Our mission is to restore hope and provide opportunities
for people to become all that God intends them to be.
Sites
Outreach operates neighborhood resource, counseling, transitional housing and employment training centers. Our sites are:
Services
Community services vary by site and are developed in response to local needs and resources.
Family stabilization services include counseling, case management, youth-in-crisis intervention and older adult services.
Youth development services include after-school and summer academic programs (1st-12th grade), tutoring, mentoring (ages 11-17), college prep and scholarships.
In addition, Outreach offers transitional housing, job training and community development.
Social Enterprises
Outreach’s social enterprises represent the best in Kingdom stewardship. They focus on recycling or re-purposing material resources received as donations, resold at a fair price to generate support for Outreach’s local ministries. Resale centers include:
- Jubilee Furniture (Carol Stream)
- Discoveries Resale (Warrenville)
- Jubilee Cars
- Twice is Nice (Carol Stream, operated by College Church)
Martin Luther King Jr. Day Celebration in Carol Stream
The community of Carol Stream will celebrate the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on Monday, January 21, 2019 at Wheaton Christian Center in Carol Stream.
Spreading Christmas Cheer at York
York Community Resource Center held a Christmas event on December 8 that included tree decorating, Christmas crafts and gift wrapping.
Christmas Store 2018
The annual Christmas Store, which allows qualifying families to select gifts and purchase them at an affordable price, was a great success thanks to volunteers and those who donated!
Knights of Columbus Donate Coats to OCC
Thank you to the Roselle Knights of Columbus and Caputo's Fresh Market stores for donating coats to OCC! A total of 267 coats in kids' sizes from XS to XL were donated.
Making Christmas Special
Thank you to the St. Irene's Council of Catholic Women for making Christmas special for students in the WYFS Link mentoring program!
Preparing for Christmas at OCC-Villagebrook
Almost 30 adults and children came out to the OCC-Villagebrook classroom on December 7 to make ornaments for the community holiday tree in the Villagebrook office.