Springbrook Community Church supports the following ministries and organizations either financially or through service opportunties. We invite you to click on the service opportunities links to find out how you or your small group can get involved.

care net logoCare Net
www.care-net.org
The mission of Care Net is to promote a culture of life through the delivery of valuable, life-affirming, evangelistic ministry to people facing unplanned pregnancies and related sexual issues. They carry out this mission by supporting the largest network of pregnancy centers in North America and by operating the Option Line call center and website that assist women in need around the clock. Their vision is to help build a culture of life in which every pregnant woman is offered the support she needs to choose life for her unborn baby. Care Net envisions a future where people will be transformed by the Gospel and desire to live out their lives in accordance with God’s design for sexuality.

our_childrens_homestead logoOur Children’s Homestead
www.ourchildrenshomestead.org
Our Children’s Homestead is devoted to providing uniquely challenged orphans and foster children with the highest quality of services, committed staff, and extraordinary families. Their vision is to accept “uniquely challenged” children, no matter what circumstances surround them, and work as a team to overcome any barriers that stand in the way of them being successful, proficient, and belonging to a family. By not giving up on any child we accept, we help them achieve their full potential and realize their dreams.
Service opportunities include (click for details):

  • Be a homestead buddy
  • Sponsor a foster child for a year
  • Gifts-in-kind
  • Birthday bags
  • Christmas Gift Wish List
  • Donation drive
  • Volunteer your time

normal moments logoNormal Moments, Inc.
www.normalmoments.org
Normal Moments, Inc. is devoted to supporting parents with critically ill children in the home, in the hospital, and via web resources so that they can spend as much time as possible sharing the most normal moments possible with their children. They achieve this goal by alleviating the home stresses while parents sit with their hospital-bound child, by providing them with experienced resources to whom they can vent or who can be used as sounding boards either in person or by telephone, by reducing some daily cares such as housecleaning, lawn maintenance, and meals from local restaurants, by providing a consolidated location where they can research medications and treatment protocols via links to reputable websites, among other services, and by providing access to other service providers who can assist them with those needs not met by Normal Moments, Inc. All services will be provided on a charitable basis without consideration to race, religion, financial need, or any requirement beyond the medical needs of the child.
Service opportunities include (click for details):

  • Become a David…
  • Become a service provider
  • Become an I-Beam
  • Help Raise Funds
  • Throw a fund-raising party of your own
  • Work an event

almost-home-kids-logo-CMYKAlmost Home Kids
www.almosthomekids.org
At Almost Home Kids our mission is to enhance the lives of children facing serious and ongoing medical challenges. Almost Home Kids is a leader in providing care and compassion for children who are medically fragile. They support and educate families, individuals and groups on the realities of living with complex health care needs.
Service opportunities include (click for details):

  • Recreation aid: Recreation activities with the children
  • Reception/administrative tasks
  • Gardening tasks
  • Fundraising tasks and event support
  • Organization
  • Yard work

hesed house logoHesed Housed
www.hesedhouse.org
Hesed House is like a shopping mall of nonprofits serving poor and homeless persons. Within Hesed House is Aurora Area Interfaith Food Pantry, Inc., one of the largest food pantries in Illinois, Aurora Soup Kitchen, Inc., which serves nutritious meals to homeless and non-homeless families and individuals, and Public Action to Deliver Shelter, Inc., which has multiple residential and non-residential programs for homeless families and individuals.
Service opportunities include (click for details):

  • Food drive
  • Clothes drive
  • Staff shelter
  • Soup kitchen
  • Clean building

MutualGroundLogoMutual Ground
www.mutualground.org
Mutual Ground is a non profit social service agency providing the following services in southern Kane County and Kendall County for victims of domestic violence and sexual assault. Mutual Ground operates a shelter for women and their minor children who are victims of domestic violence. Here victims are provided safety, shelter and support services while they learn they have the power to change their lives.
Service opportunities include (click for details):

  • Contribute to an item on the wish list
  • Hospital advocacy
  • Hot-line support
  • Childcare advocacy
  • Administrative support

warm wishes logoWarm Wishes
www.warmwishes.com
Warm Wishes made its first delivery in December, 1995, when a box of ten blankets was sent to a mother with nine children on the near north side of Chicago. The founder, Bob Gorski, realized that there was a great need for something that many of us often take for granted – a blanket. Being from the Chicago area, he felt it was important to start right here in this community.Warm Wishes is a not-for-profit organization that is tax exempt under Section 501(c)3 of the U.S. Tax Code. The purpose is to provide blankets, comforters, quilts, and sleeping bags to those in need.Deliveries are made to overnight shelters, the homeless, or other financially disadvantaged people. Women and children, recovering substance abusers, and the elderly are just some of the beneficiaries. Although winter is the primary season for blanket distribution, the need is year round. Victims of fire, newborns, and street people cannot afford to wait until winter for a blanket.
Service opportunties include (click for details):

  • Donate items such as blankets, comforters, quilts, and sleeping bags
  • Make a monetary donation
  • Organize a blanket drive

dupage senior citizens councilDuPage Senior Citizens Council
www.dupageseniorcouncil.org
The DuPage Senior Citizens Council (DSCC) is a non-profit 501(c)(3), volunteer driven organization, devoted to enriching senior life. Since 1975, DSCC has been providing a variety of programs and services to help seniors live safely in their homes and provide them the opportunity to maintain their well being.As a proud member of the Meals on Wheels Association of America, DSCC is the Meals on Wheels provider for all of DuPage County.The DuPage Senior Citizens Council initiates, delivers, monitors, and coordinates services that promote the ability of older persons to live their lives in dignity.
Service opportunities include (click for details):

  • Meal drivers
  • Kitchen assistants
  • Home maintenance volunteers (chore days)
  • Office assistants

cbmc logoChristian Business Men’s Committee (CBMC)
chicagoland.cbmc.com
CBMC is an organization of men committed to reaching business and professional men for Christ and building these men in Christ so that they, in turn, can reach others. By banding together with like-minded men, we can not only multiply the effects of our ministry locally, but we can impact the business and professional community for Christ on a nation-wide basis.

green harvestGreen Harvest
www.greenharvest.org
Green Harvest is a non-profit, 501(c)3, food agency that serves the working poor in the cities of Aurora, Montgomery, Naperville, Oswego, Plainfield, and Yorkville in Illinois.  Green Harvest strives to impart dignity to the food delivery process for those suffering from hunger insecurity – those we are insecure about where their next meals are coming from.
Service opportunties include (click for details):

  • Donate needed items
  • Volunteer time at their location

ibsa logoMissions Spectacular
www.ibsa.org/
Illinois Baptists are preparing for their largest one-day mission project called Missions Spectacular. This year we are organizing eight ministry sites, with over 70 individual projects for your family or your church to participate in.Registration has improved this year. We are asking each participant to choose their own project from the list provided and register online in order to participate. Group leaders can also register their church (six at a time). You may then mail your registration fee to the IBSA missions team.Since there is a limit to how many can participate in each project and at each location, early registration is recommended. When a project fills up, it will close automatically.

cp-logoThe Cooperative Program
www.sbc.net/cp/
The Cooperative Program is the primary method by which Southern Baptist churches provide regular support to state convention missions efforts and national agencies and institutions—including the North American Mission Board. Cooperative Program funds are supplemented at the two Southern Baptist mission agencies through special offerings that make up a significant portion of the missions budget, including the Annie Armstrong Easter Offering® for the North American Mission Board.

namb-logoNorth American Mission Board
www.namb.net
The North American Mission Board assists Southern Baptists in their task of fulfilling the Great Commission in the United States, Canada and their territories through a North American strategy for sharing Christ, starting churches and sending missionaries, in cooperation with Acts 1:8 Partners.

AAEO-blackAnnie Armstrong Easter Offering
www.anniearmstrong.com
Each year, we honor the life and work of Annie Walker Armstrong (1850-1938) when we give to the annual Annie Armstrong Easter Offering for North American missions. As a tireless servant of God and a contagious advocate and supporter of mission efforts throughout the world, Annie rallied churches to give more, pray more, and do more for reaching people for Christ.