Thank you to everyone who volunteered in 2015.  You truly enriched the lives of our residents.  Over the course of the year, 95 volunteers provided fun-filled holiday parties, backpacks filled with school supplies, holiday presents, and so much more.

Volunteers helped hundreds of residents by:

• Providing back-to-school supplies for 156 children;
• Supplying holiday gifts for 344 adults and children; and
• Sponsoring holiday meals for 320 residents.

If you, or your organization, would like to help in 2016 please contact Alva Winfrey Kennedy at awinfrey@mercyhousing.org.

Many of these volunteer activities were sponsored by companies, churches, and other partners, including:

• St. Anthony Catholic Church collected holiday gifts for the 77 youth at the Wentworth Commons, Roseland Village, and Holland Apartments;

  

• The Sisters of Mercy coordinated a holiday gift drive that collected holiday gifts for the 191 youth living at Pullman Wheelworks;

  

• Bank of America hosted a Thanksgiving dinner and provided giveaways to residents living at the Harold Washington Apartments;
• U.S. Bank hosted a back-to-school picnic and backpack giveaway for 136 school children living at Pullman Wheelworks;
• U.S. Bank volunteers organized an evening of activities and a holiday meal for formerly homeless residents at the Johnston Center;

  

• The PrivateBank provided energetic and creative volunteers to reupholster 139 chairs benefitting formerly homeless residents at Carlton Apartments;
• Linden LLC provided a party filled with food, games and presents for 16 youth living in Austin;
• Christopher B. Burke Engineering employees collected 20 winter coats for the youth in the Austin after-school program;
• Capital One provided six new computers for the Holland Apartment’s computer lab and hosted computer training and financial education classes for 75 residents;

  

• Pullman Bank and Beverly Bank sponsored a holiday party for 165 residents at Pullman Wheelworks that included story time, cookie decorating and ornament making;
• O’Hare Rotary Club continued its tradition of donating move-in baskets for new residents;
• Emil McCauley and family helped 70 children build the gingerbread homes of their dreams at Wentworth Commons and 850 Eastwood; and
• Nate Frank, along with his family and friends, provided a hearty meal and holiday gifts for 60 residents of Carlton Apartments.

Thank you!

Thanks to you, hundreds of residents benefitted from much-needed resources that enabled them to live in hope.