by Ellen Riggsbee | Jul 12, 2023 | Auxiliary News & Events, Events, Hephzibah, Hephzibah Employees, Hephzibah Home News, Hephzibah in the Community, News, Volunteer News
SHOP THE WISH LIST The average cost to send a child to school last school year was nearly $900 per child. For the families we serve, this creates an enormous financial strain, and they are often forced to choose between buying required school supplies or providing for...
by Ellen Riggsbee | Jul 11, 2023 | Foster Care, Hephzibah, Hephzibah Employees, Hephzibah in the Community, News
Inside every young adult lies the potential to become a future leader. Here at Hephzibah, we believe in empowering and supporting youth to help them become the next generation of leaders. Last year, Hephzibah learned of an important mentorship opportunity that does...
by Ellen Riggsbee | Sep 21, 2022 | Donor, Events, Hephzibah, Hephzibah Employees, Hephzibah Home News, Hephzibah in the Community, News, Volunteer News
September 16th was a special day for us here at Hephzibah. It was the day we reopened the doors to visitors at Hephzibah Home, where some of the State of Illinois’ most vulnerable, abused and neglected children live. Our home has been closed to visitors and volunteers...
by Ellen Riggsbee | Sep 8, 2022 | Foster Care, Hephzibah, News
Keith Elkins – Once a Hephzibah Kid, Always a Hephzibah Kid It began in 1935 when two distressed parents—financially strapped and broken in spirit by the relentless hardships of the Great Depression—were forced to accept the devastating reality that they could not...
by Ellen Riggsbee | Sep 8, 2022 | Hephzibah, News
Peter Murphy’s Journey of Hope and Healing The year was 1982 and it was shaping up to be the worst year ever for five-year-old Peter and his older siblings John, Marita and Anne Marie, who had just lost their single adoptive mom, Elizabeth, to pneumonia. Peter, now...
by Ellen Riggsbee | Jul 1, 2022 | Auxiliary News & Events, Events, Hephzibah, Hephzibah Employees, Hephzibah Home News, Hephzibah in the Community, News, Volunteer News
Father’s Day this year was a special day at Hephzibah Home, but not in the traditional sense. The male staff at Hephzibah Home were in for a treat! The children at the home came together to make it an extra-special day for them. The kids honored these male staff...
