This year, more than 76,000 Chicagoans experienced homelessness, and one in five households faced food insecurity. These challenges are being intensified by rising grocery costs and looming SNAP benefit cuts, impacting hundreds of thousands of Illinois residents, especially Black and Latino communities on the South and West Sides.

In response, we are hosting our annual 11th Sleepout for Homelessness to raise critical funds for life-changing programs that help individuals and families move toward stability. This includes our direct grocery delivery service for youth and families who are doubled up and staying on the South and West Sides. Through the recent integration of South Loop Community Table, we are now able to serve even more neighbors in need, and we are thrilled to be united as one community in this shared work.

As we come home to 530 W. Fullerton for this year’s Sleepout, we are also proud to continue maintaining our presence in Edgewater, deepening our reach across neighborhoods while remaining rooted in the communities we serve.

In recognition of both our origins and our future, we are returning to our historic home base at 530 W. Fullerton. During the unrest of the 1968 DNC, Church of Our Saviour opened its doors to young people seeking refuge from violence, offering sanctuary in its pews and a safe place to sleep under one roof. And just this past October, we marked another milestone there with the ribbon-cutting of Care for Friends’ first dedicated space.  Join us as we honor this history and our future, as we come home and hold our Sleepout at 530 W Fullerton.

Learn more at www.CFFSleeps.com.