IL SR0499

Congratulates Project Compassion, NFP on its 20-year anniversary, having been founded in 2005

Organization has served more than 200,000 homeless, disadvantaged, and low-income individuals by providing food, shelter, seasonal supplies, hygiene items, life skills workshops, and vocational training

Opened the Compassionate Resource Center in Belleville in 2011, offering a free cafe, laundry facility, and trauma-informed therapy center

Launched the "Meal Time" emergency initiative during the 2020 pandemic, providing hot meals to 15,000 families and feeding over 30,000 individuals through partnerships with 15 community organizations

Founded by Rachel Jackson, who also created Empower-Me, the first self-esteem program in St. Clair County for youth; organization received the Barack Obama Silver Presidential Award for Community Service and October 29th was designated as Compassion Day in Belleville in 2014