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About Us
LOVE Christian ClearinghouseTM was established in 1985 as a network of churches in eastern DuPage County in Illinois. Our service area covers 18 towns in Addison, York, Downers Grove and Lisle townships. LOVE works with churches, agencies and individual volunteers in DuPage County to link people in need directly with the organizations and/or persons best suited to provide effective help.
Our staff is comprised primarily of volunteers who serve as phone liaisons and intake workers, clerical aides, board members and advisors. A part-time Clearinghouse Director and Church Relations Director compliment the office functions and communications with churches and local agencies.
But the main source of connection to meeting people's needs lies with member churches in the network. Our 93 member churches, representing more than 25 denominations, often provide the point of contact with people seeking various forms of assistance, together with providing volunteers and services when called upon.
LOVE links community and church resources to appropriately serve verified, specific and manageable unmet needs of persons in our community. We want to help our clients become self-sufficient. We do this by trying to understand the underlying cause of their situation and offering help that will really help over the long term. We do not want to enable people to be chronically dependent. Nor do we wish to duplicate existing services.
Hear a message from Christ Church of Oak Brook about "Serving Needs" of the community. |
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Anne Marie Schuster
Clearinghouse Director
Ada Hayes
Church Relations Director
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Board of Directors
George Nason, President
Rev. John Klingelhofer, Vice President
Dave DeGroot, Treasurer Alyce Litz, Secretary
Patricia Bell-Daniels Gwen Phillips David Ware
Bonnie Zigterman |
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The ministry is a 501(c)(3) corporation for Federal Income Tax purposes, which means donations to LOVE are tax deductible. | | | |
