Trinity Evangelical Covenant Church
Almost Home’s Oak Lawn home and a community connection that supports the work with shared space and generosity.
Thank you for showing up.
Community partners
We didn’t get here alone.
Businesses, schools, churches, community organizations and neighbors have brought funding, meals, supplies, volunteers, garden plants, space, skills and simply a pair of hands.
Some of the people who show up
Different strengths. Same community.
These relationships look different from one another. Each has helped Almost Home respond more effectively.
Marquette Bank
Volunteer support, community investment and a history of helping strengthen local housing and hunger work.
C.J. Erickson Plumbing Co.
A collection drive, financial support and a team that came in to serve a fresh hot Monday meal.
Univar Solutions
A team that keeps coming back with quarterly collections of essential items.
The Home Depot — Chicago Ridge
More than 70 fruit and vegetable plants donated to help the community garden grow.
Marist High School
Students organized donations, assembled laundry kits, labeled supplies and wrote encouraging notes.
Oak Lawn Park District
Helped Almost Home move its community garden into a larger community garden space.
Cru Agape Center
Students joined a food team and spent time listening to neighbors’ stories at Monday Dinner.
Alive Church
A local church partner that has helped through community fundraising and shared service.
How partnership can look
There is more than one way to stand beside us.
The strongest partnerships usually begin with a simple conversation about what your organization does well and what our neighbors need right now.
Fund a need
Flexible support gives Almost Home room to respond when an urgent need cannot wait.
Take a Monday
Cook, cater or sponsor a Monday Dinner and bring employees or friends to serve.
Run a drive
Collect pantry essentials, laundry supplies, school items or another current need.
Tell us how you can help
Services, materials, expertise, transportation, storage or other resources can solve very real problems.