LCC Donors Continue to Help Families Affected by Prospect Heights Fires

Lutheran Church Charities continues to partner with the Prospect Heights Police Department victim advocates to provide assistance to residents affected by the fire. They provide interpretive services to Hispanic, Russian and Polish speaking residents so they can be informed of the available community resources to aid in their recovery. Kathy O'Day, LCC Director of Disaster Response, has worked with the police department several times this past week at their request to offer rental assistance to those in need. Each of these families are so appreciative and amazed at our willingness to assist them as we work collaboratively with the town of Prospect Heights.

St. Peter Lutheran Church in Arlington Heights, Illinois, is working alongside Lutheran Church Charities to provide rental assistance through their generous offerings. They are also reaching out to families by delivering furniture donations. On Saturday, August 11, Brad Schroeder, Bob Vossel, and Dave Fischer from St. Peter’s helped a single parent family with assembling new bunkbeds for the children to use. The children were thrilled and the mother could not say "thank you" enough. She expressed that, “Your donation and act of kindness are so greatly appreciated.” As one of these volunteers said, “Helping today was a gratifying and humbling experience.”

A huge thank you to Walter E. Smithe Furniture in Glen Park, Illinois, for donating three couches to Lutheran Church Charities for Prospect Heights residents who lost everything in the fire. The residents who received these were thrilled with this donation for their new homes

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