Glendale Heights Junior Woman's Club Helps Needy Senior
The Glendale Heights Junior Woman's Club has given $400 to co-sponsor a local senior in need, served by the Humanitarian Service Project (HSP,) of DuPage County. The $400 “co-sponsorship” will help provide a needy Glendale Heights senior citizen with nutritious groceries through HSP's Senior Citizen Project. The purpose of the Senior Citizen Project is to alleviate the physical and psychological affects poverty has on the needy seniors enrolled in the project. HSP does so by providing monthly deliveries of 100 lbs of groceries to each of the 121 seniors in the program which include: selections of 7 fresh fruits and 8 vegetables, 7 frozen meats, 6 bags of non-perishable foods, 2 bags of paper products and personal care items. Enrolled seniors also receive other services, like access to household items they need from their “wishlist,” Christmas gifts, and referrals to health programs like Lenscrafter's Gift of Sight Program. The club has been fulfilling the needs of a needy senior through their annual support of the program for sixteen years.
Since being founded in 1982, the Glendale Heights Junior Woman's Club has put a priority on serving the needs of those in Glendale Heights and surrounding communities. In addition to supporting a needy senior through HSP, the club also contributes to other local organizations such as the Northern Illinois Food Bank and Children's Memorial Hospital. The club also provides scholarships to students from Glendale Heights. The club meets the first Wednesday of every month, excluding June and July, at Glenside Library at 7:30.
About The Humanitarian Service Project:
HSP's mission is to alleviate the pain and suffering that poverty creates in seniors and children living in DuPage and Kane Counties, Illinois. Last year during the Christmas Offering, 1,636 children received gifts and 150 impoverished families received three weeks of groceries, frozen meats, and fresh produce. With the Senior Citizen Project, HSP provides monthly food deliveries of 100 pounds including fresh produce, frozen meats, non-perishables, paper products and secret pal gifts to 121 low-income seniors. The Children's Birthday Project reaches the youngest underprivileged, making birthdays and Christmas truly memorable occasions for 900 children. Feed the Kids program provides 100 low-income families with groceries and 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.