Michelle Durpetti Pays it Forward

Michelle Durpetti Pays it Forward

MICHELLE DURPETTI has a special place in her heart for Hephzibah’s kids. “I was adopted at birth and I was so blessed to find my way to two parents who love me and support me,” explains Durpetti, who was raised in Oak Park. “Today, it is so important to me to pay that...
Summer Day Care Playshops are Fun for All

Summer Day Care Playshops are Fun for All

Hephzibah’s Summer Day Care program is wrapping up and once again, the program’s playshops have been a huge hit with students and teachers alike. Play shops are week-long specialty workshops. Each child picks two playshops per week based on their interests....
Group Home Family Room Gets Major Update

Group Home Family Room Gets Major Update

Thank you to everyone who contributed to our recent campaign to raise funds to renovate the family room in our Group Home! We raised over $20,000 – which went towards new furniture, updated electronics, new accessories like blankets and pillows, flooring, paint,...
Hephzibah Selected to Receive 2019 LemonAid Grant

Hephzibah Selected to Receive 2019 LemonAid Grant

LemonAid is a fundraiser established after the September 11, 2001, attacks to do something positive to commemorate the day and to benefit the community. Every year on September 11th, the residents of the 700 block of Bonnie Brae in River Forest hold the event to aid...