online boutique offers high quality jewelry made in the USA," owner Vicki Santi wrote, in our local business guide. "I'm offering 30 percent (SIC) off ‘Stir Crazy’ specials for all your upcoming gift needs."

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• Grayslake Local Business Guide: What's Open or Closed
  
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More local services:

Several local businesses responded to the call out and are asking community members to follow them on Facebook, and simply share the details written in the local guide, which features dozens more businesses willing to serve you. Whether its home or car repairs, counseling, gifts, food delivery, pet services, gift cards to use in the future, music lessons, educational resources or something else, you'll probably find what you need from one or more of the listed local businesses.

If you own a local business and have not yet updated your status, you can find a simple submission form here.

If you'd like to support local businesses and organizations through monetary or item donations, make sure to mark Tuesday, May 5 on your calendar. That's when local businesses and organizations throughout Lake County are participating in Giving Tuesday Now, a new worldwide day of giving and unity happening Tuesday, May 5, in addition to the regularly scheduled Dec. 1, 2020 Giving Tuesday "as an emergency response to the unprecedented need caused by COVID-19."

More information: Coronavirus In IL: Giving Tuesday Now In Lake County