Thank you Jewel-Osco!

Trinity Community Church, UCC was proud to recieve from the North Riverside Jewel-Osco a $1,000 donation on behalf of the CBS (Cicero, Berwyn, Stickney Food Pantry) Food Pantry in honor of Jewel-Osco's Grand Reopening on November 19, 2009. Trinity and the CBS Food Pantry have had a long relationship. Today CBS distributes over 700,000 pounds of food each year and in 2008 served 11,674 families. For more information about CBS or to contact them to make a donation see their website at CBS Anti-Hunger Foundation.  In addition, Trinity was instrumental in working with the North Riverside Jewel-Osco Store, the Stickney Jewel-Osco Store, and the CBS Food Pantry to orchestrate the delivery of many complete Thanksgiving meals to our neighbors throughout the near-western suburban area. Many thanks to all the folks at both stores who gave so that others could enjoy. Pictured left to right: the store managers of North Riverside Osco and the North Riverside Jewel, Ms. Joyce Schmidt the Director of Trinity's Missions Board at Trinity Community Church, UCC and the Pastors (Pastor Penny and Pastor Bill). Once again THANK YOU JEWEL-OSCO!

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Missions Overview

Missions and witness has always been a significant part of Trinity Community Church, UCC. The church has never forgotten the gifts it received from others having started as a mission church for German immigrants on the west side of Chicago in the 1880s. Today Trinity Community works hard to in partnership with a number of organizations locally, nationally, as well as internationally. All members are invited to participate in the mission activities through gifts of time, talent, and treasure. In addition to Trinity's mission to grandparents raising grandchildren (Gift of Hope Grandparents Raising Grandchildren), the community also supports a number of social agencies including, but not limited to:

A Supporter of the 5 United Church of Christ Missions

Church World Service - CROP Walk

Cicero, Berwyn, Stickney (CBS) Anti-Hunger Foundation

The Children's Center of Cicero and Berwyn

Meals on Wheels

LifeSource: Chicagoland's Blood Center

Animal Welfare League  

Gift of Hope:Organ & Tissue Donor Network

Pillars Social Service Organization

Heifer International

Sarah's Inn: Freedom from Domestic Violence

Youth Crossroads Inc.

Ronald McDonald House

Back Bay Mission, and several other programs.