This year, we're raising money for the People's Resource Center!
For nearly 50 years in DuPage County, PRC has been helping neighbors in need in our community. Last year alone, PRC's services distributed 73,046 grocery carts full of healthy food.
Currently, PRC is raising funds to finalize the construction of its new building on the Wheaton campus, slated to open at the end of September. The building will be 11,000 square feet and will allow PRC to grow services and the food pantry.
OUR FOUNDATION MONTH PLEDGE DRIVE GOAL: To fund a large, walk-in freezer for PRC's Wheaton campus location, and then fill it! Details:
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The cost of a new freezer is $31,000, including installation
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The cost of filling the freezer is $20,000-30,000
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We're trying to raise $50,000!
For every dollar you donate, First Trust will MATCH your donation.
Help us while we help the People's Resource Center change lives in our neighborhood! Donate HERE.
MORE INFORMATION ON PRC: The People's Resource Center offers a variety of services, including:
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Food pantry
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Social services
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Job assistance
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Clothes closet
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Adult learning & literacy
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Refurbished computers/training
PRC anticipates it will make a significant impact in the following program areas by 2026:
Food Assistance: In 2023, demand for grocery assistance was 35% higher than the previous year. The expanded food pantry will provide space to meet the current and future needs with greater dignity and respect, expanded program hours, improved efficiency, and a better customer experience of parking. The expanded pantry and service dock will offer clients several methods to choose groceries, and will include a wide array of fruits, vegetables and other nutritious food choices.
Adult Education & Employment: The expanded footprint in Wheaton will offer dignified one-on-one meeting spaces for tutoring and coaching. The improved space is projected to grow the Jobs and Literacy Program capacity by 46%.
Digital Literacy: The new building will provide more computer literacy access and classes – both in-person and hybrid - with larger, well-equipped classrooms to increase our capacity from 610 to 1400 clients annually.