In our organizing of supplies we also found many beautifully crocheted hats and scarves that we’ve been generously passing on to our friends at bus stops and at Stone Soup Kitchen each weekend.
Read MoreWhen I tell you I will remember tonight for many many years to come…
Read MoreWe hope that YOU will join us next week. All are welcome and wanted.
Read MoreThe 39 future providers/physicians who attended this workshop left more educated on how to help those facing addiction. Each also left with a Narcan kit containing two doses which may help one or more of them to save a life in the event of an overdose.
Read MoreOur new friend is doing well, really well.
Read MoreCome to the table.
Read MoreIt’s my story about being in President’s Club in high school 20 years ago, and now being President of a NFP that partnered with that same high school!
Read MoreIt was a quiet, but successful night at the #StoneSoupKitchen last night. We had 21 guests join us.
Read MoreAs many of you know, we were beginning to run low on stock, so we held a (super successful!) #31DaysOfGiving drive.
Read MoreSending proper thank you notes is definitely not one of them.
Read MoreOur food team were all friends from Merrionette Park, including Chief Palcu and one of their Community Service officers. They did a most excellent job.
Read MoreSo much has happened during these past 12 months at Alive Church. We are so grateful, thankful and blessed for the continued support of our home church.
Read MoreToday’s memorable moment is when one of our friends was getting stocked up with some winter gear on his way out and Sarah gave him a hug. He blurted out loud, “I haven’t had a mom hug in a loooooong time.” That just broke my heart in two right there, but then put it back together thinking he went home full, better protected from the weather, and feeling seen and loved.
Read MoreNow here is where things are coming full circle for me. In these 38 baskets dropped off today, 25 of them are from a collaboration of multiple social clubs at Alan B Shepard High School. My alma mater; and where my stepson went to high school .
Read MorePlan C: Call Mel in a panic. They graciously offered to go shopping and buy what they needed to cook chicken fajitas and Spanish rice.
Read MoreSue and her team cooked up and served an amazing dinner - turkey, ham, meatballs, greenbeans, mac and cheese, stuffing, potatoes and gravy & croissants.
Read MoreOnly wanting to bring joy and happiness to others, our second Loaves and Fishes closet at the Chicago Ridge Nursing and Rehab Center is named in Billy's honor.
Read MoreBecause of your financial support, Almost Home was able to provide gifts for dozens of individuals and families.
Read MoreWe received a huge stack of handwritten thank you notes from the guys at the Guildhaus today.
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