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organizations that we worked with during our week in Aurora. The collaboration between all of these
agencies is quite impressive. Please take the time and read about these amazing
organizations by following the links to their webpages:
Hesed House – Hesed
House’s mission is to feed the hungry, clothe the naked, shelter the homeless
and give people the chance to hope again. Hesed House is a national model for
ending homelessness – one person, one family at a time. It is the culmination
of nearly three decades of strategic evolution from a formerly acceptable model
of “eats and sheets” to a Comprehensive Homeless Resource Center – a
campus of centralized highly skilled professionals collaborating to provide the
tools necessary to help individuals and families break free of the shackles
binding them to homelessness.
Emmanuel House –
Emmanuel House CDC is a non-profit, 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to helping
working-class families save and work their way out of poverty in a responsible
& dignified manner. In close collaboration with our partner organizations,
qualified families are selected and subsequently given the opportunity to live
in one of our apartments – usually for about 18 months. Families pay market
rate rent just as they would anywhere else, but by leveraging a variety of
created and existing resources, an entire year’s rent (usually about $10,000)
is channeled into each family’s savings to provide a down-payment on their
first home thereby eliminating the primary and often sole barrier—the ability
to save a down-payment—to home ownership.
My Father’s Hands – My Fathers
Hands is a non-profit organization working within the Fox Valley
area. My Father’s Hands mentor at-risk workers by teaching them general
construction skills using a hands on approach. The projects we work on
include safety repairs on the homes of local senior and disabled community
members, as well as, collaborating with other non-profit organizations on
larger construction projects.
World Relief –
World Relief began offering services in DuPage
County in 1979 and then opened an
additional office in Aurora
in 1999. We are a Christ-centered organization that partners with local
churches and works with hundreds of individuals and community groups to offer a
comprehensive range of services to refugees and immigrants living in DuPage and
Kane Counties.
St. Rita of Cascia Catholic Church
– A vibrant multi-cultural parish in Aurora,
IL. Built in the 1950’s St. Rita’s
has beautiful grounds and buildings that the PVs helped to spruce up.