We are very fortunate to live in a community that wraps its arms around friends and neighbors in need.
With your help, during the last week of October, we awarded 52 HPCF annual grants, totaling $512,550, for programs and services young children, teens, families, and older members of our community need to thrive – and sometimes just to survive. This funding will be used to address unmet needs in five main categories: education, human services, services for individuals with disabilities, senior services, and the creative and cultural arts.
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As we look forward to a better tomorrow we give thanks for all we have today. This includes a community that cares.
Thank you for being a part of it.
With all of our best wishes for a safe and healthy Thanksgiving, shared one way or another
with those you love,
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For months, we have all known that we are in this together.
We continue to be “in this together” – that is why we ask you today to help meet urgent and ongoing needs of residents in our community.
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We end 2020 with tremendous gratitude. Your support has enabled us to provide more help than ever to address ongoing and urgent needs of Highland Park and Highwood residents.
Thank you for your dedication to the HPCF and our community. We look forward to 2021, knowing there is a vaccine that will help our community, and together, we will confront the challenges we face.
We are in this together. We are stronger as a community.
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Our Associate Leadership Council knocked it out of the park with their Inaugural Give Where You Live fun- and fund-raising event at the Highwood Bocce Club!
It was everything everyone hoped for…a fun, warm, and casual evening that introduced a whole new group of people to the Highland Park Community Foundation!
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The Coronavirus presents serious challenges for our community.
Thankfully, as we have learned from Highland Park City Manager Ghida Neukirch, a group is meeting weekly and communicating daily about COVID-19 emergency preparedness and community response. This group consists primarily of government representatives from Highland Park, Highwood, and Deerfield; School Districts 109, 112, and 113; Moraine Township and Lake County; and representatives from NorthShore University Health System. Each entity is also in communication with several state agencies, Ravinia Festival, local property owners and businesses, Family Service of Lake County, the Chamber of Commerce, and others, including the Highland Park Community Foundation. As information is developed it is brought back to the community partners group for their consideration and possible action. The extent to which everyone is
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HP Community Foundation E-News HPCF COVID-19 Emergency Response Appeal
Supporting local nonprofits and agencies that serve our community’s most vulnerable neighbors
HPCF’s partners are experiencing a surge in demand for services from Highland Park and Highwood residents significantly impacted by the Coronavirus outbreak.
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We acted immediately.
The Highland Park Community Foundation Board has approved an emergency disbursement of $25,000 to address some of the most urgent needs arising from the Coronavirus outbreak. The money has been awarded to nine organizations that serve Highland Park and Highwood children, families, and seniors. The funds will be used to provide household necessities, internet connections, and human services for some of the most vulnerable members of our community.
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We Are All In This Together Display a Sign of Unity
Physically, we may have to be apart, but we are all in this together. Show your support for your neighbors, friends, and community!
Download and print a pdf of an All In This Together sign (available here in English and Spanish), decorate, and hang it on your window or door.
Then spread the word so there will be signs everywhere. Seeing them on windows or doors will build a sense of solidarity and make our community stronger.
Please also post pictures of your windows and signs and send them to us at info@hpcfil.org! See more photos below! #InThisTogether #HPCF #OneCommunity.
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We are pleased to announce that the HPCF Board has approved a second round of emergency grants, totaling $60,350, to address urgent needs arising from the Coronavirus outbreak.
The money has been awarded to 17 organizations that serve Highland Park and Highwood children, families, and seniors. The funds will be used immediately to help vulnerable members of our community with
- food and essential basic needs for babies, children and adults
- household items as well as rental and utility assistance for families and individuals, including victims of domestic violence
- webcams, mobile devices, software upgrades, and funding to support mental health tele-services for youth and adults and virtual programming for individuals with special needs
- PPE supplies
- affordable legal services in the areas of housing, domestic violence, and immigration
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