2014-15 GLEN ELLYN INFANT WELFARE GIVING GEIW volunteered time in regular shifts with the Glen Ellyn Food Pantry and People’s Resource Center and held drives at monthly meetings Serving area children for nearly 90 years for items such as diapers, emergency kits for children in shelters, or collections for a student in need. Our members held a successful 1st annual Monte Carlo Night, a beautiful 31st annual Housewalk, and sold mums, poinsettias and spring plants. The Junior Volunteers group was born and mentored through their first fundraiser, the Family Fitness Walk. Our family aid team was utilized to meet immediate, short-term needs of families and children referred to us from local agencies or school social workers. A Glenbard West and Glenbard South student were awarded our GEIW scholarship for the credits needed to earn an Associates Degree from College of DuPage! Our scholarship advisory team stays connected with them through their time at C.O.D. to optimize their opportunity for success! The GardenWorks Project helps families, all clients of local food pantries, relieve hunger through home vegetable gardens and coaching. Everyone deserves fresh produce, not only those with the physical and financial means to afford it. www.gardenworksproject.org Anima Young Singers of Greater Chicago transforms young lives through excellence in music education and fosters life-long values like self discipline, teamwork and the pursuit of excellence. GEIW funds are used towards music education, outreach and scholarship. www.animasinger.org Bridge Communities helps transition homeless families to self-sufficiency by working with partners to provide mentoring, housing and supportive services. www.bridgecommunities.org CASA of DuPage County recruits, trains and supports volunteer citizen advocates to effectively speak in the best interests of abused, neglected and dependent children in the DuPage County juvenile and family court system. Every child has the right to a safe, permanent and nurturing home. www.dupagecasa.org Central DuPage Pastoral Counseling Center provides affordable, professional pastoral counseling services to the public in an ecumenical setting. www.cdpcc.org Community Housing Advocacy and Development of DuPage (CHAD) helps provide quality, affordable, long-term rental housing to income qualifying, hardworking individuals and families who struggle to support themselves, including managing 28 affordable housing units in Glen Ellyn. www.chadhousing.org DuPage PADS is ending homelessness, starting with housing, both interim and permanent. They also use support services to help individuals and families work toward becoming self-sufficient. www.dupagepads.org Easter Seals DuPage & Fox Valley provides outpatient rehabilitation services for children with developmental and physical disabilities. Their services help children achieve maximum independence as well as give support to the families. www.eastersealsdfvr.org Family Shelter Service offers help and hope to those affected by domestic violence. Funds support hotline services, counseling and shelters, children’s programs, education outreach, prevention and court advocacy. www.familyshelterservice.org Glen Ellyn Children's Resource Center helps children from low-income families acquire the necessary skills in academics and social interaction to move successfully through grades K-12 and into adulthood. GECRC provides after school and summer programs that emphasize literacy and community involvement. www.gecrc.com Glen Ellyn Food Pantry fights local hunger! This ecumenical endeavor of Glen Ellyn churches cooperate in providing food and volunteers to serve people in need, currently about 300 families every month. www.glenellynfoodpantry.org Supplies 4 Success works to ensure children in Glen Ellyn schools have the school supplies, gym shoes and winter wear they need to be safe so they can have every opportunity for educational success with dignity. www.supplies4success.org Glen Ellyn Park District uses funds from GEIW toward need-based Camp Caravan scholarships. www.gepark.org Glen Ellyn Public Library receives a donation toward their amazing “Bus to Books” summer enrichment outreach program for ESL and financially disadvantaged children, Burmese translator, and library outreach staff to go to the GE Children’s Resource Center with books to read and check-out. www.gepl.org w w w. gl e ne l l yn infantwe lfare .o rg Glen Ellyn Youth and Family Counseling offers affordable professional counseling services to local youth and families and a school liaison for GE public schools. www.geyfcs.org Glenbard West HS English Language Learners Program serves students speaking non-English languages. From as far away as Somalia, Sudan, Iraq, Lebanon, Burma, and Cameroon, many of these students have never received formal schooling. The ELL Program provides basic life skills and literacy. www.glenbardwesths.org Teen Parent Connection serves teen parents in DuPage County as they navigate the challenges of both parenthood and adolescence. Provides long-term assistance to adolescent parents for their development of self-esteem, parenting skills and empowerment toward self-sufficiency. www.teenparentconnection.org NAMI DuPage provides support, advocacy and education to improve the quality of life for individuals with mental illness and their families. GEIW funds help fund education and early intervention programs for children and youth. www.namidupage.org fundraising events and SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES People's Resource Center responds to hunger and poverty in DuPage County, creating hope and change through a wide range of critical services: food pantry, clothing closet, emergency rent and mortgage assistance, financial assistance and social services, job assistance, computers, adult learning and literacy, art programs and more. www.peoplesrc.org Philip J. Rock Center and School uses GEIW funds toward technology to improve communication and independence for the students in their comprehensive deaf-blind programs. www.philiprockcenter.org YWCA receives GEIW funds toward Child Assault Prevention programs in Glen Ellyn Elementary schools and Teens Taking Charge programs in local middle schools. www.ywca.org www. gl en ellyni nfantwe lfare . o rg 32nd Annual MONTE CARLO SPONSORSHIP LEVELS & BENEFITS: Housewalk Platinum ($5,000+) Full page, well-placed advertisement in Tour Guide Booklet (TGB), year-long link on the Glen Ellyn Infant Welfare website, business logo displayed prominently inside featured homes, exterior logo signage at all homes for two weeks prior to Housewalk, posters throughout town including business logo, business listing in TGB, business name placed on featured home page of each house in TGB, option for coupon within TGB and six F R I D AY, M AY 6 , 2 0 1 6 complimentary Housewalk tickets. Gold ($1,000+) 2nd Annual Monte Carlo Casino Night and Silent Auction Saturday, October 24, 2015 Full page advertisement in Tour Guide Booklet SPONSORSHIP LEVELS & BENEFITS: (TGB), year-long link on the Glen Ellyn Infant Platinum ($1,000+) Welfare website, business logo displayed signage at a home for two weeks prior to event, largest presence at event, name The only event like it in town! A dazzling, city style night out where hundreds of Glen Ellyn men and women step out, roll the dice and Name and logo on event materials, name We’d love your support at this buzz-worthy event! Please Silver ($300+) Development Team at GEIWdevelopment@gmail.com without delay! Name and logo on event materials, name and logo on website Bronze ($150+) Name and logo on event materials Silent Auction Donations: Signage at the silent auction. Items can be picked up by one of our For more info! team members. Save the Date! 2nd Annual Junior Volunteers Family Fitness Walk | Sunday April 17, 2016 A Glen Ellyn tradition and our largest fundraiser of the year with over 1,000 area patrons attending. Each patron receives a Tour Guide Booklet (TGB), which includes their ticket to attend, summaries of the featured homes, advertisements and coupons from area businesses, raffle layout and one raffle ticket. Our Housewalk regularly receives editorial coverage in the Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times, Daily Herald, The Glancer and The Glen Ellyn News. We loved using social media to reveal homes last year and will enjoy using it to keep you informed again this year! Tickets are $35 each in advance or $40 at the door. Seeking your commitment as a 2016 Housewalk sponsor! volunteered at Housewalk and organized a successful first annual Family Fitness Walk that raised $4,862! The inaugural year had an amazing turnout of families, friends, neighbors and teammates all complimentary Housewalk tickets. Silver ($500+) Half page advertisement in Tour Guide Booklet (TGB), option for coupon within TGB and three complimentary Housewalk tickets. Bronze ($300+) Quarter page advertisement in Tour Guide Booklet (TGB), option for coupon within TGB and two form online at www.glenellyninfantwelfare.org/giving or contact Nickel ($150+) our development team at GEIWdevelopment@gmail.com. Tour Guide Booklet listing and one Housewalk To be included in our 32nd Annual Housewalk, contact us as soon as possible. We look forward to your support. walking together for GEIW. These teens are energized to help others in TGB, option for coupon within TGB and four complimentary Housewalk tickets. Would you like to contribute assistance such as catering, exterior or interior floral designs, decorating or staging help or another related service? Contributions will be acknowledged within the Tour Guide Booklet. Contact Rachel Bauer, 2016 Housewalk Chairman at msboggle@aol.com. organization that supported GEIW efforts at Tag day, promoted and name placed on featured home page of one home Pay now or through February 1st. Please complete sponsorship Interested in having your home be part of Housewalk on May 6, 2016? Contact Denise Harrington, Search Chairman at dharrin6@att.net. New to GEIW in 2014-15, we are so proud of this high school student in need. business logo, business listing in TGB, business Gold ($500+) and logo on website, sponsorship of a table contact Kate at katie.mccarthy16@yahoo.com or the Housewalk, posters throughout town including and logo on website, sponsorship of tables double down to support GEIW. Tag day! Oct 7, 2015! prominently inside a featured home, exterior logo Name and logo on marketing materials prior to ticket. Brass ($50+) Tour Guide Booklet listing. High Value Raffle Donations Logo featured in prime, half page advertisement within Tour Guide Booklet (TGB), exclusive on-site display at a featured home day of Housewalk, business listing in TGB and two complimentary Housewalk tickets. To be a part of this event, please contact Lisa Lane, Family Fitness Walk is organized by the hardworking GEIW Junior Volunteers and is focused on family, fitness and giving. The students are seeking event sponsorship and gifts in kind this year. Committee Chair, at LisaLane64@yahoo.com: event sponsorship, entertainment, catering, swag bags, coupons, promotional items, goods or services related to health, family or fitness. online sponsorship form: www.glenellyninfantwelfare.org/giving Like us on Facebook! Get our news on your feed! Start your Amazon shopping at http://smile.amazon.com and help Glen Ellyn Infant Welfare! P lant sales! Fall, Winter and Spring online sponsorship form: www.glenellyninfantwelfare.org/giving For more info! 32nd Annual MONTE CARLO SPONSORSHIP LEVELS & BENEFITS: Housewalk Platinum ($5,000+) Full page, well-placed advertisement in Tour Guide Booklet (TGB), year-long link on the Glen Ellyn Infant Welfare website, business logo displayed prominently inside featured homes, exterior logo signage at all homes for two weeks prior to Housewalk, posters throughout town including business logo, business listing in TGB, business name placed on featured home page of each house in TGB, option for coupon within TGB and six F R I D AY, M AY 6 , 2 0 1 6 complimentary Housewalk tickets. Gold ($1,000+) 2nd Annual Monte Carlo Casino Night and Silent Auction Saturday, October 24, 2015 Full page advertisement in Tour Guide Booklet SPONSORSHIP LEVELS & BENEFITS: (TGB), year-long link on the Glen Ellyn Infant Platinum ($1,000+) Welfare website, business logo displayed signage at a home for two weeks prior to event, largest presence at event, name The only event like it in town! A dazzling, city style night out where hundreds of Glen Ellyn men and women step out, roll the dice and Name and logo on event materials, name We’d love your support at this buzz-worthy event! Please Silver ($300+) Development Team at GEIWdevelopment@gmail.com without delay! Name and logo on event materials, name and logo on website Bronze ($150+) Name and logo on event materials Silent Auction Donations: Signage at the silent auction. Items can be picked up by one of our For more info! team members. Save the Date! 2nd Annual Junior Volunteers Family Fitness Walk | Sunday April 17, 2016 A Glen Ellyn tradition and our largest fundraiser of the year with over 1,000 area patrons attending. Each patron receives a Tour Guide Booklet (TGB), which includes their ticket to attend, summaries of the featured homes, advertisements and coupons from area businesses, raffle layout and one raffle ticket. Our Housewalk regularly receives editorial coverage in the Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times, Daily Herald, The Glancer and The Glen Ellyn News. We loved using social media to reveal homes last year and will enjoy using it to keep you informed again this year! Tickets are $35 each in advance or $40 at the door. Seeking your commitment as a 2016 Housewalk sponsor! volunteered at Housewalk and organized a successful first annual Family Fitness Walk that raised $4,862! The inaugural year had an amazing turnout of families, friends, neighbors and teammates all complimentary Housewalk tickets. Silver ($500+) Half page advertisement in Tour Guide Booklet (TGB), option for coupon within TGB and three complimentary Housewalk tickets. Bronze ($300+) Quarter page advertisement in Tour Guide Booklet (TGB), option for coupon within TGB and two form online at www.glenellyninfantwelfare.org/giving or contact Nickel ($150+) our development team at GEIWdevelopment@gmail.com. Tour Guide Booklet listing and one Housewalk To be included in our 32nd Annual Housewalk, contact us as soon as possible. We look forward to your support. walking together for GEIW. These teens are energized to help others in TGB, option for coupon within TGB and four complimentary Housewalk tickets. Would you like to contribute assistance such as catering, exterior or interior floral designs, decorating or staging help or another related service? Contributions will be acknowledged within the Tour Guide Booklet. Contact Rachel Bauer, 2016 Housewalk Chairman at msboggle@aol.com. organization that supported GEIW efforts at Tag day, promoted and name placed on featured home page of one home Pay now or through February 1st. Please complete sponsorship Interested in having your home be part of Housewalk on May 6, 2016? Contact Denise Harrington, Search Chairman at dharrin6@att.net. New to GEIW in 2014-15, we are so proud of this high school student in need. business logo, business listing in TGB, business Gold ($500+) and logo on website, sponsorship of a table contact Kate at katie.mccarthy16@yahoo.com or the Housewalk, posters throughout town including and logo on website, sponsorship of tables double down to support GEIW. Tag day! Oct 7, 2015! prominently inside a featured home, exterior logo Name and logo on marketing materials prior to ticket. Brass ($50+) Tour Guide Booklet listing. High Value Raffle Donations Logo featured in prime, half page advertisement within Tour Guide Booklet (TGB), exclusive on-site display at a featured home day of Housewalk, business listing in TGB and two complimentary Housewalk tickets. To be a part of this event, please contact Lisa Lane, Family Fitness Walk is organized by the hardworking GEIW Junior Volunteers and is focused on family, fitness and giving. The students are seeking event sponsorship and gifts in kind this year. Committee Chair, at LisaLane64@yahoo.com: event sponsorship, entertainment, catering, swag bags, coupons, promotional items, goods or services related to health, family or fitness. online sponsorship form: www.glenellyninfantwelfare.org/giving Like us on Facebook! Get our news on your feed! Start your Amazon shopping at http://smile.amazon.com and help Glen Ellyn Infant Welfare! P lant sales! Fall, Winter and Spring online sponsorship form: www.glenellyninfantwelfare.org/giving For more info! 2014-15 GLEN ELLYN INFANT WELFARE GIVING GEIW volunteered time in regular shifts with the Glen Ellyn Food Pantry and People’s Resource Center and held drives at monthly meetings Serving area children for nearly 90 years for items such as diapers, emergency kits for children in shelters, or collections for a student in need. Our members held a successful 1st annual Monte Carlo Night, a beautiful 31st annual Housewalk, and sold mums, poinsettias and spring plants. The Junior Volunteers group was born and mentored through their first fundraiser, the Family Fitness Walk. Our family aid team was utilized to meet immediate, short-term needs of families and children referred to us from local agencies or school social workers. A Glenbard West and Glenbard South student were awarded our GEIW scholarship for the credits needed to earn an Associates Degree from College of DuPage! Our scholarship advisory team stays connected with them through their time at C.O.D. to optimize their opportunity for success! The GardenWorks Project helps families, all clients of local food pantries, relieve hunger through home vegetable gardens and coaching. Everyone deserves fresh produce, not only those with the physical and financial means to afford it. www.gardenworksproject.org Anima Young Singers of Greater Chicago transforms young lives through excellence in music education and fosters life-long values like self discipline, teamwork and the pursuit of excellence. GEIW funds are used towards music education, outreach and scholarship. www.animasinger.org Bridge Communities helps transition homeless families to self-sufficiency by working with partners to provide mentoring, housing and supportive services. www.bridgecommunities.org CASA of DuPage County recruits, trains and supports volunteer citizen advocates to effectively speak in the best interests of abused, neglected and dependent children in the DuPage County juvenile and family court system. Every child has the right to a safe, permanent and nurturing home. www.dupagecasa.org Central DuPage Pastoral Counseling Center provides affordable, professional pastoral counseling services to the public in an ecumenical setting. www.cdpcc.org Community Housing Advocacy and Development of DuPage (CHAD) helps provide quality, affordable, long-term rental housing to income qualifying, hardworking individuals and families who struggle to support themselves, including managing 28 affordable housing units in Glen Ellyn. www.chadhousing.org DuPage PADS is ending homelessness, starting with housing, both interim and permanent. They also use support services to help individuals and families work toward becoming self-sufficient. www.dupagepads.org Easter Seals DuPage & Fox Valley provides outpatient rehabilitation services for children with developmental and physical disabilities. Their services help children achieve maximum independence as well as give support to the families. www.eastersealsdfvr.org Family Shelter Service offers help and hope to those affected by domestic violence. Funds support hotline services, counseling and shelters, children’s programs, education outreach, prevention and court advocacy. www.familyshelterservice.org Glen Ellyn Children's Resource Center helps children from low-income families acquire the necessary skills in academics and social interaction to move successfully through grades K-12 and into adulthood. GECRC provides after school and summer programs that emphasize literacy and community involvement. www.gecrc.com Glen Ellyn Food Pantry fights local hunger! This ecumenical endeavor of Glen Ellyn churches cooperate in providing food and volunteers to serve people in need, currently about 300 families every month. www.glenellynfoodpantry.org Supplies 4 Success works to ensure children in Glen Ellyn schools have the school supplies, gym shoes and winter wear they need to be safe so they can have every opportunity for educational success with dignity. www.supplies4success.org Glen Ellyn Park District uses funds from GEIW toward need-based Camp Caravan scholarships. www.gepark.org Glen Ellyn Public Library receives a donation toward their amazing “Bus to Books” summer enrichment outreach program for ESL and financially disadvantaged children, Burmese translator, and library outreach staff to go to the GE Children’s Resource Center with books to read and check-out. www.gepl.org w w w. gl e ne l l yn infantwe lfare .o rg Glen Ellyn Youth and Family Counseling offers affordable professional counseling services to local youth and families and a school liaison for GE public schools. www.geyfcs.org Glenbard West HS English Language Learners Program serves students speaking non-English languages. From as far away as Somalia, Sudan, Iraq, Lebanon, Burma, and Cameroon, many of these students have never received formal schooling. The ELL Program provides basic life skills and literacy. www.glenbardwesths.org Teen Parent Connection serves teen parents in DuPage County as they navigate the challenges of both parenthood and adolescence. Provides long-term assistance to adolescent parents for their development of self-esteem, parenting skills and empowerment toward self-sufficiency. www.teenparentconnection.org NAMI DuPage provides support, advocacy and education to improve the quality of life for individuals with mental illness and their families. GEIW funds help fund education and early intervention programs for children and youth. www.namidupage.org fundraising events and SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES People's Resource Center responds to hunger and poverty in DuPage County, creating hope and change through a wide range of critical services: food pantry, clothing closet, emergency rent and mortgage assistance, financial assistance and social services, job assistance, computers, adult learning and literacy, art programs and more. www.peoplesrc.org Philip J. Rock Center and School uses GEIW funds toward technology to improve communication and independence for the students in their comprehensive deaf-blind programs. www.philiprockcenter.org YWCA receives GEIW funds toward Child Assault Prevention programs in Glen Ellyn Elementary schools and Teens Taking Charge programs in local middle schools. www.ywca.org www. gl en ellyni nfantwe lfare . o rg