by Caleb Conner | Aug 25, 2025 | Hephzibah
School is back in session!! It’s a season of forging new friendships and learning new skills, and we’re celebrating each parent and child stepping into that new season this month! As Oak Park District 97 kids headed back to school this week, and many of our kids...
by Caleb Conner | Aug 8, 2025 | Hephzibah
Our corporate volunteers provide a vital resource for our kids, and KBC Advisors showed up big-time! These exceptional volunteers showed up at one of Summer Hephzibah’s most anticipated days – the Summer Carnival – and DOUBLED the fun while taking a...
by Caleb Conner | Aug 4, 2025 | Hephzibah
Being separated from siblings is often devastating to the foster kids that come into our care, especially during some of the most vulnerable years of their lives. That’s why we take Camp Heph-SIB-ah so seriously. Every year we fill a bus (sometimes two!) with foster...
by Caleb Conner | Jul 1, 2025 | Hephzibah
“Don’t hearts touch through our work?” wrote Davida Williams, Hephzibah’s retired Foster Care Specialist, in an email about a particularly challenging case. As an out lesbian herself, she famously welcomed same-sex families with open arms when she started at Hephzibah...
by Caleb Conner | May 29, 2025 | Hephzibah
As National Foster Care Month is coming to an end, we want to shine a spotlight on foster care and the people whose lives are forever changed by the experience. While the circumstances that necessitate foster placement are tragic and all-too common, Hephzibah is...
