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Giving from the Heart

It's the giving season: Children need warm clothing for the cold temperatures, senior citizens need food and other essentials, area families need assistance getting through the holidays. This list of charitable organizations is designed to help you help others in need.

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    This is the season for giving

    Thanksgiving Day marks the return of the BND’s series spotlighting local charities.

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    American Red Cross

    The American Red Cross helps communities prevent, prepare for and respond to disasters and emergencies.

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    Backstoppers Inc.

    BackStoppers provides support and financial assistance to spouses and children of local police officers, firefighters, publicly-funded paramedics and EMTs who have lost their lives in the line of duty.

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    BEACON

    The Belleville Ecumenical Area Caring for Our Neighbors, or BEACON, is a clearinghouse for dozens of churches in Belleville, Swansea, Shiloh, O’Fallon, Fairview Heights and Caseyville

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    Belleville Kiwanis Club Christmas Tree Lot

    Kiwanis is an international volunteer association. The Belleville chapter is committed to improving the lives of children in the area.

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    Bethany Place

    Bethany Place is the largest non-profit AIDS service organization in the St. Louis Metropolitian area.

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    Big Brothers Big Sisters

    Big Brothers Big Sisters is the oldest and largest one-on-one mentoring organization in America. 

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    Call For Help Inc.

    Call For Help provides crisis-intervention services.

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    Camp Wartburg

    The Waterloo camp is a ministry of Lutheran Child and Family Services of Illinois.

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    Children’s Dyslexia Center

    The Children’s Dyslexia Center of Southern Illinois helps elementary and high school students overcome the challenges of reading and writing, at no charge to their families.

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    Children’s Home and Aid

    A non-profit organization that works with abused and neglected children and their families by providing therapy, counseling, a safe haven and emergency help for teens who run away or are locked out.

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    Christian Social Services

    CSS offers professional counseling as well as the largest foster care and adoption programs in Southern Illinois.

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    Community Care Center Inc.

    Community Care Center Inc. is a food pantry and used clothing store.

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    Community Interfaith Food Pantry

    The all-volunteer food pantry is made up of 12 religious congregations and serves the needy from Belleville and Swansea by providing a week’s worth of groceries and personal hygiene items.

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    Crisis Food Center

    Crisis Food Center gives people a five-day supply of nutritional food and extends services to all areas.

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    Eagles Nest of St. Clair County

    Eagle’s Nest aims to empower homeless military veterans to achieve their highest level of self-sufficiency, economic independence and rejoin the community as productive members of society.

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    East St. Louis Habitat for Humanity

    The East St. Louis chapter of Habitat for Humanity builds and rehabs homes for low- to middle-income families to help them become homeowners.

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    East Side Heart and Home

    East Side Heart and Home program builds houses to get people out of public housing and into their own homes.

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    Epilepsy Foundation of Greater Southern Illinois

    The Epilepsy Foundation of Greater Southern Illinois has been a non-for-profit organization since 1977. It provides a broad spectrum of comprehensive services for those whose lives have been touched by epilepsy.

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    Fairview Heights Area Food Pantry

    The Fairview Heights Area Food Pantry, which is represented by all church congregations in Fairview Heights, offers supplemental food and toiletries to Fairview Heights residents in need.

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    Family Hospice

    Family Hospice in Belleville is nonprofit organization that aims to provide professional care to terminal patients.

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    Fontebella Maternity Center

    Fontebella Maternity Shelter in O’Fallon offers shelter for expectant mothers who find themselves alone or without safe choices for themselves and their unborn child.

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    Glen-Ed Pantry

    Glen-Ed Pantry provides food and minor financial assistance for people in the Edwardsville and Glen Carbon areas.

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    The Good Samaritan House

    The Good Samaritan House is a shelter that houses homeless women and children and helps them become more self-sufficient.

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    Honor Flight Central Illinois

    Honor Flight offers free flights to World War II veterans to take them to Washington, D.C., to visit the World War II Memorial and other memorials.

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    Hope for Heroes Inc.

    The O'Fallon-based chapter of Hope for Heroes collects items to send to combat medical units for the holidays.

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    Hospice of Southern Illinois Inc.

    Hospice is a community-based agency that provides comfort care for terminally-ill patients.

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    Illinois Center for Autism

    The Illinois Center for Autism aims to educate and serve children and adults with autism to help them achieve their highest level of independence in their home, school and community.

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    Kids Community Bible Study

    Kids Community Bible Study (Kids for Christ) is a non-profit 501 (c )3 organization bringing the excitement of Christ to children throughout local communities since 1994.

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    Lessie Bates Davis Neighborhood House

    The Neighborhood House in East St. Louis provides community service programs for people of all ages, from infant daycare to helping people pay utility bills to homemaking services for senior citizens.

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    LINC Inc.

    The Living Independently Now Center works with people who have all types of disabilities in St. Clair, Monroe and Randolph counties.

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    Madison County Catholic Charities

    Catholic Charities provides counseling, medicine and financial services to individuals based upon residency and income.

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    O'Fallon Community Food Pantry Inc.

    The O’Fallon Community Food Pantry Inc. is a private, volunteer-run organization supported by local churches, civic organizations, businesses and individuals.

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    Opal’s House

    Opal’s House is a domestic violence intervention agency and shelter program. It serves abused women and children by operating a temporary emergency shelter, support groups, crisis intervention, individual groups, life skills. In addition, Opal’s Kids is a program to provide assessment, ...

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    Passages Hospice

    Passages Hospice LLC in Swansea offers family and patient centered care during the stage of advanced illness.

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    Project Compassion

    The Compassionate Resource Center helps young mothers by referrals only and offers no walk-in services. Schools and agencies can refer young mothers to the program by calling 397-1790.

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    Salvation Army

    The Salvation Army is an international charity that is an evangelical part of the universal Christian Church.

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    Souls4Souls

    Soles4Souls is a Nashville-based charity that collects new and gently-worn shoes to distribute to people in need.

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    S.A.V.E.

    The St. Clair Associated Vocation Enterprises has been helping adults with developmental disabilities become more independent in self-care and daily living skills for nearly 40 years.

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    United Way

    The United Way works to improve lives by mobilizing the caring power of communities.

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    Violence Prevention Center of Southwestern Illinois

    The Violence Prevention Center provides shelter for battered women and children and domestic violence counseling.

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