JCCJ Board Members from L to R: Tahlia Root (Secretary), Judy Ray (President), Sandi Jurek (Treasurer), Vanessa Mussatto (Founder, Executive Director), Mary Ihle (Vice President), Jennifer Bartz (Director), Carla Caputo-Cooper (Director). | |
Let's look at what YOU have helped us achieve in the last 6 months! | |
For more information, email Vanessa at hello@JustCauseCreateJoy.org | |
Colony Display teamed up with Kinzie Capital Partners on our behalf to install 16 cabinets at Brightpoint's Mitzi Freidheim Child & Family Center in Englewood/Chicago, IL. |
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Thanks to a generous donor, we were able to provide much-needed items to 4 separate Boys & Girls Clubs in 3 states ~ Illinois, Michigan, and North Carolina ~ serving over 2,000 kids! Items included (not limited to): tablets, projector screens, toys, games, & snacks |
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Goodie bags filled with body lotion, body wash, puzzle books, and pens were given to residents in 2 Illinois, 1 Michigan, and 1 North Carolina nursing home. Also, crafting supplies were donated to an adult daycare center in Michigan.
440 seniors benefited!
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We donated pet food, litter, towels, cleaning supplies, toys, leashes, and pet beds, helping approximately 1,500 current & incoming animals in 3 Will and DuPage county shelters. | | | |
Silver Cross Hospital in New Lenox, IL received a rolling cart of new books and fresh snacks for parents with newborns in the NICU. | | | |
Our amazing neighbors, Mary K. and Janelle K. volunteered to collect books for our programs. We were overjoyed by their success! More than 1,400 books for all ages were distributed and enjoyed by many. |
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We donated over 1,000 books for all ages to SOS Children's Village in Lockport, Brightpoint in Englewood, Morningstar Mission Treasure Chest Thrift Store in Joliet, and Silver Oaks Behavioral Hospital in New Lenox, IL. | | | |
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🎂 Happy Birthday! 🎂 We delivered 208 boxes filled with cake mix, frosting, plates, napkins, candles, balloons, party horns, birthday cards, and disposable pans to Northern Illinois Food Bank, Plainfield Food Pantry, and
Just 4 KIDS Sake Food Pantry.
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In collaboration with Helping Heavy Hearts, we delivered laundry pods and dryer sheets (750 loads worth) to 14 laundromats in low-income communities! | | | |
Over 500 personal care products for adults, babies, and children, + 1,000 diapers were added to Brightpoint's pantry in Englewood/Chicago. | | | |
Moose & Me Baking Company | Keep those sweet treats coming! We donated $375 in baking ingredients to Moose & Me Baking Co., which employs teens with intellectual and developmental disabilities. | | | |
Over 100 personal care products for babies were donated to the nonprofit Helping Heavy Hearts, Inc., which serves families in-need in Will County, IL. This was for their Summer Giveaway Program. |
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Moose & Me | Horseplay Equestrian
| JCCJ Board Members continue to volunteer at other nonprofit organizations and give volunteer hours to local youth. | | | |
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Community Outreach Volunteers
Susan Bauer | Wendy Dahm
Jennifer Peters | Lara Turner
Kim Street - Program Assistant Director
Cynthia Perini - Accountant
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Project Coordinator Volunteers
Laney Dahm |Lily Dahm | Dylan Jennings | Alanya Jurek | Evan Orlet | Hayden Street | Ryan Schifo |Addie Vrba
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We hope you’re inspired to bring joy to others, too.
We appreciate your inviting friends to follow us.
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If you'd like to help, we can always use:
financial donations | Amazon wish list items |
gift cards | your volunteer time
Donate $50 and we'll send you our smiling heart and sun t-shirt to brighten your day!
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Just Cause Create Joy is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit for charitable purposes. Our EIN is 88-1824333. All monetary and in-kind donations will be used for nonprofit purposes, and no goods or services will be exchanged for any donation. | | | | |
