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How to Calm the Perfect Storm
It’s safe to say there are untold millions of parents experiencing high levels of stress during the Covid-19 pandemic….
Selling America’s Children: Human Trafficking Awareness Month
Fiction: Human trafficking of children mostly happens in third-world countries.
Fact: The U.S. is one of the largest markets for trafficking children. It happens in every state. Shelter has served children from the suburbs who have been victims of commercial sex traffickers…
The Death of Two Boys and a Toxic Silence
As of January 5th, there had been eight homicides listed in metropolitan Chicago that included three babies. Two of them were 7-month-old Ameer Newell, who was stabbed and scalded in the bathtub and his 2-year-old brother Johntavis, thrown from an 11th-floor window. Both died at the hands of their mother, Aleah.
How to Have “The Talk” With Your Kids for Safety and Health
Having “The Talk” with kids has historically been a time of high anxiety for parents, simply because it was learned behavior through the generations. Even now, some consider the topic of sex to be taboo. But to raise safe and healthy children today, parents need to...
The Surprise Inside – What Makes Shelter Different
Visualize an emergency group shelter for kids who are homeless. Do you think of a sterile dormitory-style building painted institution-green with thin blankets placed on metal cots lined-up in a row? Do you picture a rag-clad Oliver Twist at mealtime holding forth a...
When We Must Say “No, thank you”
Volunteers and donors are the backbone of Shelter. Without them, we would collapse, leaving children and families in need without critical services. We are so fortunate to live and work in a community of extraordinarily caring people who share with us the gifts of...
Welcome to our New Volunteer Coordinator!
Zoe McGrath has just joined our Development Team as our new Volunteer Coordinator, and we’re so happy to have her! Zoe hails from Woodridge, IL, and is a recent graduate of Illinois State University where she majored in Communication Studies and Organization...
Support for LGBTQ+ Foster Kids in Kansas
Six months after Kansas Democratic Governor Laura Kelly took office, the Kansas Department for Children and Families (KDCF) set forth “guidelines” encouraging foster families to allow children in the LGBTQ+ community to be recognized "by their preferred identity if it...
An Evening to Remember
It was the place to be on August 8th from 5 pm – 7 pm at We Rock the Spectrum Kid’s Gym in Palatine for Shelters’ Healthy Families graduates. It was a beautiful reminder of why we do what we do at Shelter. The five-year-olds and their siblings took one look in the...
