Program areas at The Hope Center USA
The Hope Center operates a food pantry where guests can expect to find a wide selection of fresh and shelf-stable items to keep their kitchens stocked, as well as herbs and veggies harvested weekly from our farm. We love to connect with pantry guests to find out how else The Hope Center can make a difference in their lives. The food pantry is open every saturday and serves people throughout northern Illinois.
The benevolence program assists individuals who find themselves in temporary financial hardship with basic needs such as rent or mortgage assistance, car repairs, medical needs, or other urgent living needs. Participants in The benevolence program go through a holistic intake process to assess The need and are required to participate in financial and budget training to receive assistance.
Hopefarm sprouted fram a simple idea: wouldn't it be wonderful if our food pantry could offer beautifully ripe, nutritious veggies and fruit? Of course we knew The answer, so we got to work thanks to a committed crew of volunteers, bushels of plump tomatoes, crunchy cucumbers, leafy greens, and aromatic herbs are now being harvested weekly. Our growing, small-scale farm is built around a hydroponic greenhouse that lets us farm year round, sunshine or snow. Outside, rows of raised beds are lush in The summer with soil-grown garden veggies and native prairie plants.
Hope counseling offers low to no cost biblical counseling for members of our community to process through life's challenges and receive guidance and advice. Counseling if offered free of charge and focuses on how people can follow biblical principles for a more fruitful life. Additional services include Hope legal, recovery, esl, foster care, senior care, single moms, teen moms, racial reconciliation, and ink180.