by Ellen Riggsbee | Apr 30, 2015 | News
Last week I met with some of the people instrumental in the success of the Alex Anderson Memorial Garden, a project begun last spring in memory of a beloved staff member. Before we sat down I took the group into the atrium to show them all of the plants that John* has...
by Ellen Riggsbee | Mar 31, 2015 | Hephzibah, News
Guests sipped champagne in a vast elevator hung with glittering stars and a chandelier as they ascended to the 5th floor Skyline Loft in the former Spiegel catalog warehouse, now known as Bridgeport Art Center. More than 470 guests helped Hephzibah Children’s...
by Ellen Riggsbee | Mar 31, 2015 | News
“We are grateful to so many people and organizations for their continued, generous support of our largest fundraiser,” said Mary Anne Brown, Hephzibah’s executive director. Sponsors of the Heart of Gold Ball are partners and friends who believe in Hephzibah’s...
by Ellen Riggsbee | Mar 9, 2015 | News
Click here to view event photos. Click here to go straight to pictures taken in our celestial photo booth. Guests are welcome to download photos from the site at no charge. Many thanks to our photographer, Johnny Knight, for his excellent work capturing the joy of our...
by Ellen Riggsbee | Mar 3, 2015 | News
Hephzibah’s Head Start preschool for 3 and 4-year-olds has been awarded the Gold Circle of Quality by ExceleRate Illinois, a state-wide quality rating and improvement system designed to make continuous quality improvement an everyday priority among early learning...
by Ellen Riggsbee | Feb 1, 2015 | News
“Foster parents are people with big hearts who want to make a difference in the life of a child,” says Ashley Lepse, Hephzibah’s recruitment and program support coordinator. “Often, people choose to foster parent because at some point in their lives they were touched...
