Below are the 24 Organizations nominated to receive grants. During Rummage setup and Sale day, all those that work a shift may vote for an organization. You must sign in to vote and the sheets will be available during the Rummage Sale. Fifteen organizations with the top number of vote will be selected. Winners will be identified post sale when the votes are tallie |
2015 Grant Nominees
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| 2015 Winner | Organization Name | 20 Words or less | Details | Website |
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| Voting in Progress | Bernies Book Bank | Facilitates the collection, processing and redistribution of new and gently used children's books to significantly increase book ownership among at-risk children throughout Chicagoland. | Details | www.berniesbookbank.org |
| Voting in Progress | Boys & Girls Club of Lake County | Through afterschool and summer activities, inspires young people, especially those most in need, to reach their full potential as productive, caring, and responsible citizens | Details | www.BGCLC.com |
| Voting in Progress | Coalition to Reduce Recidivism | Maintains connections between family members and the incarcerated to strengthen relationships and aid re-entry to society. Provides job skills training, substance abuse counseling, and mental health support the recently released. | Details | Coalition |
| Voting in Progress | Conserve Lake County | To preserve 20% of Lake County as Natural Areas | details | Conserve Lake County |
| Voting in Progress | Eddie Washington Center for Men | Provides transitional housing for single adult homeless men in Lake County. Services include job and budgetary counseling, work assignments, and addressing daily activities and living skills. | Details | www.waukegantownship.com |
| Voting in Progress | ElderCARE | Assists seniors to continue to live independently in their own homes. Services include home visits, grocery shopping, escorted transportation to medical appointments, and other service referrals. | Details | www.eldercarelakecounty.org |
| Voting in Progress | F.I.S.T. (Former Inmates Striving Together) | An organization of formerly incarcerated adults drawing on their experiences and focusing their energy to assist ex-offenders in reintegrating into society. | Details | www.fistinc.org |
| Voting in Progress | Grandparents Raising Grandchildren | Provides support and counseling to lower income grandparents trying to raise a second family | Details | www.waukegantownship.com |
| Voting in Progress | HACES | Provides ESL, civics classes, and legal services to documented immigrants seeking to gain citizenship | details | www.haces.org |
| Voting in Progress | Heartland Animal Shelter | Heartland is a no-kill animal shelter. Heartland provides food, shelter, medical treatment and loving care until animals without homes can find their forever home. | details | Heartland |
| Voting in Progress | I-Plus | Provides case and fund management services to approximately 135 homeless Lake County residents – over half of which are veterans | Details | www.IPLUS.org |
| Voting in Progress | Lake County Sponsors | Parent organization to Lake Country United - a group of civic and religious organizations working for a just society through active citizenship. | details | http://lakecountyunited.org/ |
| Voting in Progress | LINKS | Links provides health education in the schools and community, support services for sexual minority youth, reproductive health care, and counseling. Confidential services are offered in a safe and caring environment. | Details | www.linksyouth.org |
| Voting in Progress | MaineStay | Provides a summer camp for financially deprived children (200% below the poverty level) | Details | www.MaineTownship.com |
| Voting in Progress | NSUC Food Bank | Providing food to 4 Lake County Pantries; Mt. Moriah, Mt. Sinai, The Center and Santa Maria del Popolo. | Details | www.nsuc.org/social-action-committee/food-bank |
| Voting in Progress | Open Communities | Open Communities’ Homesharing program has facilitated more than 700 matches throughout the northern suburbs, turning strangers into friends. Homesharing benefits homeowners, renters, older adults with disabilities, employers and communities. Like all Open Communities' programs, the Homesharing service is free of charge and confidential. | details | Open Communities |
| Voting in Progress | Openlands | Providing a healthy vibrant space to live and work in Northeastern Illinois | openlands.org | |
| Voting in Progress | PADS | Operates the only 24/7 emergency shelter system in Lake County serving the homeless.. PADS provides supportive services assisting individuals, families with children, the mentally ill, and veterans | Details | padslakecounty.org |
| Voting in Progress | Porchlight Counceling Center | Provides convenient and free counseling for victims of sexual assault while in college. Helps survivors, regardless of gender, to achieve healing and wholeness through counseling, advocacy, and other services. | Details | www.porchlightcounseling.org |
| Voting in Progress | Prairie Farm Corps | Today’s youth will build the sustainable food systems of tomorrow. The Prairie Farm Corps helps lay the groundwork for a more resilient local food system by immersing youth in sustainable agriculture, providing mentoring, and reflecting on the collaboration between land and living systems. PFC brings this into the daily work of a diverse group of youth, some from underserved communities, by providing an experiential paid work experience on the Prairie Crossing Farm. Participants gain job skills applicable to any career, capacity to grow and cook fresh vegetables, and a hands-on introduction to sustainable agriculture. | Details | Prairie Farm Corps |
| Voting in Progress | Safe Place | Provides safe housing and supportive counseling options to survivors of domestic violence at no charge. Also offers abuser intervention groups, and professional and community education programs. | Details | www.asafeplaceforhelp.org |
| Voting in Progress | Staben House for Women | Provides transitional housing for homeless mothers with children. Offers case management, budget management, and education to develop the necessary skills to break the cycle of homelessness and live independently | Details | www.waukegantownship.com |
| Voting in Progress | Tails of Hope Adoption Center | To help elderly, chronically and terminally ill pet families to find new homes for their beloved pets. | details | Tails of Hope |
| Voting in Progress | The Harbor | Provides residential housing, counseling, health care, and a supportive community for Lake County residents impacted by poverty and chronic diseases, including HIV and AIDS. | Details | http://www.alexianbrothershousing.org/ |
| Voting in Progress | Youth Conservation Corps | Employment & environmental education Lake County high school students | YCC |
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