The only thing sweeter than cookies is COMMUNITY! Thank you to all of the businesses that participated in the Downtown Skokie Holiday Cookie Walk. Organized by the Village of Skokie, the event raised $2300 for Skokie Community Foundation. Thank you also to everyone who purchased a ticket - it was a day full of fun
Skokie Community Foundation was recently named one of the 5 Skokie Nonprofits To Support This Holiday Season by Patch! All four of the other nonprofits mentioned have been past recipients of Skokie Community Foundation grants: CJE Senior Life - received a grant in 2015 where they partnered with Skokie Public Library and Village of Skokie
Celebrate Small Business Saturday in Skokie on November 30th! Begin your day of shopping by purchasing the 2024 Start Your Day In Skokie reusable coffee mug available at: Qahwah House - 5238 W Touhy Ave, Skokie, IL 60077 Will's Place - 7927 Lincoln Ave, Skokie, IL 60077 Kneads and Wants Bakery - 8042 Lincoln Ave,
Celebrate the Holidays in Downtown Skokie! Join us for the 2nd Annual Holiday Cookie Walk and make the season even sweeter. Kick off your festive adventure at Who Modern, located at 7933 Lincoln Ave., where you’ll register, pick up your cookie bag, and receive a map of participating businesses. Explore Downtown Skokie at your own pace, visiting over fifteen
Coffee for a Cause, a networking and donation drive for business professionals in Skokie and the surrounding areas, invites you to attend their one year celebration on Giving Tuesday. Coffee for a Cause will welcome several area non-profits including Skokie Community Foundation! Grab your favorite beverage from Soul Good Coffee, mingle with business professionals, and
You may see some extra cheer around Skokie thanks to ‘Flowers from the Heart’! We’re all about partnerships at Skokie Community Foundation and this grant is a true example of how team work makes the dream work. Last spring, students from the D219 Bridges Program built accessible Vego Garden beds which were installed at The Talking Farm. Participants
Mia Sophier, a young baker in Skokie, alongside her brother Braden baked delicious goodies that were sold at their family hosted Bake Sale on July 20. Skokie residents came out to support and the proceeds from the sale were donated to Skokie Community Foundation. Mia’s parents Scott and Deb presented Skokie Community Foundation with a
Let's welcome another new face to the Skokie Community Foundation Board of Directors! David Hartley runs the law offices of Baker Hartley, P.C., which has been serving the estate planning, business and tax law needs of the Skokie community for nearly 30 years. A graduate of Seton Hall University and Temple University law school, David
Skokie Community Foundation’s Board of Directors is excited to announce new officers elected at the June 10 board meeting. Una McGeough, Chair Syed Mahmood, Vice Chair Bob Quane, Treasurer Fernanda Perez, Secretary SCF also welcomed new members to the Board of Directors, voted in at the May 6 board meeting. Sabrina Ehmke, Board Member David
Your donation dollars are at work, directly benefiting Skokie residents!One of this year's grants is well underway - a project that provides core sets of multilingual reading materials in diverse languages. Texts in these languages are difficult to source and often cost more than those in more commonly spoken languages. This grant brings together Oliver
