Meet Melody and Jeremy Burton – a super duo who is a part of our volunteer program! You can catch them volunteering weekly at our shelter program in the St. Catherine/Lucy former rectory, where they...
Several years ago, Rosalind Dyson was at a Judson Baptist Church of Oak Park service and heard about Housing Forward’s need for volunteers. Excited by the opportunity to give back to her community...
Street Medicine is a movement to provide medical services to those experiencing homelessness by meeting them where they are - on their own terms. We are thrilled to have access to street medicine...
When her temple encouraged their community to donate meals to Housing Forward, Amy knew just what to do. As a volunteer of non-profit Lasagna Love, Amy regularly bakes delicious lasagnas and other...
Economy Shop, a unique charity resale shop in Oak Park, has reopened for the season. The shop sells a variety of gently used items and shares the proceeds with seven local nonprofits (including...
Dr. Jeffrey Heiferman, a new attending physician in the ER at Loyola University Medical Center, brought a team of the ER’s resident and attending physicians to Housing Forward for what he calls “a day...
Luis became homeless at the age of 17, when his mother no longer wanted to take care of him. After years of sleeping on public transit and struggling with substance abuse, he came to one of our...
Ryan grew up in Palm Beach, Florida, working in finance and surrounded by affluent neighborhoods. In 2020, Ryan came to Chicago for work. But at the start of the pandemic, the position he was hoping...
Rose of Sharon Community Church in Maywood recently prepared Easter dinner for clients of our Interim Housing and Medical Respite programs. Choir director Michelle Collins made time to speak with us...
The UPS driver stops regularly at the Weiss’ house in Oak Park. Inside, boxes of donated household items are piled up—filling their living room and spilling out into hallways.
What do some of our regular PADS emergency shelter volunteers do when our clients have been relocated due to COVID-19, and are sheltered in place in several locations?
Long before our PADS shelter program was moved from regular locations to individual accommodations, a volunteer at First United Church of Oak Park noticed that when many clients used the restrooms to clean up in the evening, they entered in bare feet.
