Volunteers Help HSP Prepare for a Busy Week!

This week is a very exciting time for the Humanitarian Service Project as we are reaching the height of our two summertime projects; School Supply Drive and Feed the Kids. We would like to thank all of the volunteers who lent their assistance today, at our center, to help us make our final preparations, in order to close off these two summer projects on a high note.

The morning began with assistance from Jeff Marker and Jennifer Soto-Burrell, who are two of our wonderful volunteers; they helped us load our vans and deliver school supplies to the Odeum in Villa Park. Every summer we collect school supplies to donate to DuPage Counties Regional Office of Education’s Annual School Supply Fair. This School Supply Fair provides school supplies to impoverished children located in DuPage County. We donated 6 pallets full of different types of school supplies which packed our two cargo vans to the brim. We would like to thank all the people who donated to our School Supply Drive and Jeff and Jennifer for all of their help today loading and unloading all of the supplies. If you have new school supplies that you would like to donate, we are still collecting supplies to donate directly to local impoverish schools, once the school year begins.

This morning 7 associates from the Kohl’s located in Wheaton helped us prepare for our last Feed the Kids distribution day of the summer, which is tomorrow. FTK supplies 100 impoverished families (approximately 375 children) with 175 lbs. of nutritious groceries during each of the summer months of June, July, and August. During the summer, many of the families lack access to nutritious food because they can no longer rely on the subsidized lunches they received during the school year. FTK helps to supply the families with groceries once a month in order to fill that void. Each month, all the families receive a selection of 15 varieties of fresh fruits and vegetables, 3 boxes of non-perishables weighing 25 pounds each, 7 kinds of frozen meats, and 3 loaves of Pepperidge Farm bread. The Kohl’s associates assisted us with sorting produce and bread for our families. The Kohl’s employees from Wheaton frequently volunteer at our center. They are a part of their company’s nationwide “Kohl’s Cares” initiative. Through this program Kohl’s encourages their employees to positively impact their local communities by volunteering at nonprofit organizations, such as HSP, who are devoted to serving needy children. These volunteers did a great job today and really helped us prepare for tomorrows big day.

HSP would like to thank all of today’s volunteers that helped us prepare for our two projects. They all did a remarkable job. If you or your group is interesting in helping HSP give us a call at (630)221-8340 to find out more information.