Peoria-Area Community Impact Guide 2023-2024

Co unity IMPACT

Making An Impact Every Day All day, every day, nonprofit organizations are a vital part of our healthy, thriving community. Their mission-driven activities and services strengthen and empower us all in health and human services, the arts, environment, education, social services and so much more. Their many contributions to the fabric of daily life are nothing short of extraordinary. This Community Impact Guide shines a spotlight on just a few of the organizations that are elevating the quality of life in our region. We urge you to support and nurture them so they can continue making an impact.

Adult & Teen Challenge Greater Midwest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 AdvocatesforAccess................................. 5 ALS Association Greater Chicago Chapter.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 ALSAC/St Jude..................................... 8 Alzheimer’sAssociation.............................. 10 ArtsPartnersofCentralIllinois.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12 AutismCollective.................................... 13 BestBuddies.........................................14 BikePeoriaandTrailAdvocates.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15 Bleeding and Clotting Disorders Institute. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 BlueRidgeCommunityFarm......................... 18 Boys&GirlsClub.................................... 20 Boy Scouts of America W D Boyce Council.. . . . . . . . . . . . 22 BradleyUniversity................................... 24 CampBigSky....................................... 26 CASA............................................... 27 CenterforPreventionofAbuse.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Center for Youth and Family Solutions.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Central Illinois Center for the Blind andVisuallyImpaired.............................. 31 CentralIllinoisFriends............................... 32 Children’sHome.................................... 34 CommunityFoundation.............................. 36 CrittentonCenters.................................. 37 CWTC.............................................. 38 Downtown Development Corporation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 DreamCenterPeoria................................ 40 EasterSeals..........................................41 EPIC............................................... 42 Eversight........................................... 44 FamilyCore......................................... 46 FamilyHouse....................................... 48 Fine Arts Society of Peoria 50 George Washington Carver Center.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Goodwill........................................... 52 GreaterPeoriaHonorFlight.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 HabitatforHumanity................................ 54 Heart of Illinois Special Recreation Assoc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 HeartofIllinoisUnitedWay.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 HeartlandHealthServices............................ 60 HOIBigBrothersBigSisters.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 HultCenterforHealthyLiving.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

IllinoisCancerCare.................................. 64 ImpactCentralIllinois............................... 66 Invictus Woods, Inc Recovery Home. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 LISCCentralIllinois................................. 68 LookIt’sMyBook................................... 69 MidwestFoodBank.................................. 70 Minority Business Development Center.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Navy Marine Club Sponsored by Lisa Strickland . . . . . . . . 72 NeighborhoodHouse................................ 74 OSFHealthCareFoundation.......................... 76 PediatricResourceCenter............................ 77 Peoria Area World Affairs Council. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 Peoria Community Against Violence.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 Peoria Friendship House of Christian Service.. . . . . . . . . . 82 PeoriaHumaneSociety.............................. 84 PeoriaParkDistrict.................................. 85 PeoriaProductionSolutions.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 PeoriaPromiseFoundation........................... 88 Peoria Public Schools Foundation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 PeoriaRiverfrontMuseum............................ 90 PeoriaSymphonyOrchestra.......................... 92 Phoenix Community Development Services. . . . . . . . . . . . 94 PicketFenceFoundation............................. 95 PrairieStateLegalServices.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 Quest.............................................. 98 SalvationArmyTri-County........................... 99 Score............................................. 100 SkillsUSAIllinois................................... 102 Sophia’sKitchen................................... 104 SpecialOlympicsIllinois............................ 105 SunFoundation.................................... 106 TAPS.............................................. 107 Tazewell County Children’s Advocacy Center.. . . . . . . . . 108 Tazewell County Resource Center.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 TrilliumPlace.......................................110 WheelsO’Time.....................................112 WTVP..............................................114 YellowBearFoundation..............................116 YouthMusicIllinois.................................. 117

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