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By Bruce Bachmeier, Director of Volunteers Now in its second year, the new phase of the Volunteer Dental Ministry has made it possible for 48 of our guests – through 180 appointments – to receive follow-through dental care! Our volunteers have been taking guests to dental appointments at Dr. DeLacey’s office in Warrenville for years,… Read More

by Jennie Brown, Artistic Director, Picosa What a thrill to launch Picosa during our inaugural 2014-2015 season! Embarking on a journey such as this with dear friends who also happen to be inspiring artists and consummate professionals is a true honor and joy. By season’s close, we performed 24 concerts and workshops all over the… Read More

Hesed House, the state of Illinois' second largest homeless shelter serving the Greater Fox Valley and located in Aurora, is proud to announce that the Community Foundation of the Fox River Valley has given the organization a $19,100 grant to upgrade its current security system. The Community Foundation of the Fox River Valley is a… Read More

May 13, 2015By CBS 2's Roseanne Tellez, Chicago Activists want to send a message to Governor Bruce Rauner that really hits home, so they protested outside his home on May 13th, with several planning to spend the night outside Rauner’s condo inside a Lakeshore East high rise. The coalition of several community groups protested what they… Read More

Dear Supporters, As many of you are aware of, the state has laid out its proposed budget cuts for the upcoming fiscal year. We are very concerned about the negative effect that the planned cuts will have on our ability to serve our guests and are working closely with other advocacy groups in order to… Read More

Hesed House was honored to present its 2015 Humanitarian of the Year Award to Joy and Rogers Freedlund at the recent Kentucky Derby Gala. Proud parents of three children and nine grandchildren, theFreedlunds have dedicated themselves to providing hope and dignity for homeless men, women and children at Hesed House. Joy and Rogers, and their Faith-Funded Network… Read More

"Recently I volunteered for the Hesed House in Aurora. For a school project I had to give five hours of my time and give back to any place of my choosing. "I am not going to lie I was not looking forward to it at all. When I got there they had me folding laundry… Read More

By Kalyn Belsha, Aurora Beacon-NewsApril 21, 2015 Around 9 p.m. on Saturday, just under 80 East Aurora High School seniors tried to keep busy on their school's football field. Some bundled up in sleeping bags, blankets or tents, while others sprinted on the grass in a game of cops and robbers. Each senior wore an… Read More

By Stephen Madison, Associate Program Director, PADS If someone approached you and said in order to accomplish our goal, we need to assemble a large group of people that will work for free, every single night, of every single week, of every single month, of every single year, how would you respond? Most people would… Read More

By Denise Crosby, Aurora Beacon-NewsMarch 27, 2015 at 6:48 p.m. Kevin Harmon lives in Aurora and works in West Chicago. Which doesn't sound like a bad commute, until you consider it starts off with a four-block walk at night to catch that last bus of the day to the Metra station in Geneva. From there,… Read More