by Caleb Conner | Jan 25, 2025 | Hephzibah
On January 6th, 2025, a unanimous vote from the Illinois General Assembly brought the Kinship in Demand (KIND) Act to the desk of governor J.B. Pritzker to sign into law. The KIND Act is poised to transform foster child placement and quality of living in the state of...
by Caleb Conner | Jan 23, 2025 | Hephzibah
Twice a year, the Oak Park community comes together to fill a local church auditorium with donations of children’s toys, clothes, games, furniture, and more. Faced with the wall-to-wall mountain of generosity are the amazing women who manage the tremendous number of...
by Caleb Conner | Jan 17, 2025 | Hephzibah
It takes a heart of gold to support families and children in need. That’s why we set time aside every year for a big blowout gala honoring the people and organizations without whose help we wouldn’t be able to do what we do. This year’s theme, “A Child at Heart,”...
by Marissa Grott | Dec 19, 2024 | Hephzibah
It’s no secret that kids just do better when their social-emotional needs are met. In fact, hundreds of studies involving more than a million PreK–12 students worldwide have established that social-emotional learning programs have a positive impact on student...
by Marissa Grott | Dec 13, 2024 | Hephzibah
Project Preloved is a new community-centered platform (or online marketplace) designed to make it easier for Oak Park and surrounding area moms to buy and sell high-quality preloved items locally. By providing a trusted space to share and find items, Project Preloved...
by Marissa Grott | Dec 12, 2024 | Hephzibah
Sixto Cancel, born to a drug-addicted, impoverished mother, was placed in foster care when he was 11 months old. In a 2021 New York Times guest essay with the heart-wrenching title, “I Will Never Forget That I Could Have Lived With People Who Loved Me,” he wrote, “I...
