How Will Your Donation Be Used?

Your donations directly impact the lives of 60,000 families, seniors and children, and enable them to improve their lives and become self-sufficient.  With your help, we can continue our work and increase the strength of the Chicago community.

A sample of what your generous donation can provide:

$5

A round-trip bus pass for an adult in the Workforce Development Programs to travel to a job interview.

$25

A box of 100 diapers for babies in our Infant and Toddler Programs.
A breakfast for 33 children in our Head Start Preschool Programs.
5 soccer balls for kids in our Early and Family Literacy Programs.

$50

3 hours of financial counseling for a student at our Small Business Development Center.
An after school workshop for 50 inner-city kids in the Just Us Kids in the Community Program.

$100

A therapist to coach homeless young adults in our Emerge Program make the transition from homelessness to self-sufficiency.
5 GED instructional books, workbooks and computer software packets for adults with limited literacy skills in our Adult Learning Program.
50 art supply packets for victims of child abuse in our Child Advocacy Center.

$250

GED test fees for 4 students who have completed our Job Training Programs.
4 sessions of expressive art therapy sessions for siblings in foster care in our Neighbor to Neighbor Program.
1 month's worth of childcare in our Head Start Preschool Programs for a single mom attending college.

$365

Just $1 a day provides lunch and two snacks for a low income child for one year.

$500

2 cribs for babies in our Infant and Toddler Programs.
10 hours of counseling for a victim of domestic violence in our Domestic Violence Counseling and Advocacy Programs.
Food and healthy snacks for 6 months for teens and seniors participating in Grandparents Please, our intergenerational mentoring program.