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The following are excerpts from our "Love Letters", but there is much more to read in the full versions, which you can view by clicking on the PDF links.
No summer break for Lazarus House
Summer is usually a time of some rest and relaxation, a time when we can kick back and take it easy--unless you're at Lazarus House. Then it's a time of busy activity and pool passes to be applied for (thanks to our friends at the St.Charles Park District who always donate those to our families), summer camps to enroll in (thanks to our friends at the Salvation Army and Riverwoods who provide scholarships), parenting classes (thanks to our friends at Tri City Family Services) and healthy relationship classes (thanks to our friends at the Community Crisis Center).We have some internal programs................
Teenagers! They are a real joy, and yet they can be a real challenge. That pretty much describes Lazarus House as we enter our 13th year. These past 13 years have been filled with incredible joy and lots and lots of challenges. In our early years we had very little, but our needs were smaller, as we served fewer people and had fewer services.
As we "grew up"....................
It hardly seems possible that more than six years have passed since the Center for Transitional Living (CTL) opened. In that timeframe, we have witnessed many changes in our environment and in the guests whose lives have been changed. We are grateful for both. Just prior to our opening, volunteers added their artistry in many ways: through linens, decorative window coverings and special touches that made the CTL homelike. Each gift was a blessing and continues to serve as a reminder to all of us who live or work here.
My favorite reminders are the ............
Times are tough for all of us. Lazarus House began 12 years ago with a little girl's birthday money, and God has grown that into all the amazing blessings we are able to offer to those in need in our community.
Our emergency shelter continues to offer our neighbors immediate hospitality, nourishing food, safe shelter, and the support services they need to help them return to successful, independent living. Our Transitional Living Facility continues to offer...........
Lazarus House is blessed by and depends on the gifts and grants we receive. We recently received word that we are tentatively slated to receive a new rental subsidy grant this October of about $500,000 from the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act. Now before you start jumping up and down yelling "They're rich", please know that the vast majority of this money flows THROUGH us into the community to help keep people affected by the recent economic crisis in housing....
Message from the Executive Director
Message from the Executive Director
Message from the Executive Director
Message from the Holiday 2007
Vol. X Issue 4
Executive Director
Lazarus House is featured in the article "Kane County Initiative" from the current issue of Homeless Headlines, a publication of the Illinois Association of Community Action Agencies. To read this article and other articles related to homelessness and the initiatives to assist the homeless go to their website, http://ww.iacaanet.org/homelessheadlines/.
