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IN THIS MONTH'S FAMILY MATTERS ..."It started with S.H.I.F.T. and it continued in every branch that they have in their program. It really targets every part of your life that breaks the cycle with the struggles of being homeless and the struggles of mental health and physical health and taking care of yourself and getting into a career that you can manage with your disabilities."
- Elizabeth, Metropolitan DuPage client
22nd Annual DuPage GalaNearly 300 guests, Board Members, and community supporters raised over $246,000 for human service programs in DuPage County! Our DuPage Gala highlighted the impact of our wrap around services and recognized our Roger K. Johnson Leadership Award honorees from virtual programs in 2020, 2021, and 2022 respectively - Mary Ann and Paul Travers, Mike Skarr and Paul Pyrcik.
Click here to see our Gala Highlights Video and our photos!
Celebrating Week of the Young ChildWeek of the Young Child was April 1 - 7 this year celebrating early learning, young children, their teachers, families, and communities. Metropolitan Family Services offers many programs to support young children. To learn more about our Early Learning centers, click here.
Spotlight: Nokia Volunteers   A group of current and retired employees from NOKIA, who call themselves “StrongHER”, cleaned and organized the Gift In Kind room at our DuPage Center in March. The room is storage space for new items donated from the community, often home and personal essentials from our shelter needs list. Having an organized space will help us better understand our current inventory, and our upcoming needs, in order to better support clients in a critical time. Being able to fill immediate personal needs from the room also allows our staff to support individuals in other significant ways.
We're honored to be recognized for the Seeds of Change Award!
We at MFS are honored to be jointly recognized, along with our We Grow Chicago partners Imagine Englewood If, Teamwork Englewood and Grow Greater Englewood, for the Seeds of Change Award, which will be presented by our fellow partner agency Growing Home this month. The Award recognizes “long-standing partners who work collectively to resolve pressing issues in our neighborhoods.”
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