In this article, the Daily Herald highlights how Home of the Sparrow is navigating the impacts of the pandemic. With the generous support of the community, Home of the Sparrow is able to continue to help homeless women and children in McHenry County and Northern...
Giving Tuesday is a global generosity movement unleashing the power of people and organizations to transform their communities and the world. #GivingTuesdayNow is a global day of unity to take place on May 5, 2020, as a response to the unprecedented need caused by...
In the midst of unprecedented times, Home of the Sparrow would like to take a moment to thank our amazing volunteers during National Volunteer Appreciation Week! Our volunteers are the heart of our organization and mean the world to us. Thank you for helping us change...
About the McHenry County Community COVID-19 Response Fund The Community Foundation for McHenry County and United Way of Greater McHenry County launched the McHenry County Community COVID-19 Response Fund to unite the funds raised to be disbursed to nonprofit...
These are unprecedented times. Non-Profits survive with event fundraising, donor support and grant funding to support their mission. Already, many agencies have reached into their reserves to keep their doors open and continue to provide essential services to those in...
Click HERE to read about how Affordable Housing has become a nation-wide problem! The National Center on Family Homelessness at American Institutes for Research reports that 2,483,539 children experienced homelessness in the U.S. in 2013 This represents one in every...
Domestic violence is a pattern of behavior that involves physical violence or other abuse by one person against another in a domestic situation including marriage, cohabitation and care-taking relationships such as an adult child caring for his/her elderly parent or...
A new day center for people experiencing homelessness has opened in Woodstock
A big thank you to all the donors, volunteers and staff that made 2015 such a great year!!!!
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Our Headquarters is going to be closed on 12/11/15 for our annual Holiday party.
We will be closing our Headquarters and Sparrows Nest Thrift Stores at 3:30pm on Monday 12/28/15 due to weather.
The 12 Annual People in Need Forum will be held on Saturday, January 30, 2016 from 8:00 am to 12:30 pm at the Leucht Conference Center at McHenry College at 8900 Route 14 in Crystal Lake.
