He Starts this Friday!
Patrick McCormack is going the extra mile to help the homeless. He has planned a 9 day run starting at Cornerstone Community Outreach and ending 236 miles later in Bushnell, Illinois at Cornerstone Festival! Thanks Patrick for your dedication to CCO!
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Several staff members have visited residents at Stoger Hospital (formerly Cook County) today. Many homeless people on the streets and in shelters have health related challenges. Often the stress and exhaustion of being without a place to stay makes the homeless more vulnerable to health problems. CCO makes every effort to ensure that the care and attention continues outside the shelter walls.
We are grateful to our many donors who made this holiday season a joy for CCO residents and staff members. The children who live at Cornerstone had three visits with santa and many festive meals and treats were available. It was fabulous watching everyone receive their gifts. Many residents expressed their surprise and appreciation for all that they were given.
Thank you to all our donors who contributed to Christmas 2009!
Cornerstone Community Outreach is grateful to the Women’s Ministries of the Evangelical Covenant Church Central Conference for their Dressers for Dignity project. The 16 dressers donated will be used by mothers with children who reside at our shelter. The dressers are in excellent condition and will be a blessing to our residents for years to come!
CCO appreciates the opportunity to exchange information and knowledge with the Guangdong Delegation. We enjoyed touring this visiting group. Thanks for your interest in CCO!
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.
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;
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.
There was a Community meeting tonight at Epworth Church, for the Edgewater community regarding the shelter at Epworth. The agenda was to open lines of communication with us, the new provider for the shelter, and the community as a whole. Twenty or so people attended to discuss issues from the past, and how we as CCO will address and work on solving the issues. It was very productive in that many people were able to speak their mind, and allow for a good back and forth communication.
We look forward to helping be a part of the needs and solution, with members of that community regarding the homeless, an open doors to relationships.
*Thanks to Doug Fraser for mediating the meeting, he really has a mind for the common interests, and how to keep open conversations toward balance.
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