Ways to Give
There are many ways to help the kids we serve. Whether it's through a cash donation, long-term gift or sharing your time and talent, Children's Home is always in need of your support. How can I help, you ask? Here are some answers.
1. Long-Term, Planned Giving
Gifts of this nature come in various forms...bequests (giving through your will), beneficiary designations, insurance, securities or real estate. These vital arrangements help ensure the good work we do at Children's Home...by giving children a childhood and a future.
Barker Society
When you make a gift of this magnitude, you become a member of the Barker Society. Established in 2000, the Walter & Mary Barker Society recognizes those dedicated individuals who share the Barkers’ passion for children and who have made a financial commitment to fulfilling our mission.
Membership Benefits:
- The satisfaction of making a strategic financial commitment to the children and families in our community for many years to come.
- An invitation to the Annual Barker Society Luncheon with an update on agency activity.
- A membership plaque.
- Your name will be placed on our donor wall.
If you would like to learn more about becoming a member of the Barker Society by including Children’s Home in your will or estate plan, please contact:
Vice President —
Community & Donor Relations /
Youth Services
309.687.7205
The following charter members have confirmed will or estate plans that include Children’s Home:
- Mr. & Mrs. David Bartolo
- Ms. Lillian Florey
- Mr. & Mrs. Anthony Frank
- Mr. & Mrs. Robert Gilmore
- Mr. & Mrs. Darrell and Brigitte Grant
- Mr. & Mrs. Jerry Hayden
- Mr. & Mrs. Harold* and Susan Heun
- Mr. & Mrs. Conrad Iber*
- Mr. & Mrs. Leonard Korgie
- Mr. & Mrs. Robert McMillan
- Anonymous
- Ms. Helen Muellecker
- Mr. & Mrs. George Schaefer
- Mr. & Mrs. Andy and Amy Schlicksup
- Mr. & Mrs. James Sherman
- Mr. & Mrs. William Steadman
- Mr. Dennis Steele
- Mr. & Mrs. Paul and Lou Tenarvitz
- Mr. Warren Webber
- Mr. & Mrs. Curtis and Jacqueline White
- Mr. & Mrs. Clete and Jeanie Winkelmann
- Mr. & Mrs. Jim and Marlene Wogsland
- Mr. & Mrs. Joe and Diann Yelton
- * deceased
2. Endowment Funds
Endowment Funds are gifts that perpetuate our ability to continue identifying creative and innovative means of reaching out to current and future generations of children in our community. The Children’s Home Foundation is honored to acknowledge the following endowment funds:
- Mary A. Barker Trust
- Ben Desilets Memorial Scholarship Fund
- Betty Heidrich Children in Crisis Memorial Fund
- Harold Heun Memorial Scholarship Fund
- Frank Hoppert Trust
- Laura Nelson Jobst Memorial Fund
- Virginia & Homer Keller Memorial Fund
- Lynne & Jerry Lisenby Scholarship Fund
- Mabel Moir Lockwood Trust
- Greg Noelken Memorial Scholarship Fund
- Phoebe Rose Fund
- Craig E. Russell Memorial Fund
- Scott’s Prairie Endowment Fund
- James G. Sherman Leaders of Tomorrow Fund
- Evelyn L. Smart Memorial Scholarship Fund
- Ullman Community Centered Initiative Fund
- Herbert B. & Madeleine R. White Scholarship Fund
If you would like to learn more about establishing an Endowment Fund at Children’s Home, please contact:
Vice President —
Community & Donor Relations /
Youth Services
309.687.7205
Or, you can start the process right now on our Donate page.
3. Tributes/Honorariums/Memorials
Celebrate family and friends on their birthday or anniversary. Say Thank You on special occasions. Honor the life of a loved one. All of these can be done with tribute or memorial gifts to Children's Home.
Wonderful Ways to Show You Care program
This program is designed to not only show how much you care for the special people in your life, but our kids as well. To find out more about these special gifts, download the brochure below.
4. Seasonal and Year-Round Giving Campaigns
Children's Home has several annual fundraising events that affect our kids not only financially, but also emotionally. Here are a few of them...
Holiday Adoption program
This is a seasonal favorite with our supporters. Helping a child's "Wish List" become a reality is quite a miraculous and wonderful event. To find out how you can participate, download the brochure below.
A Light in Every Window campaign
Also known as "Candle of Hope and Dreams", this campaign gives you a way to make a child's holiday season a little brighter. To find out more, download the brochure below.
To brighten a child's holiday right now, please go to our Donate page.
5. In-Kind Gifts
In-kind donations are those contributions that are provided as goods and services rather than money. We've compiled a list of our most frequently needed items. Your generous help and support with these items is always appreciated.
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