Help for Poor Seniors and Kids Granted
Carol Stream—The Humanitarian Service Project (HSP) was one of 25 not-for-profit organizations in DuPage County to receive a grant from the 2012 Spring Discretionary Grant Cycle of the DuPage Community Foundation based in Wheaton, Illinois. The $2500 grant, awarded at a special distribution open house on last month at Glen Oak Country Club, will help underwrite the Humanitarian Service Project's mission to lessen the detrimental effects of poverty on children and senior citizens throughout the Kane and DuPage Counties.
HSP's mission is to alleviate the pain and suffering that poverty creates in seniors and children living in the DuPage and Kane Counties in Illinois. Last year during the Christmas Offering, 1,600 children received gifts and 100 impoverished families received three weeks of bountiful groceries, frozen meats, and fresh produce. With the Senior Citizen Project, HSP provides a monthly food delivery and specially selected secret pal gifts to 120 low-income seniors. The Children's Birthday Project reaches out to the youngest underprivileged residents enrolled in the Humanitarian Service Project's programs, making birthdays and Christmas truly memorable occasions for 900 children. Feed the Kids provides low-income families with groceries and nutritious fresh produce. HSP conducts an annual school supplies drive, which sends supplies to the DuPage Back to School Fair in addition to furnishing schools and individual children with necessary supplies.
The Humanitarian Service Project is located in Carol Stream, Illinois, and has been continuously serving the needy residents of the community since it was established by Floyd and Karole Kettering in 1979. For further information regarding the Humanitarian Service Project, please contact Karole Kettering at 630-221-8340 or hsp@humanitarianservice.org.
Established in 1986, the DuPage Community Foundation is a publicly-supported 501 (c)(3) organization to which contributions are tax deductible. It was created to benefit the people of Dupage County and receives contributions and bequests into a permanent endowment from individuals, corporations, organizations and foundations wishing to make lasting contributions to the people of DuPage. The earning on these funds are then used, in accordance with donor wishes, for the Foundation's grantmaking and community leadership activities.
The DuPage Community Foundaiton seeks to raise the quality of life throughout DuPage County by fostering philanthropy, connecting donors to area needs and building community partnerships. Based on the American virtues of volunteerism and philanthropy, the Foundation fosters a legact of support for the people of DuPage County by making grants to not-for-profit organizations working in the areas of arts and culture, education, environment, health, and human services. Since its inception, the Foundation has built its endowment to nearly $42 million and awarded more than $13 million in grants to not-for-profit agencies serving the residents of DuPage County and beyond.
For further information about the Foundation, or to arrange future media opportunities, please contact Jessica Daley, program and communications manager, at 630-665-5556 ot jdaley@dcfdn.org.