Shelter, Inc. provides community based, emergency and longer-term housing for children and adolescents who are abused, neglected, dependent or in need of supervision.
Since 1975, Shelter, Inc. has provided the emotional and physical care, programs and services that these children need to build safer, healthier and brighter futures.
Shelter, Inc. is:
- Accredited by the Council on Accreditation
- Licensed by the State of Illinois Department of Children and Family Services
- A non-profit 501 (c)(3) corporation
- Governed by a Board of Directors
- Supported by funds from Elk Grove, Palatine, Schaumburg, Vernon and Wheeling townships; United Way, local municipalities, corporations, foundations, private donations, the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services and the Illinois Department of Human Services.
Michael Portelli Memorial Golf Outing
8th Annual Michael Portelli Memorial Golf Outing
Wednesday, June 13, 2012
Mackray Memorial Golf Club, Barrington
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Zurich 100th
Shelter was recently an invited guest at Zurich's 100th Anniversary kickoff celebration at the insurer's Schaumburg headquarters. For 30 of those 100 years, Zurich has helped an entire generation of children in the North and Northwest Suburbs heal from the wounds of abuse and neglect through their support of Shelter's services.
Motorcycle Run
2012 Shelter-A-Child Motorcycle Run
Grab your gear, grab your friends, rev those engines and head out to City Limits Harley Davidson in Palatine, IL on July 22, 2012 for a scenic run through Northern Illinois, food, prizes, raffles, live entertainment and more!!
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Charity Ball
Shelter's 24th Annual "Puttin on the Glitz" Charity Ball attracted more than 200 community leaders, executives and contributors on November 18th at the Hyatt Regency Schaumburg, Chicago. As guests feasted on a four course epicurean meal, evening host Dick Johnson, Anchor/Reporter at NBC5 Chicago, talked about the needs of abused and neglected children in the North and Northwest suburbs of Chicago. "Let me get right to the heart of our gathering," he said, "the well being, safety and future of the children in our community are in our hands."
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