by Community Purse | Mar 21, 2020 | Blog, News & Updates, Press
Becky Weber | March 18, 2020 Community Purse Jefferson County Chapter received the February “Round Up” grant from Lake Mills Market. “I am thrilled we have the funds available to support all 17 of our (member-nominated) charities,” said Laura Pennington, Chapter...
by Community Purse | Aug 21, 2019 | Blog, News & Updates, Press
On Wednesday, August 14, LCC K-9 Comfort Dog Tobias (Lord of Glory – Grayslake, Illinois) joined LCC President / CEO Tim Hetzner and Director of K-9 Ministries Rich Martin at the quarterly meeting of the Community Purse / McHenry County Chapter. Tim spoke about...
by communitypurse | Feb 21, 2019 | Blog, Featured Charities
We are thrilled to be able to contribute to the valuable work of so many incredible local nonprofits. Arden Shore Child and Family Services is just one of the many. They recently featured Community Purse in their monthly newsletter: Collective GivingThe Lake County...
by communitypurse | Jan 17, 2019 | Blog
By Deb Webber Community Purse Board Member I remember tears coming to my eyes when I read a story about a “poor” family who had been moved to sacrificial generosity when they heard about a needy family in their church. Their pastor had appealed for a...
by communitypurse | Nov 13, 2017 | Blog, News & Updates, Press
Community Purse is honored to be featured in this video by Fox and Trove which shares how they will be using their recent grant awarded by our members! Check out the video to learn more: https://foxandtrove.com/pages/free-kindness-education-for-lake-county Fox and...
by communitypurse | Sep 7, 2017 | Blog
By Carolyn B. Dun Early in my marriage, my husband and I moved with our young family four times: from Chicago to St. Louis, St. Louis to Orlando, Orlando to Dallas, and Dallas to Chicago. The moves were always work-related and it was exciting to find a new house and...
