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Cara's mission is to unlock the power and purpose within our communities and ourselves to create real and lasting success. Through its personal and professional skills training and access to employment opportunities Cara serves as a leader of poverty alleviation in Chicago and beyond. Since 1991, we have helped more than 7,500 people find more than 11,500 quality jobs. We help motivated men and women break the barriers of poverty (and often the interrelated challenges of recovery, domestic violence, episodic homelessness, and incarceration) to get and keep good jobs, and more importantly rebuild hope, self-esteem and opportunity for themselves and their families in the process. Learn more at www.carachicago.org

The Allendale Shelter Club is committed to supporting the Allendale Association’s mission of providing excellence and innovation in the care, treatment, education and advocacy for children and youth with serious emotional, mental health and behavioral challenges. We are dedicated to enriching the lives of the children at allendale through our work in fundraising, stewardship, special events and advocacy.

Habitat for Humanity works in partnership with God and people everywhere, from all walks of life, to develop Boone County communities with people in need by building and renovating houses so that there are decent houses in decent communities in which every person can experience God’s love and can live and grow into all that God intends.

The Lowell Transitional Living Center provides the most vulnerable adults in our community with programs and services that meet immediate needs for emergency shelter and food, along with case management and other help that enable those we serve to make the transition from a shelter bed to a permanent place to call home.

Working with others to end the cycle of homelessness.

To offer shelter, social services and supportive housing to homeless and low-income people.

ABOUT US: OUR MISSION: Our YMCA is committed to building strong kids, individuals, families, and communities through programs and services that promote a healthy spirit, mind, and body for all, regardless of ability to pay. OUR CAUSE: We know that lasting personal and social change comes about when we all work together. That’s why, at the Y, strengthening community is our cause. Every day, we work side-by-side with our neighbors to make sure that everyone, regardless of age, income or background, has the opportunity to learn, grow and thrive. OUR FOCUS: We are a cause-driven organization that is for youth development, for healthy living and for social responsibility. That’s because a strong community can only be achieved when we invest in our kids, our health and our neighbors. We do this through our focus on: Youth Development: Nurturing the potential of every child and teen. Healthy Living: Improving our communities’ health & well-being. Social Responsibility: Giving back and providing support to our neighbors. OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL: We are for everyone. Our programs, services and initiatives enable kids to realize their potential, offer ways for families to have fun together, empower people to be healthier in spirit, mind and body, welcome and embrace newcomers and help foster a community-wide service ethic. And that's just the beginning. OUR PROMISE We are the strongest when we promise to make sure everyone has the opportunity to learn, grow and thrive at the Y. We accomplish that when we value the diversity of everyone's personal beliefs, respect the rights to those beliefs, and we expect all to honor our core values of caring, honesty, respect, and responsibility with one another -- everything we do stems from that expectation.

Safehome's mission is to break the cycle of domestic violence and partner abuse for victims and their children by providing shelter, advocacy, counseling, and prevention education in our community.

MHP serves more than 1,400 families in Montgomery County. We house people, empower families, and strengthen neighborhoods. Since 1989, Montgomery Housing Partnership’s mission is to preserve and expand quality affordable housing in Montgomery County.  We advance our mission through three key strategies: By acquiring, rehabilitating, building and managing quality affordable housing By developing and implementing community life programs to improve the quality of life and increase opportunities for our residents By collaborating with concerned citizens and businesses, public officials and community organizations to build strong, vital neighborhoods

Gabriel Network empowers a committed network of Christian churches to “adopt” pregnant mothers and families in need by providing practical, emotional and spiritual support through pregnancy and beyond. It realizes this mission through three programs: a help line, church-based ministry, and housing ministry.

The mission of the New Hope Family Shelter (NHFS) is to provide temporary shelter for homeless families in Bloomington and Monroe County and, in collaboration with other agencies, to help those families regain housing by addressing the problems that led to homelessness.

Seeking to put God’s love into action, Habitat for Humanity brings people together to build homes, communities and hope.