Victories of the Heart

Bethel New Life, based in Chicago, is a social service and welfare organization that provides wage jobs for families, childcare, education, transportation and access to health care for sustainability. The organization employs more than 300 full-time employees and has over 1,000 volunteers. Since 1979, Bethel New Life has served more than 12,000 individuals and brought investments of over $110 million into the community. A range of programs is offered by the nonprofit organization, including cultural arts, employment, housing and economic development, family support, seniors and community development. Bethel has also placed more than 7,000 people in living-wage jobs and developed over 1,000 affordable housing units.

Marillac House is a nonprofit organization that offers a wide range of programs for children, teenage mothers and the homebound elderly. It has a child care staff that works with the social services department and provides for the needs of more than 350 children. The centers child care services include education, nutritious food, medication and field trips. It also offers various facilities, such an in-house library, computer lab and art room. The social service department provides educational opportunities to enhance parenting skills, help with financial management and interpersonal relationships, and individual and group therapies. It additionally offers day care, clothing, transit passes and short-term counseling. The center is affiliated by Affiliations Daughters of Charity, St. Vincent de Paul Center, A Doula Story and St. Joseph Services. Marillac House is located in Chicago.

Founded in 1887 by the Episcopal Sisters of St. Mary, the guiding principal of St. Mary’s Services is that every child deserves a good home. Working toward this end for more than 127 years, St. Mary’s has provided various services for newborn infants, foster children, birth parents and adoptive f...