Stories of Inspiration
“My desire to be part of LSSI is confirmed every time that I learn about the services they provide and the extent to which team members will go to ensure that the client’s whole person is being recognized.”
-Linda Miller, Donor
LSSI is proud to recognize donors, volunteers, and congregations who exemplify LSSI’s mission—because of you, we can bring healing, justice, and wholeness to people and communities.
Clients, Donors, and Volunteers
True Friend Benefit Offers Children Statewide Bright Futures, Big Dreams
Lutheran Social Services of Illinois (LSSI) celebrated its 44th Annual True Friend Celebration...
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...
Congregations
LSSI Partners with Elk Grove Church: Respite Care Works Both Ways
This story was recently featured in the Daily Herald newspapers. A Godsend. Vital. A lifesaver....
Decades of Support for LSSI
Luther Memorial Church, Chicago, has been committed to LSSI’s mission since their pastor was named...
Reaching Out to Community
Four years ago, St. Mark’s Lutheran Church, Aurora, signed a contract with LSSI to allow the use...
Hope Moves
What began as a modest undertaking three years ago by a small group at Northeast Christian Church,...
Foster Care
Expanding a Family through Love and Foster Care
Meet Oscar and Kaylee Gordon, LSSI foster parents in southern Illinois, pictured with their...
Bernice’s Big Heart
Meet Bernice, an LSSI foster parent and superhero. Bernice began fostering in 1995 and has...
Books Brighten Children’s Christmas
In Dixon, IL, Carolyn Chin and her late husband, Larry Dunphy, cofounded Books on First in 1998, a...
A Foster Care Family Affair in Northern Illinois
Solange and her husband, who live in Northern Illinois, had five biological children when they...
Healing Heroes
Donald, Community Support Teams
LSSI’s Community Support Team (CST) and Community Case Management (CCM) staff provide essential...
Alisha, Screening Assessment and Support Services
Alisha Denis, LCSW, one of LSSI’s Screening Assessment and Support Services (SASS) Counselors at...
Karen, Step-Up School-Based Counseling Program
Karen, a counselor in LSSI’s Step-Up School-Based Counseling Program, has some great resources to...
Michelle, Project IMPACT
On a normal day working for LSSI’s Project IMPACT, a behavioral health crisis program in 4 Chicago...