On
Friday, April 1 Compassion for Campers, the program which
provides camping gear, equipment, and supplies to McHenry
County’s unhoused population, set up in a new room at the Community
Power Shower Event at Willow Crystal Lake, 100 South Main Street with
plenty of nice shelving space.
Unfortunately, due to a drastic shortage of funds we were
only able to purchase less than half of the usual order of the most
basic equipment—tents, sleeping bags, sleeping mats, tarps,
camp stoves, and propane fuel tanks. By the end of the four hour event those new
shelves were almost bare, and we had to turn down requests from
some of our homeless clients.
Since
our mantra is “If you see something you need, take it!” it broke
our hearts to fail to meet the dire needs. Worse, at this point we have less than $50 to
place a re-stock order for the next distribution on Friday, April
15 from 10 am to 2 pm.
A typical full order from Amazon costs more than $900 and
the order needs to be placed by next Thursday to get delivery in time.
We
urgently need help now. If
you have ever though to donating this is the time!
Donations
can be made to Tree of Life UU Congregation by check with Compassion for
Campers on the memo line or online at https://treeoflifeuu.breezechms.com/give/online
noting the designation of the donation.
All donations are placed in a dedicated fund that cannot be
used for any other purpose and Tree of Life provides all administrative
costs at no charge so that all funds go directly to aiding
the homeless.
For
more information contact Tree of Life Social Justice Chair and
Compassion for Campers coordinator Patrick Murfin at pmurfin@sbcglobal.net or call 815
814-5645.
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