FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Kim Bus
Director of Marketing, PR, Community Relations
Little Friends
140 N. Wright Street
Naperville, Illinois 60540
630.281.1815 office
630.355.3176 fax
www.littlefriendsinc.org
Naperville, IL—Little Friends was one of 25 not-for-profit organizations in
DuPage County to receive a grant from the 2012 Spring Discretionary
Grant Cycle of The DuPage Community Foundation based in Wheaton,
Illinois. The grant, awarded at a special distribution open house on
Wednesday, June 13 at Glen Oak Country Club, will help underwrite the
Little Friends Center for Autism and the evaluations that are performed
there.
Little Friends is located in Naperville, and serves children and adults with
autism and other developmental disabilities. The Little Friends Center for
Autism (LFCA) has earned a nationally recognized reputation for
excellence and provides cutting-edge comprehensive diagnostic
evaluations, occupational and speech therapy, consultation services to
parents and professionals, ABA, social skills groups, counseling, support
groups and educational materials. For further information regarding
Little Friends, or the programs that are offered, please call 630-355-6533
or visit the website at www.littlefriendsinc.org
Established in 1986, The DuPage Community Foundation is a publiclysupported 501 (c)(3) organization to which contributions are tax
deductible. It was created to benefit the people of DuPage County and
receives contributions and bequests into a permanent endowment from
individuals, corporations, organizations and foundations wishing to make
lasting contributions to the people of DuPage. The earnings on these
funds are then used, in accordance with donor wishes, for the
Foundation's grant making and community leadership activities.
About Little
Friends
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Little Friends is a non-profit
501c3 and has been serving
children and adults with
autism and other
developmental disabilities
for over 40 years. Based in
Naperville, Little Friends
operates three schools,
vocational training programs,
community-based residential
services and the
Founded in 1965, Little
Friends serves more than
800 people each year
throughout DuPage, Kane,
Kendall, Will, and western
Cook counties.
O U R MI SS I O N
It is the mission of Little
Friends to empower children
and adults with special
challenges to live, learn,
work and participate in the
community.
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The DuPage Community Foundation seeks to raise the quality of life throughout DuPage County by fostering
philanthropy, connecting donors to area needs and building community partnerships. Based on the American
virtues of volunteerism and philanthropy, the Foundation fosters a legacy of support for the people of DuPage
County by making grants to not-for-profit organizations working in the areas of arts and culture, education,
environment, health, and human services. Since its inception the Foundation has built its endowment to nearly
$42 million and awarded more than $13 million in grants to not-for-profit agencies serving the residents of
DuPage County and beyond.
For further information about the Foundation, or to arrange future media opportunities, please contact Jessica
Daley, program and communications manager, at 630-665-5556 or jdaley@dcfdn.org.
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