Lutheran Social Services of Illinois (LSSI) celebrated its 44th Annual True Friend Celebration...
True Friend Benefit Offers Children Statewide Bright Futures, Big Dreams
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Donors & Volunteers
Mobile Crisis Team Helps 12-Year-Old Boy
Nate, an LSSI professional mobile crisis counselor, heads to a junior high where a 12-year-old...
Counselor Supports Mother and Child at Hospital
At Thorek Memorial Hospital in Andersonville, Candy waited patiently with her young child for her...
Crisis Workers Rescue Man from Bridge
Suicidal and ready to jump off a Chicago bridge, a man called LSSI’s Mobile Crisis Line. The...
On the Road to Sobriety
Michael struggled with addiction until LSSI helped him down the road to recovery and sobriety.
Bill Fleck, 2022 True Friend Honoree
From Collecting Coins to Carving Crosses: 90 Years of Serving Others In 1933 at age eight, Bill...
Award-Winning Work with LSSI
In recognition of her dedication to LSSI’s Storybook Project, Sharon Zuiderveld received the 2019...
Networking for Good
Patti Carroll is living proof of the power of networking. After hearing several inspiring LSSI...
Sharing Stories That Matter
T.J. Easley spent his entire career as a corrections officer. Now retired, he still goes back into...