Lake County Cares

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04/08/2018

Looking for a wonderful family outing this afternoon where at the same time you can help feed the hungry in our area? The Lake Forest Symphony is performing at 2pm at the College of Lake County's James Lumber Center and tickets are still available. Our friends at the Symphony are generously participating in the League of American Orchestras's campaign, Orchestras Feeding America. Bring a donation of non-perishable food with you when you come to hear our talented symphony and featured cellist, Jay Campbell. We were blown away by the performance last night! Get your tickets at www.lakeforestsymphony.org or at the door.

02/02/2018

Thanks to everyone who has dropped off travel size toiletries for our Heart2Heart Toiletries Drive! They are going into Valentine's Day gift bags for individuals in nearby homeless and domestic abuse shelters. You can drop off through February 13th at our office on the second floor of Gorton Center in Lake Forest or look for our donation bins at our terrific sponsors: Lake Forest Library, Sunset Foods in Lake Forest, GreenTree Animal Hospital, Libertyville Bank & Trust (507 N. Milwaukee Ave. and 1200 S. Milwaukee Ave. in Libertyville), and Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science. Thanks, everyone! ❤️

01/29/2018

Our Heart2Heart drive is now underway through February 10! Each year, we provide Valentine's Day gift bags with a gift bag containing travel size toiletries, comfort items, and chocolate to local residents of homeless and domestic abuse shelters. Please consider dropping off toiletries like soap, shampoo, conditioner, lotion, hand sanitizer, toothpaste, tooth brushes, mouthwash, deodorant, etc. Drop off at our office on the 2nd Floor of Gorton Center or at any of our terrific business sponsors: Lake Forest Library, Sunset Foods (Lake Forest), GreenTree Animal Hospital, Libertyville Bank & Trust (507 N. Milwaukee Ave. and 1200 S. Milwaukee Ave. in Libertyville), and Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science. Thank you for brightening Valentine's Day for our neighbors in need! ❤️

01/23/2018

We're at a terrific presentation this morning on the dramatic suburbanization of poverty by Dr. Scott Allard, author of Places in Need: the Changing Geography of Poverty. It's time to rethink our preconceptions about poverty being just an urban issue -- the data shows that the suburbs now have higher levels of impoverished families than the cities. Thanks to the Lake County Community Foundation for this timely event!

01/16/2018

We love Our House of Hope Rescue and their therapy dogs! It seemed like everyone at yesterday's MLK Day of Service took a break from volunteer projects to get in a snuggle!

01/15/2018

Special thanks go out to YouthBuild Lake County whose team of amazing young adults helped us in every way imaginable today! They and all the volunteers who helped us make sure things ran smoothly really made this a wonderful day! You know it's good when you're making plans for the next event before this year's is over -- see you next year, YouthBuild!

YBLC honored Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. by participating in Lake County Cares' Day of Service. Activities included making no sew blankets for foster children, ESL flashcards for the Boys and Girls Club, toys for service animals, letters to veterans, and much more.

01/15/2018

What a wonderful MLK Day of Service today! Thanks to everyone who came out in the snow today to complete volunteer projects to benefit twelve local nonprofits! We had over 300 people complete over 1500 volunteer projects and almost 200 peace flags! Wow! It's always wonderful to see families volunteering together and we're thrilled that so many people connected with local nonprofits doing great work in our community! We couldn't hold this event without the support of our incredible sponsors -- our deepest thanks go to Forest Orthodontics and Pediatric Dentistry, LoMastro Performing Arts Academy Deer Path Inn, Lake Forest Library, Hansa Coffee - Lake Bluff, Hansa Coffee - Libertyville, Lake Forest Acute Care, Doetsch Contractors Inc, in Lake Forest and Susan Duffey Real Estate Broker, The Hungry Monkey Baking Company, Jay Lovell's, Sunset Foods in Lake Forest. Thanks, too, to the many nonprofits who personally attended the event today and shared with attendees information about their mission and work, as well as those who could not attend but worked with us to ensure that their project was meaningful. Thanks to Our House of Hope Rescue and their incredible team of therapy dogs, Boys & Girls Club of Lake County, IL, YWCA Lake County, Fill a Heart 4 Kids, Midwest Veterans Closet, One Hope United, A Safe Place/Lake County Crisis Center, Twice As Nice Mother & Child, and Captain James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center. Mark your calendar for MLK Day 2019: Monday, January 21st!

01/14/2018

Tomorrow is our MLK Day of Service!!! We're busy in the office at Gorton Center preparing the project materials for fun on-site volunteer projects like making fleece blankets, dog toys, first aid kits, peace flags with your wishes, and many more! Thanks to our amazing volunteers who came out this weekend to help! See everyone tomorrow from 10am to 1pm at Gorton Center!

01/14/2018

Hansa Coffee - Lake Bluff is generously providing their wonderful coffee and hot chocolate for our MLK Day of Service on Monday! Truly great coffee plus volunteering -- what a great combination! Come anytime from 10am to 1pm to the beautiful Gorton Center. Thanks, Hansa!!!

01/13/2018

Another project that will be underway at our MLK Day of Service on Monday -- English/Spanish flashcards to help local children improve their language skills. This and many other great volunteer projects at Gorton Center on Monday from 10am to 1pm. Come anytime! Admission is free but please bring a donation of diapers, food, or business clothes/accessories. See you Monday!

01/11/2018

One of the volunteer projects you can complete at our MLK Day of Service -- make a fleece blanket! We're prepping the project materials so kids of all ages can jump right in and tie fringe knots. These blankets will be given to the children helped by One Hope United. Want to do more? Come anytime tomorrow from 4pm to 9pm or Saturday from 9am to 4pm to volunteer and help prepare project materials for the event! Email [email protected] or call 847-234-8876 to sign up. All ages welcome - bring the whole family! It's a great way to complete service hours needed for school!