Looking back at the 2020 Holiday Season
It was a holiday circle of love! Hundreds of generous Children’s Home & Aid donors from across the state came together, despite COVID and the economic challenges, to make the holidays brighter for thousands of Illinois children and families. In the Chicago area, companies and individuals that normally provide gifts for more than 3,000 children […]
Making Holidays Brighter in Chicago
This holiday season has been undoubtedly difficult for many families across Illinois. With COVID-19 continuing to spread, hardships have continued to increase, especially for families who were already experiencing crisis. At Children’s Home & Aid, we are grateful for the opportunity to alleviate some of the stress families and children face during the pandemic. Thanks […]
Making the Holiday Season Brighter in Chicago
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
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
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
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!
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 […]
Spreading Holiday Cheer in Chicago
Season’s Greetings! Today we kick off a number of Children’s Home & Aid’s holiday events in the Chicagoland area. This year, our Holiday Gift Drive team has been working with 39 corporate partners to fill more than 1,200 holiday wish lists for children and families in our programs across the Chicago metro area. The Holiday […]
You Made the Holiday Season Brighter – Thank You!
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 […]
2018 Holiday Gift Drive Made Thousands of Wishes Come True
Each winter, Children’s Home & Aid fulfills the holiday wishes of the children and families we serve. This year alone, with help from our generous corporate partners, Children’s Home & Aid brought holiday cheer to over 4,000 boys, girls and families throughout Illinois. In Chicago, over 2,500 children and families received toys and games – […]
Snug Hugs for Kids an Overwhelming Success!
Thanks to our loyal partner, Merlin 200,000 Mile Shops, the holidays are brighter and warmer for the children and families we serve at the Mitzi Freidheim Child & Family Center in Chicago’s Englewood community. Throughout the fall and winter, our friends at Merlin’s collect new and like-new winter items for our Snug Hugs for Kids […]
Keeping Kids Warm This Winter
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 […]
Donor Spotlight: Young fundraiser pays it forward
“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, […]
Top Ten Ways You Can Help Kids and Families this Holiday Season
No matter where you live in Illinois, you can help brighten the holidays for children and families! Find a way to give near you: Support our Holiday Fund Be part of our yearly tradition and help us provide services to more than 40,000 children and families in need throughout Illinois. Many employers will match your tax-deductible […]
You Made the Holidays Bright – Thank You!
Our hearts overflowed – the generosity of Children’s Home + Aid donors was truly amazing this holiday season. More than 4,000 children and families were provided with the gift of an extra special holiday because of the generosity of 131 corporate donors, 217 individual donors and 80 volunteers. There were bikes and iPads, games […]
Holiday Thank You Cards From Our Clients
We wanted to share with you some of the hundreds of amazing thank you cards we received from some of our clients after the holidays.
Thank You This Holiday Season
Nine tons of love—in the form of Snug Hugs—boxes, bags and a mountain of warmth was delivered to the Mitzi Friedheim Englewood Child + Family Center on a bitter cold December morning. Hand-knit sweaters, caps and stuffed animals. One of our Trustees, Ray Munoz, carries forth a 26 year tradition of inspiring his Merlin 200,000 […]