Elderwerks Senior Resource Directory 2025/2026

CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS

Gift of Hope 425 Spring Lake Drive

Habitat for Humanity 800-422-4828 | 229-924-6935 www.habitat.org

Little Christopher Resale Shop 469 Lake Street Crystal Lake, IL 60014 815-459-9442 www.saintthomascatholicchurch.org A not-for-profit resale shop run by volunteers from St. Thomas Church. Midwest Shelter for Homeless Veterans Freedom Commissary 433 S. Carlton Ave. Wheaton, IL 60187 630-871-8387 www.helpaveteran.org/services This is a program designed to meet clothing, household, and basic needs of Veterans and their families. The Freedom Commissary serves Veterans of all eras and branches, and eligibility is based on need. This program operates almost entirely through the generous contributions of volunteers and donors. Midwest Veterans Closet 847-354-2108 2323 Green Bay Rd North Chicago, IL 60064 www.midwestveteranscloset.org mary.carmody@midwestveteranscloset. org Offers free clothing, household items, small kitchen appliances, furniture, employment assistance, housing leads, and food at the drop-in center in North Chicago to active-duty service members, veterans, and their families. They rely on donations to keep serving active-duty service members and veterans. Donation Drop Off Times: Mondays, Wednesday, Fridays 9:00am-2:00pm. Shopping Hours for active-duty service members & Veterans: Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays 11:00am-3:00pm.

Itasca, IL 60143 630-758-2600

Helps develop communities by building affordable housing in partnership with volunteers and people in need. ReStore is their resale outlet for gently-used home improvement goods, furniture, home accessories, building materials and appliances. Belvidere - 815-980-6247 Chicago - 312-563-0296 Chicago - South Suburbs - 708-756-2015

info@giftofhope.org www.giftofhope.org Gift of Hope serves as the federally designated not-for-proft organization that coordinates organ and tissue donation and services to families of donors in the northern three-quarters of Illinois and northwest Indiana. Goodwill Industries of Metropolitan Chicago 30 N. Racine Ave., Suite 230 Chicago, IL 60607 312-994-1440 www.goodwillchicago.com Provides job training and employment opportunities for people with disabilities through donations to their southeastern Wisconsin and metropolitan Chicago stores found at www.amazinggoodwill.org Goodwill Industries of Northern Illinois 850 N. Church St. Rockford, IL 61103 815-965-3795 www.goodwillni.org Provides job training and employment opportunities for people with disabilities through donations to their stores. Stores include Algonquin, Crystal Lake, DeKalb, Freeport, Huntley, Machesney Park, McHenry, Ottawa, Rockford, Sterling and Beloit, WI. Goodwill Industries of Central Illinois 2319 E. War Memorial Dr. Peoria, IL 61614 309-682-1113 www.goodwillpeo.org Provides job training and employment opportunities for people with disabilities through donations to their stores. Stores include Canton, East Peoria, Galesburg, Grand Prairie, Kewanee, Macomb, Minooka, Morris, Morton, Pekin, Peoria, Peru, Prairie Lakes Crossing and Washington. Greater Chicago Food Depository 4100 W. Ann Lurie Place Chicago, IL 60632 773-247-3663 www.chicagosfoodbank.org Volunteers and donations always welcome.

DeKalb - 815-758-5055 Dixon - 815-288-4957 DuPage - 630-510-3737 Elgin - 847-695-5912

Fox Valley - 630-859-3333 Freeport - 815-233-3257 Grundy - Three Rivers - 815-942-1452 Joliet - 815-726-1880 Kankakee - 815-802-0225 Lake - 847-623-1020 LaSalle - Bureau - Putman - 815-434-2041

Maywood - 708-338-2922 McHenry - 815-759-9002 Ogle - 815-732-6855 Pontiac - 815-844-2967 Quincy - 217-223-4224 Rockford - 815-636-4573 Sangamon - 217-523-2710

Help a Veteran 630-871-8387 www.helpaveteran.org Mission: To empower at-risk veterans, and their families, to become self sufficient, productive members of their communities. This online charity donates a percentage of your online purchases to the charities and organizations of your choice. Jewish United Fund/Jewish Federation Ben Gurion Way 30 S. Wells Chicago, IL 60606-5056 312-346-6700 www.juf.org Provides critical resources that bring food, refuge, health care, education iGive.com www.igive.com

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