Photo Gallery

We were honored to attend and receive donations from the Winter Wonderland event hosted by the Women of Oak Brook at the Drake Hotel. HSP's Co-Founder and CFO, Floyd Kettering, along with Dean Senne, the SCP Coordinator enjoyed sharing information with the attendees about HSP's program. The HSP van was full of incredible donations of food and toys the women at the event donated to support, families and children enrolled in HSP's programs. In the photo with Floyd and Dean is Dr. Eleni Liossis Dimitriou the President of the Women of Oakbrook who worked very hard with their committee to plan and host this beautiful charitable event.

A great time was had by all that attended a Christmas get together at Downey Financial Group's office in Bartlett. Ed and Shannon hosted the event for people to drop off toys and gift cards for children to receive at Christmas time. Kristin, HSP's Executive Director and Dean, HSP's Senior Citizen Project Coordinator enjoyed speaking with their guests about the difference they are making in the lives of children and their families. Shannon has been a weekly volunteer for years working in HSP's pantry and serving seniors and families with food and essential items.

The Lombard Service League is celebrating their 75th year and there were many wonderful people in attendance at their annual luncheon. This club has supported seniors and children enrolled in HSP's programs for the last 21 years. Kristin, the Executive Director was honored to speak about HSP's programs and the incredible difference the club makes in the lives of those in our community. Anna, Weselak the club's President is pictured in the photo with Kristin.

The high energy Lake Park West Campus baseball team along with their coach and business teacher, Dan Colucci volunteered at HSP to pack bags of food. This energetic group of young men put together 300 bags of food for families and their children. The students on the baseball team have been volunteering at HSP for three years and they enjoy coming in the Fall and the Spring to make a big impact through their service.

Our lovely friends at Belmont Village prepared a wonderful donation in conjunction with World Food day. They put together bags with pasta sauce and pasta for seniors and families enrolled in HSP's program. They also put together bags with globes, and other fun items for children to receive in their birthday boxes. Kristin, the Executive Director enjoyed speaking with a room full of residents that participated in this important project.

It is always wonderful to see Tina and Chiquita our friends at UPS. For the last 9 years they have been donating money to sponsor seniors in the Senior Citizen Project. Their generous gift is providing groceries and essential items to Peter and Luidmila . This incredible group holds different events at work, like cookouts, food and bake sales to raise the money to sponsor seniors in need. The employees are very generous in supporting these events and making it possible to save seniors from the pain of hunger.

A great time was had by all at the 15th annual Veggie Fest food and wellness festival which took place in August. Our amazing friends from Science of Spirituality (SOS) hosted this incredible event for free. There was health and wellness talks, cooking demos and fun things for families to enjoy. HSP staff was there in our booth all weekend long, talking with visitors and sharing our program information. The wonderful people from SOS has been giving to HSP for the last 13 years and helping seniors, children and their families have the items they need to thrive.

It sure was a hot one during the Indian Uprising weekend hosted by the Cruisin' Tigers GTO and All Pontiac Club. Temperatures soared to 100 degrees but a fun time was had by all that attended. Club members and car lovers brought their cars and the spectators showed up to be a part of the event. This is the 10th anniversary of HSP being the clubs chosen charity and them donating money to provide food and important services to children enrolled in the Children's Project. HSP's staff Dean and Kristin have volunteered for 10 years in registration and loved being a part of this incredible charity event.

It was wonderful to see our friends from Parvin-Clauss Sign Co., Inc. when they dropped off school supplies at HSP. John and the incredible employees at their two locations donated a roller cart filled with all the important supplies children need to start the new school year off right. From backpacks, to folders, paper and plenty of other goodies, they sure did an amazing job on their first school supply drive held at their company!

We have been super busy distributing school supplies, birthday boxes and groceries to seniors and families. Staff and volunteers pull grocery orders, backpacks and birthday boxes to prepare for everyone coming to HSP. As families and seniors arrive they are greeted by our friendly staff. After they check in, their orders are loaded in the cars by the amazing volunteers and staff, like Julia our Client Communication Coordinator. We are very thankful for our incredible HSP friends that give so much to make this possible!

A fun time was had by all at the Chicagoland Motor Expo in June. This charity event was hosted to provide support to the children and seniors that receive services through HSP's programs. There were hundreds of cars at the event and so many incredible people that came for the day with their cars or as spectators. There was music, food, auctions and many trophies handed out to the car enthusiasts. Thanks to the generous support of this hard working group of people, children and seniors will have food to eat, and necessary items such as toilet paper and hygiene items.

We received an amazing donation from our friends at the Jewish United Fund through their twice-yearly program called Nourish Our Neighborhoods (NON). NON is a community-wide collection drive benefiting different organizations across Chicagoland. Wonderful people from all over the area dropped off hygiene kits at a suburban location which were then transported by volunteers to HSP. These kits contained a toothbrush, dental floss and toothpaste. We were very thankful to receive over 400 kits which will help seniors and children maintain healthy hygiene habits.