By donating online now, you help us continue to make a difference in our communities. Click on the Donate Now! link on the left-hand side of this page to be taken to a secure site where you can choose to make either a regular commitment or a one-time donation.
Your support is essential to the health of Gads Hill Center. We are dedicated to fiscal responsibility, and your donation will make a direct, significant impact on the families in our communities.
Your generosity will also help Gads Hill expand to families and neighborhoods that need our services most. We constantly strive to improve the quality of our programs and the depth of aid we give to our community.
Removing and replacing roofs and tuckpointing walls around the Gads Hill Gym, preventing further damage to the gym floor. |
Cost:
$30,000 |
Purchasing program supplies for our Head Start program for one year. |
Cost:
$15,000 |
Providing a year of Pampers, sippy-cups, pull-ups and bibs for low-income moms and their babies. |
Cost:
$12,000 |
Covering gas, repairs, and licensing for GHC’s two vans. |
Cost:
$6,804 |
Underwriting program supplies needed to open Club Learn in a new neighborhood school. |
Cost:
$5,000 |
Improving the playground at our Cullerton site to provide a place for more than 120 kids to visit every afternoon. |
Cost:
$3,500 |
Sports equipment for Club Learn’s all-day summer program. |
Cost:
$1,600 |
Covering the cost of one computer for a classroom. |
Cost:
$900 |
Offering ten weeks of ACT prep classes for 12 Teen Connection students. |
Cost:
$600 |
Paying expenses for a two-day college preparatory seminar for 35 kids. |
Cost:
$500 |
Supporting 100 children on an all-day field trip to Millennium Park. |
Cost:
$500 |
Purchasing an English or Math curriculum for high schoolers in Teen Connection. |
Cost:
$300 |
Supporting one event for Teen Connection juniors and seniors, helping them form a support
group of college-bound peers. |
Cost:
$300 |
Furnishing food and materials for one parent training session. |
Cost:
$250 |
Providing a field trip to a college campus for 10 high school juniors in our Teen Connection program. |
Cost:
$200 |
Financing art supplies for one art project for 20 Club Learn kids for 1 month. |
Cost:
$100 |
Registering one teacher for the Chicago Metropolitan Association for the Education of Young Children Conference. |
Cost:
$100 |
Supplying a one-year subscription to an on-line academic tutoring program. |
Cost:
$75 |
Adding one DVD player to our supplies to show educational videos. |
Cost:
$50 |
Purchasing a protractor, ruler and compass for each 9th grader in the Teen Connection program. |
Cost:
$40 |
Paying for the cost of CPR training for one youth worker. |
Cost:
$35 |
