Elmhurst Rotary Club provides winter coats to families in need
On Jan. 4, Mary Beth Harper, president of the Rotary Club of Elmhurst, received a request from the director of the Interfaith Community for Detained Immigrants. The request was for adult and children winter coats that are desperately needed by families that have recently migrated to the Chicago area.
Withindays Elmhurst Rotary raised over $3,400, enough to obtain 164 new adult winter coats.
The Rotary Club of Elmhurst coordinated with the local nonprofit Warm Coats for Cool Kids to provide the coats needed for the children.
Due to the efforts of the Elmhurst Rotary, within eight days of the initial request, the Interfaith Community for Detained Immigrants received 204 new winter coats that are being distributed to the families in need.
The Interfaith Community for Detained Immigrants is a Chicago-based nonprofit organization that provides transit assistance and housing with wrap-around care to asylum seekers, and advocates for justice for immigrants at the local, state, and national levels.
The Rotary Club of Elmhurst personifies the Rotary International slogan of "Service Above Self."
The longstanding club gives much-needed financial support to area nonprofit organizations, conducts volunteer service projects to connect directly with neighbors in need, and awards college scholarships to students in need from high schools in Elmhurst. The club meets at noon Thursdays in the Kossmann Room of the Elmhurst Public Library, 125 S. Prospect Ave.
For more information on the Rotary Club of Elmhurst, visit its website, www.elmhurstrotary.org or www.facebook.com/ElmhurstRotary/.