Causes
Causes we support
Operation Warm
Every November, we provide over 300 brand new winter coats to the needy children in our community under the fund-raising banner, Operation Warm. Operation Warm will be providing us with brand new winter coats in a variety of styles and colors. Every $20 we raise will provide a new coat for a child in need.
Learn more about Operation Warm
Unaccompanied youth dinners
There are homeless kids in our area that need assistance, and this dinner is a chance for one or two of members to take them to dinner and give them donations from our club.
Easter dinner baskets
On the day before Easter, we donate baskets to families in need in the Carpentersville area. There are a lot of donations around other holidays, but our club saw a shortage of assistance to families in need of a good Easter meal.
Educational scholarships
We offer a number of educational scholarships to youths in the area that show a need and potential. These include the Krenz scholarship and RYLA scholarships.
D300 Food Pantry
This food pantry is located in Carpentersville and their mission is to provide a consistent, healthy, and varied source of food in a family-friendly environment for households with students within School District 300.
Learn more about the D300 Food Pantry
Living Forward Foundation
The Living Forward Foundation uses coaching as a way to partner with students to be successful in school and reach their educational goals.
Learn more about Living Forward Foundation
F.I.S.H. Food Pantry
We make financial contributions to this local food pantry throughout the year and also make efforts to show up and volunteer at least a couple times each year. We encourage members to help out here as often as possible.
Learn more about F.I.S.H. Food Pantry
Boys & Girls Clubs of Dundee Township
We partner with our friends at the Boys & Girls Club to help identify needs in our area and to combine our efforts to help kids in Carpentersville and Dundee. They are very aware of local needs and are working towards the same goals.
Learn more about the Boys & Girls Clubs of Dundee Township
CASA
Our club helps provide suitcases for children who are being pulled from their home because of family problems. It delivers a small amount of comfort and provisions at a time that’s very traumatic for children in our community.
Learn more about CASA
FREE community movies
Each Halloween and Christmas we sponsor a free movie showing of an animated movie at Classic Cinema 12 in Carpentersville. It’s a good way to build better awareness of our club to the community and families that we serve. We also have prizes, crafts and games for kids to participate in.
Little Free Libraries
We build, install and stock a number of little free libraries throughout the area. There’s no shortage of books to put in these adorable displays, and it helps deliver books to areas that appreciate it.
End Polio Now
Our goal is the global eradication of polio with the help of the World Health Organization (WHO) and other partner organizations. We are very close to getting rid of polio for good and are very dedicated to the hard work it takes to extinguish those last few cases across the world.
Learn more about End Polio Now
Agua Es Vida (Water is Life)—Rain Harvesting Project
During our service trip down in El Vaquero, SLP Mexico in 2014 we made a commitment to that community to somehow bring them a sustainable water source which they lack and desperately need. We have worked together with local families and other partners to help collect rainwater for several homes—and are in the process of scaling to meet even more families needs.