A Season of Giving: Thank You for Supporting Our 2025 Holiday Giving Drive

Wow—our community truly showed up for the 2025 Holiday Giving Drive!

Because of the incredible generosity of our supporters, children and families in foster care across Lake County experienced the care, comfort, and joy of the holiday season. This effort would not have been possible without the many individuals and organizations who came together to make it happen.

We are deeply grateful to the local businesses that hosted Giving Trees and displayed QR code flyers, helping to spread awareness and make it easy for others to give. We also extend our heartfelt thanks to the dedicated volunteers who coordinated tree setups, managed donations, and ensured that every gift reached the children who needed them most.

Most of all, we are thankful for the many community members who gave so generously—whether by purchasing gifts, making donations, or simply sharing our mission with others. Your kindness and compassion truly made a difference.

Time and time again, we are inspired by the way our community comes together to support children in foster care. Your support reminds these children that they are seen, valued, and cared for.

With sincere gratitude to the following supporters, and to all who helped make this drive possible.

Businesses that hosted Giving Trees:

Able Salon - Libertyville

Adler Arts Center - Libertyville

Cardinal Health - Waukegan

Chiro One - Waukegan

Curt’s Café - HP & Evanston

Dimension de Gloria Church -Wheeling

Exelon - Chicago

Graber & Gyllenhaal Orthodontics - Vernon Hills

Healthy Body Healthy Mind

- Libertyville

Irv’s Luggage - Vernon Hills

Just Be Fit - Deerfield

Just Bee Yoga - Long Grove

Lago Enoteca - Libertyville

MedLine - Northbrook

Move Studio - Lincolnshire

Renu Day Spa - Deerfield

Sardis Media - Gurnee

Stompin’ Grounds - Lake Zurich

StudioNorth - North Chicago

The Yoga Effect - Grayslake

UL Solutions - Northbrook

ULSE - Evanston

Valent Biosciences - Libertyville

Starbucks that hosted QR flyers:

Antioch - 560 E II Rte 173

Barrington - 101 W Main

Buffalo Grove - 820 N Milwaukee

Grayslake - 1835 E & 775 Belvidere

Gurnee - 7105 Grand & 1500 Nations

Hainesville - 60 E Belvidere Rd

Highland Park - 1833 Deerfield Rd
Highland Park - 2060 Skokie Valley

Highland Park - 1849 Green Bay

Highwood - 950 Sheridan

Lake Bluff - 18 N Waukegan

Lake Forest - 672 N Western

Lake Zurich - 775 S & 195 S Rand

Lakemoor - 31600 US Hwy 12

Libertyville - 159 W Buckley

Long Grove - 4196-A Rte 83

Mundelein - 1050 N Rte 83 & 420 N Lake

North Chicago - 2313 Green Bay

Palatine - 791 E Dundee

Round Lake - 1904 N Rte 83
Third Lake - 34400 Rte 45

Vernon Hills - 1240 E Rte 45

Vernon Hills - 271 Townline

Vernon Hills - 640 N Milwaukee

Volo - 2745 Hartigan

Waukegan - 3300 W Grand

Waukegan - 3220 N Lewis

Waukegan - 780 Lakehurst

Zion - 4570 Rosecrans

 

CASA Volunteers that handled tree and donation logistics:

Pat Allen
Cindy Byrne

Lisa Crenshaw

Tanya Jenkins

Ellen Lubelfeld

Nancy Liberman

Laura Lieberman

Jim Morettini

Maggie Mohr

Mary Ellen Palubicki

Sue Rote-Kay

Sarah Stokes

 

And last but not least, to Amanda Knight, Peggy McNulty, Lyn Lacrosse, Shepard Middle School, The Chapel, Jesus’ Name Apostolic Church, and Let It Be Us for their donations, and The Deerfield Public Library for hosting a QR flyer.