A "full circle" moment!

We hosted a very special event at the Humanitarian Service Project’s Center with members of the Wheaton Junior Women’s Club and the Wheaton-Warrenville South High School's Key Club on Friday afternoon.

In the early days, the HSP was still run from the home of co-founders, Karole and FloydKettering. Fortunately they were able to borrow warehouse space to host the Christmas Offering Project, Senior Citizens Project and our other charitable events. However, the lack of a permanent location and space constraints really hindered our ability to serve more impoverished families. In 1992, the Wheaton Junior Women's Club was gracious enough to donate $9,000 to seed the HSP's Building Fund. We were able to build a fund over the years that enabled us to recently move to a beautiful 15,500 sf office and warehouse building that allows us to serve hundreds of needy seniors, children and families in DuPage and Kane counties. The Wheaton Juniors have been consistent supporters of the HSP's mission for over 21 years now.

The "full circle moment" is that on Friday, February 25th at 4:00 PM, five members of the Wheaton Junior Women's Club for the first time visited our new Center that their initial gift was so instrumental in creating for a “Thank-You” tour. They were accompanied by 6 students from the Wheaton-Warrenville South High School's Key Club to participate in a wrapping party for gifts for our Children's Birthday Project.

Refreshments and much fun were had by all. We are so grateful to the Wheaton Junior Women's Club and the Wheaton-Warrenville South High School's Key Club members for their continued support of our mission to serve needy children, seniors and families in our community. We couldn't do it without you!