The Anderson Emergency Shelter is temporarily CLOSED due to flooding. Shelter operations have been temporarily moved to the Bridge Center, 38 N Austin, Oak Park. Please call (708) 338-1724 with any questions.
Every weekday, each of our 78 clients, many of whom were moved from the rotating PADS shelter sites to individual accommodations, receive breakfast and lunch donated by our volunteers, and dinner from local caterers. On weekends, meals are provided by one local restaurant.
This past weekend Chef Gaetano Di Benedetto and his Gaetano's team came through with delicious food for the Easter weekend. Connie Brown, from The Brown Cow Ice Cream Parlor, his Madison Street neighbor in Forest Park, also stepped in to provide extra refrigerated space.
We continue to be humbled by so many people willing to lend us their helping hands.
Pictured at right are Enid Johnson, Housing Forward Volunteer & Community Outreach Manager and Chef Chef Gaetano Di Benedetto.
With below-zero wind chills forecast for the next several days, Good Shepherd Lutheran Church will be operating as a warming center starting at 7 p.m. Wed., Jan. 21 until Sat., Jan. 24 at noon. The shelter is located at 611 Randolph St.
Updated January 30, 2026 On January 8, HUD issued a notice announcing that the Continuum of Care (CoC) Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for the 2024–2025 fiscal year would reopen, with submissions...
