Wednesday, April 24, 2013
HCS Family Services in Hinsdale will be open from 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday and Friday after it experienced a distribution increase earlier this week.
The food pantry at HCS Family Services in Hinsdale will be open an extra day this week and stay open longer hours to address an increased need after last week's extensive flooding in DuPage County. The HCS pantry will be open from 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Thursday and Friday, according to a release from the family services organization located in Hinsdale's Memorial Hall, 20 E. Maple St. Typically, the pantry is open on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays only until 12:30 p.m. "The pantry itself was not affected by the flooding, but is being inundated this week with requests for food," the release reads. "In fact, Monday of this week, the food pantry experienced a 45 percent increase in distribution, staying open an extra two hours to meet …
Thursday, November 29, 2012
HCS Family Services in Hinsdale needs volunteers to wrap gifts for Oakbrook Center shoppers this Christmas season in an effort to raise money for the nonprofit.
The folllowing is a release from HCS Family Services: HCS Family Services in Hinsdale is seeking energetic people to support a seasonal fundraiser by wrapping holiday gifts for shoppers at Oakbrook Center. We need volunteers for several shifts each day. Days and times listed below. Individuals and organizations are invited to sign up for as many shifts as they would like. Wrapping paper and supplies will be provided by Oakbrook Center and all donations will go directly to HCS Family Services! For inquires about shift availability and to sign up, please call or e-mail Julie Suarez at 630-323-2500 x106 or jsuarez@hcsfamilyservices.org The gift wrap station will be located in the upper level between Sears and Nordstrom’s, near Baby GAP.
Thursday, December 22, 2011
Christmas came early for six HCS Family Services client families; two of the families live in Hinsdale.
More than a week after the pile of gifts arrived, Ellen Tucker was still shocked when she looked at the donations under the Christmas tree in her family’s Willowbrook home. “I’ll do anything for anybody,” said Tucker, a 43-year-old single mother of two and client of HCS Family Services in Hinsdale. “But I don’t expect anything back ever.” The Tuckers were one of six area families selected as recipients of a $5,000 Christmas from Gibson Consulting Group, LLC. The business consulting firm, led by founder and longtime Hinsdale resident Wes Gibson, partnered with HCS and decided to dedicate $30,000 that would’ve otherwise gone to a black-tie company Christmas party to give struggling DuPage County families a holiday to remember. It turns out…
Monday, December 12, 2011
Hinsdale Central clubs and teams adopted DuPage families supported by HCS Family Services and shopped for Christmas gifts the families otherwise could not afford.
Christmas arrived on Dec. 7 for 84 DuPage County families. HCS Family Services held a Christmas gift distribution at Hinsdale's Memorial Hall Wednesday for needy area families “adopted” by Hinsdale Central High School teams and clubs. HCS connected the families with the volunteering student groups, who then shopped for Christmas gifts based on the parents’ requests. HCS director of programs Kim Stephens said each family arrived Wednesday with a number. They were handed a turkey upon arrival at HCS and then handed over their ticket. “We run upstairs and grab their number and bring it down and they get a Christmas,” Stephens said. Hinsdale Central senior Corinne Smith represented both the Hinsdale Central poms team and the Ambassadors Club …
Thursday, November 24, 2011
The Hinsdale organization's food shelf collected meal donations and handed them out Nov. 20.
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Thursday, November 24, 2011
HCS Family Services wrapped up its Thanksgiving meal collection last weekend and volunteers distributed the meals Sunday at Memorial Hall in Hinsdale. The food drive was done in partnership with Kramer Foods. Donors visited the grocer and filled shopping bags with all the Thanksgiving meal regulars—potatoes, corn, stuffing—and then purchased a ticket good for one turkey and one pie. HCS Family Services has served the villages of Burr Ridge, Clarendon Hills, Darien, Hinsdale, Oak Brook, Westmont and Willowbrook since 1937. All the pictures above were taken by and submitted to Patch by HCS.
Monday, November 14, 2011
The deadline was moved from Monday to Saturday so that HCS can reach its 400-meal goal.
The HCS Family Services Thanksgiving food drive has yet to reach its goal and has extended its donation period to Saturday, Nov. 19, according to HCS food pantry coordinator Julie Suarez. HCS is partnering with Kramer Foods in its effort to collect 400 holiday meals for needy families. Kramer shoppers are encouraged to fill a grocery bag with, and donate to HCS, one set of all the Thanksgiving regulars—stuffing mix, potatoes, corn, beans, cranberry sauce, chicken broth, gravy, and coffee—and then purchase a $20 "Turkey Ticket" good for one turkey and one pumpkin pie. Suarez said Monday HCS has collected two-thirds of its goal. "We need another push," she said. HCS will accept bags from shoppers who fill it at a grocery store other than …
It's busy season for the Hinsdale organization, which is in the midst of a Thanksgiving food drive and already looking ahead to Christmas.
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Monday, November 14, 2011
The following is a release from HCS Family Services. UPDATE: According to Suarez, there are two shifts each day, from 7 a.m. to noon and noon to 4 p.m. Volunteers must call HCS in order to reserve a spot. HCS Family Services is seeking energetic people to support a seasonal fundraiser by wrapping holiday gifts for shoppers at Oakbrook Center. We need volunteers for several shifts each day. Individuals and organizations are invited to sign up for as many shifts as they would like. Wrapping paper and supplies will be provided by Oakbrook Center and ALL donations will go directly to HCS Family Services! For inquires about shift availably and to sign up, please call or e-mail Julie Suarez at 630-323-2500 ext. 106 or jsuarez@hcsfamilyservices.…
Tuesday, November 8, 2011
HCS Family Services is partnering with a local grocer to gather 400 meals for needy families.
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Tuesday, November 8, 2011
With about a week left in its Thanksgiving food drive, HCS Family Services has yet to reach its goal and is still looking for donations from the community, according to HCS food pantry coordinator Julie Suarez. HCS is partnering with Kramer Foods in its effort to collect 400 holiday meals for needy families in a food drive scheduled to end Nov. 14. Kramer shoppers are encouraged to fill a grocery bag with, and donate to HCS, one set of all the Thanksgiving regulars—stuffing mix, potatoes, corn, beans, cranberry sauce, chicken broth, gravy, and coffee—and then purchase a $20 "Turkey Ticket" good for one turkey and one pumpkin pie. Suarez said Tuesday that HCS will accept bags from shoppers who filled it at a different grocery store. …
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
After being inspired over the summer, the group plans to hold one food drive per month for HCS Family Services.
"Those who have must help those who have not." "Be the change you wish to see in the world." "Every morsel helps." A group of four Clarendon Hills Middle School (CHMS) students rattled off their favorite sayings as they talked about providing food for those in need, which for them has become an after-school activity. The students—Samantha Camden, Michael Cunningham, Spencer Cook, and Jacob Daugherty—are behind a school-wide effort to collect food donations each month for the HCS Family Services, a local food shelf that provides for needy people in Burr Ridge, Clarendon Hills, Darien, Hinsdale, Oak Brook, Westmont, Willowbrook, and adjoining unincorporated areas. The students’ October drive, which ends Friday afternoon, is the first and is …
Thursday, September 1, 2011
Patch looks back on a year of great work.
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Thursday, September 1, 2011
In honor of Labor Day, Patch looks back at five labors of love—our picks for five charitable events that have made a difference for others in the past year. 1. Hoops for the House raises money for Ronald McDonald House The annual Hoops for the House (formerly Hoops for Life) 3-on-3 basketball tournament, held at Grant Square in Hinsdale, hosted over 100 teams this past June. The participants played to raise money for a new Ronald McDonald House, which will be built near Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago and will cost $30 million. Proceeds from the charity event, which is co-chaired by Hinsdale Central alum Todd Schaefer, will help Ronald McDonald House Charities continue to support families of children who are …
Mike Sandrolini
8:21 am on Tuesday, December 13, 2011
HCS Family Services is doing some terrific things to help families in need. I went to their golf outing last summer and had a great time. more ›