Warming Center

The Warming Center at New Community Covenant Church exists to be a safe place where homeless and marginalized individuals in Logan Square can experience Christ’s love for them, and can take first steps towards the life God desires for them. It’s a place for folks to get out of the elements for a few hours each day, share a meal with friends, and get connected to resources. We help with physical needs, like clothes, toiletries, food, and first aid. We help folks stay in touch with family, job leads, social workers, etc. by providing phone, mail and internet access. We provide referrals to other organizations that can help with services like shelter, recovery, and health care, and we provide transportation to get there. During extreme winter weather, we extend hours and provide emergency overnight shelter when temperatures drop below zero.

Most importantly, we provide a place of true fellowship, where people can be treated as worthy individuals, created in the image of a God who loves them. Volunteers are crucial to this ministry; without volunteers, we would not be open. As the people who come in each day form relationships with volunteers, they experience the love of Christ, sometimes for the first time. It has been an incredible blessing to see people, who are so often discarded by the rest of society, being treated with respect and dignity by the people who have taken the time to volunteer. If you would like to be a part of this expression of Christ’s love, read on!

Volunteers Needed

In-house: TUES. – FRI., 10 am to 3 pm.

  • Other ways you can help:
    • Put on a donation drive at your work or school
    • Set up a Work Day at the Warming Center with your Community Group
    • Make a financial contribution (Remember, this is not meant to replace your tithe to the church!)
    • Make bolsas del amor with your community group (contact Libby for details).
    • Host a shopping party for your community group and use whatever money you would spend to go out and buy clothes for the center (contact Libby for details).
    • Update current research on resources (contact Libby for details).
    • Sign up for possible extended or overnight hours.
    • Set up a time to cater lunch.

Donations Needed

  • We are very low on men’s clothes. Drop off in the lobby on Sundays.
    • Warm weather gear: coats, hats, gloves, scarves, etc.
    • Blankets and sleeping bags
    • T-Shirts, especially larger sizes
    • Sweatshirts and sweaters
    • Men’s pants (especially sizes 32-34)
    • Packages of socks
    • Packages of men’s underwear (especially sizes 32-34)
    • Travel-size toiletries: shampoo, toothpaste, tooth brush, etc.
    • Plastic grocery bags
    • One day bus passes
    • Monthly bus passes
    • Metra train fare (contact Libby for details)

Location

New Community’s warming center is located at:

2841 W. Diversey Ave.
Chicago, IL 60647

Phone: 773.252.3210
Email: Warming Center Email

 

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