- Acknowledgements:

Thank you to our dedicated warehouse volunteers who sort, clean, wash, organize, label incoming donations and put together orders, shop at estate sales and stores, help load items, keep track of data and more:

 

Christina Nelson, Pat Nolan, Nancy Lorey, Nancy Olson, Karen Retzer, Liesel Wildhagen, Chris Rivera, William Dai, and Wendy Hartley 

 

Thank you to the several organizations and faith groups that help collect items including but not limited to the Chapel of St. John the Divine, Hessel Park Church, First Presbyterian Church of Champaign, Loda United Methodist Church, Unitarian Universalist Church of Urbana Champaign, St. Patrick Catholic Church, ALG Vacations Travel Advisors, residents of Clark Lindsey, realtor Cindy Johnson, and more!

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Thank you to the United Way of Champaign County for providing diapers and wipes.

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Thank you to the Community Foundation of East Central Illinois for paying half of the bus pass fees.

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There were over 175 instances of people/institutions donating to our household item program over the past year!!!! Thank you to our community!!!!

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From May 2025 - January 2026:

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Clients are not necessarily unique across service areas.

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- Pantry:

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• 94 families

• 3,499 food and hygiene items provided ranging from beans, rice, masa, salsas, sazon, and other culturally familiar foods to soap, pads, tampons, etc

• 3,871 diapers and wipes provided

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From Jan 1, 2025 - December 31, 2025:

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- Bus passes:

 

• 55 annual passes

 

- Transportation:

 

• 108 trips supported 

• 106 clients served 

• 157 appointments attended 

• 51 of 108 trips completed by staff

 

Frequent Trip Locations (may include repeat clients over different destinations):

 

• 22 trips to Chicago court, 40 clients, 44 appointments, 11 trips by staff

• 17 trips to Michigan City (biometric appts necessary for applications), 19 clients, 19 appointments, 12 trips by staff

• 12 trips to downstate legal workshops (Springfield, Normal, Kankakee, etc), 16 clients, 16 appts, 7 trips by staff

• 11 trips to Chicago Consulate, 15 clients, 18 appointments, 2 trips by staff

• 11 trips to Chicago Asylum Workshops, 10 clients, 25 appointments, 5 trips by staff

• 9 trips to Chicago ICE, 10 clients, 10 appointments, 2 trips by staff

 

- Household Items:
 

Clients Served:

 

• 105 families/households

  • 14 of 105 families/households were helped 2 times

  •  8 of 105 families/households were helped 3 times

• 385 people total

  • 180 adults

  • 205 kids

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*** The following does Not represent all items that we give out***

 

Places to sleep:

 

• 106 Places to Sleep

  • 46 beds (mattress + box spring + frame or mattress + platform bed)

  • 33 mattress with only box spring

  • 27 Mattresses

• 45 out of 106 places to sleep were sized for 2 people (queen size)

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Larger Items of Note:

 

• 26 tables

• 100 kitchen chairs

• 20 dressers

• 5 sofas, 7 armchairs

 

Sheets, Blankets/Comforters, Throws, Towel Sets:

 

• 121 sheets sets (flat sheet, fitted sheet, pillow cases)

• 199 blankets/comforters

• 87 throws

• 195 towel sets (bath towel, washcloth)

 

Kitchen Items:

 

• 209 dinnerware sets (set = dinner plates, medium plates, bowls, mugs, glasses)

• 207 flatware sets (set = dinner fork, dinner knife, teaspoon, soup spoon, salad fork)

• 51 frying pans

• 52 sauce pans

• 44 soup pots

• 32 baking dishes

• 39 mixing bowls

• 38 colanders

• 37 sets of tupperware like storage containers (~3 containers per set)

• 40 knife sets (~3 knives per set)

 

Cleaning Supplies: 

 

• 31 bottles/bars of hand soap

• 37 bottles of dish soap

• 39 bottles of general cleaner

• 38 bottles of toilet bowl cleaner

• 31 toilet bowl brushes

• 30 bottles of laundry detergent

• 13 mops & buckets

• 20 brooms & dustpans

 

Children’s Clothing:

 

• 27 baby outfits

• 143 toddler outfits

 

Other:

 

• 28 lamps,11 coffee makers, 6 microwaves, 5 toasters, 5 crockpots, 4 rice cookers, 4 blenders, 3 toaster ovens, 3 space heaters, 2 window a/c units, 1 sewing machine.