Chicago’s Lawndale Christian Health Center provides care and community to the some of the city’s most underserved. At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, Lawndale Christian Health Center opened Hotel 166 in downtown Chicago, where for five months they housed 259...
Last year, Catholic Charities of Northeast Kansas helped more than 70,000 community members thanks to its 30 distinct programs. Since the 1950s, Catholic Charities of Northeast Kansas (CCNEK) has been caring for their community. Their programs—which currently include...
Three McGowan grantees discuss their work addressing food insecurity in their respective communities. The statistics for food insecurity in the U.S. are dire. According to the Food Research & Action Center, about one in seven households experiences lack of access...
The Center for Teen Empowerment recognizes that before its participants can grow, their most basic needs, like hunger, must be met. “I have this little thing with our director, Shanterra Mitchum,” jokes Sahiyra Dillard, associate program coordinator and former youth...
Luzerne, Pennsylvania Dress for Success Not long ago, Linda Armstrong-Loop, Founder and CEO of the Luzerne County branch of Dress for Success, received a letter from an inmate at a women’s correctional facility she’d provided library books to through a program...
Denver, Colorado Bright Future Foundation/Bright House Most domestic violence shelters across the U.S. are in undisclosed locations to protect the families escaping abusive situations staying there. Unfortunately, especially in small rural communities, it can be a...
