Organizations We Support
Aunt Martha’s Youth Service Center
www.auntmarthas.org
Since 1972, Aunt Martha’s Youth Service Center has been like a caring relative to whom children, youth and families can turn to for support, guidance and healing. Serving 16,000 people annually in Chicago and the collar counties, Aunt Martha’s is committed to building safe communities, healthy families, responsible teens and thriving children.
Lawyers’ Committee for Better Housing
www.lcbh.org
Founded in 1980, Lawyers’ Committee for Better Housing believes that all persons have a right to safe, decent, and affordable housing on a non-discriminatory basis. LCBH promotes the availability of and access to such housing and supports low and moderate-income households in Chicago through legal representation, individual and public advocacy, supportive social services and education.
Mercy Housing Lakefront
www.mercyhousing.org
Evolving from a small Chicago north side neighborhood organization in 1985, Mercy Housing Lakefront is committed to ending homelessness as a matter of social justice. As part of a national organization, it advocates for and provides quality permanent supportive housing for adults and families in Illinois and Wisconsin who are homeless or at-risk of becoming homeless.
Thresholds
www.thresholds.org
Thresholds is the nation’s premier psychiatric recovery center. Since 1959 Thresholds has been a recognized leader and pioneer opening the doors of opportunity to people with mental illness. It has helped thousands of individuals with mental illness live with dignity and independence.
Reading In Motion
www.readinginmotion.org
Reading In Motion, formerly known as Whirlwind, was founded in 1983 and partners with teachers to improve urban children’s language arts and learning skills through the arts. All of Reading In Motion’s programs are centered around two successful curricula which have been proven effective in improving a child’s ability to read.
www.auntmarthas.org
Since 1972, Aunt Martha’s Youth Service Center has been like a caring relative to whom children, youth and families can turn to for support, guidance and healing. Serving 16,000 people annually in Chicago and the collar counties, Aunt Martha’s is committed to building safe communities, healthy families, responsible teens and thriving children.
Lawyers’ Committee for Better Housing
www.lcbh.org
Founded in 1980, Lawyers’ Committee for Better Housing believes that all persons have a right to safe, decent, and affordable housing on a non-discriminatory basis. LCBH promotes the availability of and access to such housing and supports low and moderate-income households in Chicago through legal representation, individual and public advocacy, supportive social services and education.
Mercy Housing Lakefront
www.mercyhousing.org
Evolving from a small Chicago north side neighborhood organization in 1985, Mercy Housing Lakefront is committed to ending homelessness as a matter of social justice. As part of a national organization, it advocates for and provides quality permanent supportive housing for adults and families in Illinois and Wisconsin who are homeless or at-risk of becoming homeless.
Thresholds
www.thresholds.org
Thresholds is the nation’s premier psychiatric recovery center. Since 1959 Thresholds has been a recognized leader and pioneer opening the doors of opportunity to people with mental illness. It has helped thousands of individuals with mental illness live with dignity and independence.
Reading In Motion
www.readinginmotion.org
Reading In Motion, formerly known as Whirlwind, was founded in 1983 and partners with teachers to improve urban children’s language arts and learning skills through the arts. All of Reading In Motion’s programs are centered around two successful curricula which have been proven effective in improving a child’s ability to read.