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City of Evanston offers a seasonal program that provides families in need with toys, books, and food items around the holidays.
Restoration Ministries supports the Harvey community and beyond through programming such as community gardening, the Christmas Toy Store, and holiday baskets.

Services

Christmas Baskets
Community Gardening
Thanksgiving Baskets
Holiday Gifts/Toys
Village of Arlington Heights offers a Holiday Assistance Program for families in need. Residents and businesses sponsor these families and donate gifts and gift cards.
Provides Christmas toys for children of families in need.
Provides free Christmas gifts and toys to eligible seniors and children during the Christmas season.
Provides food baskets (or occasionally vouchers) for holiday meals at Thanksgiving, Christmas, and Easter. For children, provides toys around Christmas and other small gift baskets at Easter.

Services

Christmas Baskets
Holiday Gifts/Toys
Thanksgiving Baskets
Salvation Army partners with Toys For Tots and Midwest Food Bank to provide toys and a Christmas food box for families/individuals in need.
Children partner with police officers to shop for gifts for their parents and siblings during the holiday season.
Thanksgiving and Christmas food boxes and Christmas gift distribution for families in the Tri-City area, all on a registered basis.
Provides Christmas toys for children in the community.
Provides a seasonal Christmas give-away of food and Christmas presents for children of families in need. Children 12 and under receive toys and teens ages 13-18 receive a "teen bag."
Each holiday season, provides Christmas gifts to families in need throughout the community.
Toys and coat drive that provides donated toys and coats to local children. Toys and coats available at Sacred Heart Banquet Hall in Joliet, IL.
Provides funding and supplies for Toys for Tots. Toys for Tots collects new unwrapped toys and distribute those toys to children in need at Christmas time.
- Community Thanksgiving meal in November. - Residents may apply for special food box and toy distributions for Christmas.
Children's Christmas Party is offered for low-income families. Gift and food distribution will take place at the Midwest Food Bank, 2031 Warehouse Road, Normal (off of Northtown Road, north of I-55 in Normal). This will be a drive-in, drive-out event and packages will be loaded in vehicles. Children do not need to be present to receive a gift.
Elk Grove Village offers holiday programs available to qualified residents at Easter, Thanksgiving, and Christmas. Children receive gifts at Christmas that are provided by donors.
OMNI's Family Resource Program primarily serves the communities of Prospect Heights and Wheeling. Although the program provides services that address basic immediate needs, the focus is to promote self-sufficiency and increase participation in the community.

Services

Holiday Gifts/Toys
Financial Literacy Training
Computer Literacy Training Programs
Parenting Skills Classes
Low Income
General Health Education Programs
Welfare Rights Assistance
Public Access Computers/Tools