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Helping Children Return to Learning

By: Liz Startz
9/15/2020  |  City of Chicago, Education, Fundraising

With fall quickly approaching, Children’s Home & Aid needed to get creative to ensure kids and families in our programs were ready to return to virtual or in person learning settings. With the support of our volunteers, donors, staff and partners across the state, nearly 1,000 youth were supported by our Returning to Learning efforts, […]

Serving Families and Children: How Our Work Continues with Your Help

By: Lori Neumann
4/24/2020  |  Fundraising, In the News

It’s a tough time for the children and families served by Children’s Home & Aid across Illinois. The double whammy of the COVID-19 virus and the resulting economic downturn are having a huge impact on families who were already stressed before the virus hit. “The families we work with were already under tremendous stress before […]

Making the Holiday Season Brighter in Chicago

By: Isabella Rodriguez
1/14/2020  |  City of Chicago, Fundraising, Holiday Time

Children’s Home & Aid is so grateful for all of the support we received in our Chicago Metro Region this holiday season. Read below for all the details of our holiday events! In our Chicago Metro Region… Holiday Gift Drive – In Chicago, Children’s Home & Aid partnered with 39 companies and numerous individual donors […]

Making the Holiday Season Brighter in Southern Illinois

By: Isabella Rodriguez
1/14/2020  |  Fundraising, Holiday Time, Southern Region

Children’s Home & Aid is so grateful for all of the support we received in our Southern Region this holiday season. Read below for all the details of our holiday events! In Metro East… Help for the Holidays – Over 300 families received gifts and monetary donations through our Help for the Holidays & 100 […]

Making the Holiday Season Brighter in Bloomington-Normal

By: Isabella Rodriguez
1/14/2020  |  Central Region, Crisis Nursery, Fundraising, Holiday Time, Stuff the Bus

Children’s Home & Aid is so grateful for all of the support we received in our Central Region this holiday season. Read below for all the details of our holiday events! In our Central Region… Stuff the Bus – The Bloomington-Normal community stepped up to make a significant difference in the lives of infants and […]

Making the Holiday Season Brighter in Rockford

By: Isabella Rodriguez
1/14/2020  |  Fundraising, Holiday Time, Northern Region

Children’s Home & Aid is so grateful for all of the support we received in Rockford this holiday season. Read below for all the details of our holiday events! In our Northern Region… We are so grateful to our donors and supporters who contributed plenty of toys, clothes and other items for our Holiday Gift […]

A Bright Holiday Season for Chicagoland Families and Kids – Thanks to You!

By: Kelli Wendt
12/27/2019  |  City of Chicago, Fundraising, Holiday Time

Thanks to our generous donors, we’re entering a new year and a new decade on a great foot! Children’s Home & Aid staff statewide were busy this December working with kids, families, and partners to ensure every child we serve had a bright holiday season. This year in our Metro region we partnered with 39 […]

Happy GivingTuesday!

By: Isabella Rodriguez
12/03/2019  |  Fundraising

Today’s the Day…Happy #GivingTuesday! We are so excited GivingTuesday is here! Today is an international day of giving, now in its 7th year, celebrated each year on the Tuesday after Thanksgiving. This global giving movement harnesses the generosity of people worldwide to support the causes they believe in and the communities in which they live. […]

Giving thanks on Thanksgiving, and every day

By: Isabella Rodriguez
11/27/2019  |  Fundraising

As we celebrate Thanksgiving at Children’s Home & Aid, we want to take a moment to thank all of the donors, volunteers, community partners and funders that work with us to make life better for children and families in Illinois. To the thousands of kind and generous individuals and foundations who make gifts from $1 […]

Back-to-School Block Party and Resource Fair

By: Isabella Rodriguez
9/06/2019  |  Corporate Partner Spotlight, Education, Fundraising

Every August, Children’s Home & Aid gears up to prepare our kids for back to school. We collect school supplies like backpacks, notebooks, binders, pencils, color pencils and folders. With help from our generous corporate partners, we were able to supply nearly 1,000 children from 11 of our programs across the Chicago-area with backpacks for […]

How our Graze & Raise Event Benefits the Rice Child & Family Center

By: Isabella Rodriguez
2/19/2019  |  Fundraising, Graze & Raise, Rice Child + Family Center

As February nears an end, our Graze & Raise event is right around the corner. We are thrilled to be part of such a unique event, featuring celebrity chef Gale Gand. However, there is something even more important and special that Graze & Raise provides: proceeds profoundly impact the lives of children at the Daniel […]

You Made the Holiday Season Brighter – Thank You!

By: Lori Neumann
1/29/2019  |  Holiday Time, Mitzi Freidheim Child + Family Center, Philanthropy, Stuff the Bus

During the holidays our passionate supporters stepped up to make the season brighter for kids and families across Illinois. In addition to thousands of donors who put us over our fundraising goal, several statewide events helped make holiday wishes come true for thousands of people statewide. Generous donors provided holiday gifts for thousands of children […]

Keeping Kids Warm This Winter

By: Jassen Strokosch
12/07/2018  |  Fundraising, Holiday Time

22nd Annual Crochet & Knit-A-Thon for Snug Hugs for Kids a Rousing Success On December 1st in Aurora, Illinois, 90 men and women gathered at Resurrection Lutheran Church for a fun-filled day of crocheting and knitting to support Snug Hugs for Kids. The “CKAT” event was a great way for participants from many groups to […]

Children’s Home & Aid Raises $9,600 at Chicago AIDS Foundation Run & Walk

By: Erin Sharkey
9/24/2018  |  Fundraising

In Illinois, an estimated 45,000 people live with HIV or AIDS, and in Chicago, approximately 28,000 people live with the disease. On Sunday, September 23, staff and supporters of Children’s Home & Aid joined more than a thousand other Chicago AIDS Foundation supporters at the 2018 AIDS Run & Walk. With your help, our team […]

One man, one plane and a passion for helping kids and families

By: Erin Sharkey
5/21/2018  |  135th Anniversary, Fundraising

One man. One plane. Flying 500 miles to raise funds and collect 1,350 wishes from kids, in honor of Children’s Home & Aid’s 135 years of caring for kids and families Paul Wood has had many rewarding roles in his life: co-founder and retired Managing Partner at Chicago’s Madison Dearborn Partners, father and a private pilot. One […]

Celebrate Mother’s Day and Support Children’s Home & Aid

By: Erin Sharkey
5/07/2018  |  Fundraising, Mothers Day

Mother’s Day is Sunday, May 13th! We’ve put together a gift guide to help you show your love and appreciation for your mom, or a woman in your life who is like a mother to you. These charitable gifts that give back will help Children’s Home & Aid continue to respond with creative and effective programs that help […]

Support Champions for Children and Get a Signed Bat from Jim Thome!

By: Jassen Strokosch
4/25/2018  |  135th Anniversary, Fundraising

Jim Thome is best known in Chicago as a Hall of Fame slugger who played for the White Sox from 2006-09. The Peoria, IL native joined the White Sox shortly after they won the World Series in 2005.  Thome had many memorable moments with the White Sox, including helping them reach the playoffs in 2008 […]

Donor Spotlight: Young fundraiser pays it forward

By: Lori Neumann
4/17/2018  |  2 Comments  |  Donor Spotlight, Fundraising, Holiday Time

“I believe that children are our future,” are song lyrics that describe one of our passionate supporters, 14-year-old Emily Blumburg. An eighth-grade student at Springman Middle School in Glenview, Illinois, Emily is a typical teenager who also has a soft spot for helping kids. A student in teacher Tracey Servé’s Language Arts Gifted Enrichment Program, […]

Taking Steps to End Child Abuse 5K – Why We Run/Walk

By: Lori Neumann
3/22/2018  |  Blue Bow Campaign, Central Region, Fundraising

April 21 marks the date of the 8th annual Taking Steps to End Child Abuse 5k Color Run/Walk in Normal, Illinois. Last year, nearly 109 runners and walkers came out to celebrate the lives of Duncan and Jack Leichtenberg and to raise funds for the Children’s Home & Aid Central Region Family Visitation Center in […]

Scaling new heights while raising funds for kids

By: Lori Neumann
2/27/2018  |  Foster Care, Fundraising, In the News

In the summer of 2017, we introduced you to Terry Herr, a passionate supporter planning to travel to Mount Everest to raise funds for Children’s Home & Aid. This May, Terry will leave for Nepal to begin a 25-day journey that includes the Everest Base Camp and two summit attempts — Kala Patthar and Island Peak. […]

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