HM Giving Back

Two Thousand attend in-person Walk for Wellness House – Welcome Home! By HM Staff The annual Walk for Wellness House 3k walk/5k run, held on Sunday, May 1, 2022, brought…

By HM Staff Sixty students participating in Community Memorial Foundation’s youth philanthropy program have awarded $30,000 in grant funding to four local nonprofit organizations working to provide basic needs services…

Community Rallies Behind Local Foundation By Emma Wolf In 2007, Brian and Bridget O’Meara decided to start the Mend a Heart Foundation after their son, Liam, was born with Hypoplastic…

By Larry Atseff On November 30, 2021, the Oak Brook Chapter of the Auxiliary of the Infant Welfare Society of Chicago welcomed everyone once again, in person, to Mistletoe Medley,…

For the Oak Brook Chapter of the Infant Welfare Society, helping underserved children and their families is time-honored tradition. By Kerrie Kennedy After working in the PR and publishing industries…

By HM staff While the world was focused on shutdowns, restrictions and doing less, the Clarendon Hills Infant Welfare Society (CHIW) focused on how to do more in order to…

Wouldn’t it be wonderful if the holiday season became more widely known as “The Giving Season? By Alice Wood, JD, Director of Gift Planning, Dupage Foundation In the world of…

By HM staff Assistance League has adapted our major fundraising campaigns to reflect the “new normal” of these past two years. This year our signature fundraiser Books & Brunch, held…

By HM staff We were delighted to hold a series of events this year, using outdoor and socially-distanced formats, as well as hybrid and virtual events. These activities continued to…

By HM staff Candor Health Education continued providing school-based health education during the pandemic to ensure that young people received time sensitive prevention information Communities experienced increased youth mental health…