(Lombard, IL)— The DuPage Senior Citizens Council (DSCC) was one of 33 not-for-profit organizations in DuPage County to receive a grant from the 2011 Spring Discretionary Grant Cycle of The DuPage Community Foundation based in Wheaton, Illinois. The grant, awarded at a special distribution breakfast on Wednesday, June 15 at Glen Oak Country Club, will help underwrite DSCC’s Senior Nutrition/ “Meals on Wheels” Program for senior citizens.
As a non-profit organization devoted to seniors, DSCC operates as DuPage County’s designated “Meals on Wheels” provider. Since 1975, DSCC programs have helped elderly persons live safely in their homes with as much independence as possible. DSCC staff and volunteers not only deliver meals to the homebound but also serve aging individuals at Community Dining sites as well as through a Home Maintenance Program and Well Being Checks. For further information regarding DSCC please contact Marylin Krolak, Executive Director, at 630-620-0804.
Established in 1986, The DuPage Community Foundation is a publicly-supported 501 (c)(3) organization to which contributions are tax deductible. It was created to benefit the people of DuPage County and receives contributions and bequests into a permanent endowment from individuals, corporations, organizations and foundations wishing to make lasting contributions to the people of DuPage. The earnings on these funds are then used, in accordance with donor wishes, for the Foundation's grantmaking and community leadership activities.
The DuPage Community Foundation seeks to raise the quality of life throughout DuPage County by fostering philanthropy, connecting donors to area needs and building community partnerships. Based on the American virtues of volunteerism and philanthropy, the Foundation fosters a legacy of support for the people of DuPage County by making grants to not-for-profit organizations working in the areas of arts and culture, education, environment, health, and human services. Since its inception the Foundation has built its endowment to more than $38 million in assets and awarded nearly $12 million in grants to not-for-profit agencies serving the residents of DuPage County and beyond.
For further information about the Foundation, or to arrange future media opportunities, please contact Jeff Hartman, manager of development, at 630-665-5556 or jhartman@dcfdn.org.
