Welcome
Cook County Chapter
Upcoming meeting:
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7 • 6:30-8:00PM
Coarse Italian Restaurant (in the Glenview Golf Club)
800 Shermer Road, Glenview
Join our quarterly Wednesday meetings!
2026 Meeting Dates:
- Wednesday, January 7
- Wednesday, April 8
- Wednesday, July 8
- Wednesday, October 7
AGENDA
Fellowship 6:30-7:00 p.m.Meeting 7:00-8:00 p.m.LOCATION
Coarse Italian Restaurant (in the Glenview Golf Club)
800 Shermer Road, Glenview(If you would like to eat dinner at Coarse Italian prior to the meeting, please make a reservation.)
Presenting charities for our October 2026 meeting are:
Guests are welcome to attend the meeting. If they would like to vote, they will need to fill out a commitment form prior to or at the beginning of the meeting.
Any member may nominate a charity in Cook County that serves the under-resourced and is a designated 501(c)(3)
For more information, contact Jennifer Anderson: jenniferlarsonanders
Grants Awarded
2026
- January – The Well Resource Center
- July – Rainbows for All Children
2025
- October – Lydia Home Association
- July – A Just Harvest
- April – C24/7 Father’s Arms
- January – 100 Club of Illinois
Nominated Nonprofits
A Just Harvest
A Just Harvest’s mission is is to fight poverty and hunger in the Rogers Park and greater Chicago community by providing nutritious meals daily while cultivating community and economic development and organizing across racial, cultural and socioeconomic lines in order…
Breakthrough Ministries
Breakthrough is a faith-based, non-profit organization that partners with people to build connections, develop skills, and open doors of opportunity. With a hyperlocal focus in Garfield Park, Breakthrough provides a myriad of services focused on a profoundly simple formula: people…
C24/7 Father’s Arms Ministries
From its humble beginnings as a Bible study, our mission at C24/7 Father’s Arms Ministries has remained the same: providing safe spaces for young people to thrive economically, socially, and spiritually. After almost a decade of creating after-school programs, job…
Cancer Wellness Center
Cancer Wellness Center is here to help anyone touched by cancer find a way forward. Each year, our free counseling services, support groups, and health and nutrition programs serve over 1,800 community members of all ages and backgrounds. People with…
Fellowship Housing
We believe single moms are some of the hardest-working people on the planet. It is our joy and honor to come alongside them in times of crisis so they can regain stability, break cycles of poverty, and build a new…
Gerry’s Cafe
Gerry’s Café is a community destination café that offers craft food and beverages prepared and served by employees 22 and older with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Through this café, we aim to build relationships, build confidence, and build connections.
Good News Partners
Our Mission is to end homelessness and hopelessness with everyone God brings us – to foster justice, and build bridges of reconciliation.
Habitat for Humanity Chicago
We’re committed to seeing Chicago thrive. By partnering with committed residents and trusted organizations, we help families and communities achieve strength, stability and self-reliance through housing, beautification and development projects.
Hadley School for the Blind
Founded in 1920 by William Hadley, an educator who lost his eyesight later in life, Hadley offers practical help, connection and support free of charge to anyone with a visual impairment, their families and professionals supporting them. With Hadley, you…
Hunger Resource Network
Hunger Resource Network has an all-volunteer Board and is a 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to the alleviation of hunger by making connections between those who have surplus food and those who need it. We do this currently through our Community Outreach…
Journeys The Road Home
Providing shelter, counseling and housing resources to end homelessness.
Lemons of Love
Lemons of Love is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that delivers care packages to hospitals and oncology centers and provides personalized care packages for individuals with a donation. We offer free programs for anyone impacted by cancer at our Mount Prospect, Illinois…
Lydia Home
LYDIA Home Association was named after a woman in the Bible recorded in the book of Acts. The woman, Lydia, was a faithful, godly woman who opened her home to those who needed shelter. (Acts 16:14-15) Our mission is to…
Rainbow for All Children
Since 1983, Rainbows has supported youth navigating grief of all kinds, such as death, divorce, incarceration, abandonment and many others, through facilitated peer groups within their communities.
Salute Inc.
SALUTE provides everyday essentials at the most critical time, offering assistance with housing costs, utility bills, car expenses and food. Please see our application for assistance requirements.
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