HESED HOUSE

Hesed House has four branches.  Hesed House Inc. is a center for ministries providing services to poor and homeless persons.  The Aurora Area Interfaith Food Pantry provides weekly grocery assistance for poor individuals and families not currently experiencing homelessness.  The Aurora Soup Kitchen Inc. provides hot lunch on Mondays and Fridays to poor and homeless individuals and families.  PADS Inc. is a multi-program organization providing various housing and other services to homeless individuals and families.

LIGHT-House Permanent Supportive Housing provides stable apartments for chronically homeless individuals and families.  The Association for Individual Development (AID) has a full-time mental health conselor on-site at Hesed House.  Aurora U.'s Harvesting Hope provides therapeutic play for homeless children. 

Work continues on the acquisition of the building acrross the street in order to create a true comprehensive homeless resource center.

Locally, we continue our efforts to meet the needs of the homeless and the hungry. ‘Hesed’ means God’s unconditional love. Knox supports this mission by providing food and volunteers on the 4th Saturday of the month year round. 
Help is needed for:

1st shift (6 - 11 p.m.)
2nd shift (11 p.m. - 3 a.m.)
3rd shift (3 - 7:30 a.m.)
volunteers to prepare food in advance
donations of toiletries/ personal care items

The volunteer dates for 2012 are: January 28, February 25, March 24, April 28, May 26, June 23, July 28, August 25, September 22, October 27, November 24 and December 22.   Directions to Hesed House are here.

There is an ongoing need for bicycles by Hesed House guests.  Often times a bike will serve as a guest's only reliable (and affordable) means of transportation to and from work.  If you have a bike that is in very good working condition that you wish to donate, please contact Joan Schaeffer.