CCO is pleased to become a member of Uptown Chamber of Commerce and Business Partners. We look forward to working closely with many agencies and businesses in Uptown.
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Shown on WTTW on May 27th,” The Life of a Homeless CPS Student”
We look into the life and challenges of a homeless 11-year-old Chicago Public School student, and learn what the city’s school system does to help.
Courtesy of Chicago Tonight.
What?! Yes , come out on June 20th to the Hunger Walk .
The Hunger walk helps raise funds for Cornerstone Community Outreach ( CCO) and the Greater Chicago Food Depository. The Hunger walk is a 2.5 mile walk along Beautiful lake Michigan leaving from Montrose Harbor. And by participating in the Hunger walk you can help feed CCO’s homeless people.
You can help in two main ways;
- first sign up to walk- make sure you sign up as a walker for CCO,
- second – give. Our goal is to raise $6,000.
We spend over $200,000 a year in maintaining and feeding over 400 people daily. We spend $40,000 yearly on food purchased just from the Greater Food Depository. If we can get 31 walkers and raise at least $1,000 we will get bonus points , which translates into credits for food for our homeless women, men, and children.
Every dollar we raise is credited to our account. So we need you to come and walk or give but be sure to sign up specifically with CCO so that our account is given credit for your participation. Below is the link for more information and for easy access to sign up and/or give. Thank you for caring for the homeless.
-Eve
There will be more info on the way…
“Among Chicago’s Homeless are Teenagers with Little Way to Get off the Streets” from do1thing.org, is a compelling account of a man who is still a teenager, homeless in Chicago. Mr. Green resides at our Epworth Shelter, but that is just the smallest part of the story. Do1thing.org continues to highlight the lives of children and teens in vulnerable situations.
Read the full article here.
Today, together, we meet one of the most basic human needs. Shelter.
With temperatures plummeting to -3°F, but feeling like -30°F with wind chill, it is dangerous not to have a place to be.
When the weather is as extreme as this, CCO opens its doors to serve as a Warming Center, “…where any resident can go during periods of extreme cold temperatures to stay warm and safe.”
Though the majority of people who are homeless are able to find a place at night, many shelters for single women and men do not have the ability to operate during the day, even on days like today.
If you know someone in need, and are near us, drop by or call us at 773-271-8163. If not, then call or have them call 311 in Chicago, or go to the City of Chicago website for addresses and phone numbers.
Please keep those who are homeless in your thoughts or prayers this Holiday Season.
