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Sharing Connections
Non-profit Organizations
Downers Grove, IL 162 followers
Furnishing Hope to families since 1986
About us
SCFB brings together community members by enabling families and businesses to share their gently used furniture and household items with families needing assistance. This is a unique opportunity for the community to directly make an impact by passing on something they no longer need to make a difference in the life of a family. SCFB operates out of a 14,000+ square foot warehouse and distributes donated furniture and household items and directly impacts more than 16,000 individuals annually. Families served receive over $2,500, on average, of furniture, household items and clothing. SCFB staff works closely with referring partner organizations. Organizations such as domestic violence shelters, housing organizations, food pantries, schools, veteran, and teen parent organizations refer clients to SCFB after they have determined the need for beds, cribs, furniture and other household items. Fitting with the vision of SCFB, distribution of cribs and beds for children is a major focus of our programming. The families served by SCFB include the previously homeless, unemployed and working poor, veterans, victims of domestic violence, immigrants, individuals with mental or physical disabilities, victims of fire, flood and natural disasters, etc. They have housing, but are faced with the harsh reality that their “home” is empty or severely under-furnished – without cribs and beds for the children, a table, chairs and dishes to share meals, or even a sofa to sit on and relax. Our clients have an average salary of approximately $12,400 a year for a family of four. After basic expenses such as rent, utilities, food and clothing are paid, there’s little if anything left for the common household furnishings most take for granted. These individuals and families must overcome many obstacles on their way to self-sufficiency.
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https://www.sharingconnections.org
External link for Sharing Connections
- Industry
- Non-profit Organizations
- Company size
- 2-10 employees
- Headquarters
- Downers Grove, IL
- Type
- Nonprofit
- Founded
- 1986
Locations
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Primary
Get directions
5111 Chase Ave
Downers Grove, IL 60515, US
Employees at Sharing Connections
Updates
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This Sunday, March 24 Skeleton Key Brewery is hosting Spring cleaning for a cause -- Declutter Your Kitchen & Donate Hope! You're invited to bring in your gently used kitchenware in serviceable / working condition to donate to help stock the kitchens and set the tables for clients of Sharing Connections. Thank you Skeleton Key Brewery for your continued support!
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We are excited to announce our new “Providing Hope” Monthly Giving Program. This recurring donation program will ensure that long into the future we support our vision that “Tonight, everyone eats at a table and sleeps in a bed.” This exclusive program will entitle you to a quarterly update report to see how your donation dollars are impacting families and an email each time your donation is made! Join Us! By becoming a monthly donor, you will help us to continue our important work and make a lasting impact in our community. Your donation will go towards our general program of providing new beds, new cribs and other household furnishings to our low-income local community. Signing up is easy and can be done online at https://lnkd.in/gVWZrz_S or by contacting Mia Churma at mchurma@sharingconnections.org. Join us in making a difference every month by furnishing hope and getting our children and babies in safe places to sleep. TOGETHER, We Furnish Hope!
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Wishing you and yours the very best of holidays and a Happy New Year from the entire team at Sharing Connections Inc . So that our volunteers and staff can spend time with family we will be closed Dec. 23rd-Jan. 1st. Cheers to what's ahead in 2024! www.sharingconnections.org
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Nothing short of a miracle this holiday season! Thank you to everyone who came together and helped us provide over 4,500 toys, games, stuffed animals and more to more than 500+ families/1,500 children in just 3 days at our 14th Annual Toy Program! A special THANK YOU to Corner Stone Tavern Lemont, Advocate Aurora Health, Neuco, Thresholds, Platinum Partners Realtors, and DuPage County Toys for Tots. Together, We Furnish Hope!
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Our team is hard at work preparing for our Annual Toy Program on Dec. 12th-14th where we will provide toys for over 1,200 children. To change our warehouse into a toy land, we will be CLOSED, Saturday, Dec. 9th and taking limited donations on Monday, Dec. 11th. We will return to taking regular donations on Friday, Dec. 15th. DUE TO HEAVY TRAFFIC AREAS WE WILL NOT BE TAKING DONATIONS DEC. 12TH-14TH WHILE WE DISTRIBUTE TOYS. More info at www.sharingconnections.org
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Santa's helpers are hard at work putting together some extra surprises for the parents at our Annual Toy Program this Dec. 12th-14th when we will be providing toys to over 1,200 children! THANK YOU VOLUNTEERS! www.sharingconnections.org
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The entire team at Sharing Connections is so proud to announce that we were named the Inspirational Non-Profit of 2023 by Chamber630! On behalf of our Board, volunteers and staff - THANK YOU for making this possible! www.sharingconnections.org
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Giving Tuesday!! Giving Tuesday is this Tuesday, November 28th! Please consider donating to help raise $10,000 to provide cribs and beds for families in need! Visit us online at www.sharingconnections.org today!
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Thank you to Naperville Community Television (NCTV17) for inviting us to talk about all that we do at Sharing Connections Inc! The Spotlight episode featuring Sharing Connections is premiered last night on NCTV17 at 7:00 p.m. on Channel 17 (Comcast & Astound) and Channel 99 on AT&T U-verse. If you missed it, here is the segment from the show last night! https://lnkd.in/gKaFiq56
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