Looking for a Good Local Charity in Chicagoland

A great place is Birthright located at 11235 South Western Avenue, Chicago, IL. They give you a receipt. Also they take small toys and baby equipment.
Thanks
D.
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Lambs Fold in Joliet is a terrific organization that helps women in need. They particularly need work clothes as they require the women to either be continuing their education or looking for a job while helping take care of each others children.

From past experience I can tell you that at least some charities have so much clothes donation and so little volunteers that the clothes just sits and goes to nobody bc there is no one to sift thru it all. I'm NOT trying to discourage anyone from giving to charity but what I am saying is there are a lot of single moms and families down on their luck right now and tons of them are on freecycle.org. If you become a member of your local chapter via the internet you can offer what you have and the children's stuff is always the first to go. It goes FAST! You can offer it all up as just bags of clothes or you can seperate it into sizes and offer it by size, whatever you want. I've been getting rid of stuff on freecycle lately and it's awesome. The idea is that there are no stings attached and stuff gets reused by people who really need it instead of going into landfills. hth :D

You might consider a women's shelter. I know that there is one in Joliet, but do not remember the name.

try www.newmomsinc.org. They are a shelter for teen moms and they just had a fire in their shelter.

If no one replys, my friend dotates time and items to an organization just like this in the city. I don't know what it's called, but her email is ____@____.com.

I've heard good things about the places in the first two posts. There are also crisis pregnancy centers, or pregnancy resource centers. They give moms alternatives to abortion. You could check for one in your area in the phone book.

There are several places near you that would be very happy to take the donations.These are the 2 I always refer people to: Morning Star Missionary is in Joilet on Jefferson Street. There resale shop is what funds the homeless shelter in Joliet. They also accept public aid vouchers for clothing and furniture to help people in need. Then there is a Domestic Violence shelter in Morris and a another shelter that is always in need of things for moms and children. Then there is another shelter called Under his Wings(Liberty and Benton St)I believe this shelter helps young pregnant moms.

Many blessings,
M.

Try Dress for Success, they hove a location in Chicago and accept gently used suits, etc.

www.dressforsuccess.org

J.:

I am the director of Angel Haven Foundation. We support 170 families in the appalachian mountains of Virginia. We supply them with food, clothing, furniture, appliances, etc whatever their needs are we try to obtain them through donations. If you are still interested in donating, we are tax deductible, please forward an email to ____@____.com

Care Net Centers take gently used baby clothes up to 2T and provied them to moms who need them. It is a really good organization that helps women and their families with unexpected pregnancies.

Dress for Success is the charity you are referring to that helps women get back into the work force, and they will take your suits! I am a stay at home mom as well, and now sell lia sophia jewelry and this is the organization we support as a company. Good luck!

Lawndale christian community church on ogden has a wonderful community program. they take donations and they really put them to good use. I send my things there.

Second Time Around, First things First, and Little Ones Reruns are all organizations in Lombard that will gladly accept your childrens clothes.
Bottomless Closet is an organization that will accept your old clothes, if they are business type. (They try to help women get back into the business world thru donations & training.)

Hope this help!