Win It Together

Total Commitment
$100,000
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Total Funded
$40,000
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The WinItTogether initiative supports and thanks workers and volunteers providing essential services in today's COVID-19 fight and in every day. Some of these commitments are below.
St. Ann Center for Intergenerational Care provides health and educational services for children and seniors and support for caregivers meeting the spiritual, psychological, social and physical needs of all. The COVID-19 crisis has put additional stress on their caregivers and like many nonprofits who provide care for our elderly, they are in need of our support to continue their critical work. #WinItTogether
Learn more about St. Ann Center
Our first repeat commitment is to Team Rubicon. This response group unites the skills of military veterans with first responders to rapidly provide relief to communities in need. In response to the COVID-19 outbreak, they've launched #NeighborsHelpingNeighbors initiative to meet the needs of our local communities through safe acts of service. @TeamRubicon #NeighborsHelpingNeighbors
View Team Rubicon serving our Neighbors
Our local YMCA is providing sheltering services for more than 400 homeless individuals at three of their urban centers. They are also providing Emergency Response Childcare for first responders, healthcare professionals, and other essential workers with their COVID-19 Emergency Response Fund. @YMCA #StayWithUs
Give to your local YMCA
Sea-Long Medical Systems manufactures helmet style ventilation devices, researched by University Chicago Medicine, that help in the COVID-19 fight. This small family business is working 24/7 and raising funds to increase production. @sealongmedicalsystems
View Sea-Long video message
Help increase to 50,000 hoods weekly
Northern Illinois Food Bank, our local chapter of Feeding America, provides meals to our food insecure neighbors. They turn every $1 donation into $8 of food through various partnerships and their strong volunteer network. With COVID-19, schools are closed, jobs are disrupted, health risks are increased, and more people are turning to the food bank for support. @northernilfoodbank #TogetherWeAreSolvingHunger
More about Feeding America
United Way is supporting communities across the world struggling to cope with COVID-19. Their funding provides the vulnerable access to food, shelter, vital information, and more through United Way’s global network. Our local chapter has teamed up with fire departments and social services to provide meals to children and seniors, assist medical centers, and support domestic violence shelters. @UnitedWay #LiveUnited
Find your local United Way
NorthShore University HealthSystem was the first to develop and deploy an in-house test for COVID-19 in the state of Illinois. Donations to their COVID-19 Response Fund will help to expand their testing capabilities and availability of supplies. Their physicians, nurses, laboratory technicians, and more are here for our communities in this time of need. @NorthShoreWeb #HealthcareHeroes
More about NorthShore Foundation
Project C.U.R.E.’s mission is to strengthen health systems in under-resourced areas. They are committed to meeting the medical needs of our people who need help now – nurses, doctors, firefighters, and public servants on the front line of our fight against COVID-19. This past weekend they held PPE drives in three cities, including Chicago, coordinating the collection and distribution of badly needed medical supplies. @ProjectCURE #PPESupplies
More about Project C.U.R.E.
Meals on Wheels is a powerhouse movement of neighbors fighting hunger and isolation in older adults in our communities. Their volunteers deliver healthy meals, along with a side of smiles and caring to seniors, the homebound, the disabled, and veterans. They are the front lines of our defense in this fight. Now more than ever, they need our support as seniors are at high risk for COVID-19. @MealsonWheelsAmerica #MealsonWheels
More about your local Meals on Wheels
The mission of the American Nurses Foundation is to transform the nation’s health through the power of nursing, and this is more relevant today than ever. Nurses are on the frontlines of the COVID-19 response and this Coronavirus Response Fund addresses the emerging needs of nurses including providing direct assistance, supporting their mental health, ensuring access to the latest science-based information to protect themselves, and more. @AmericanNursesAssociation @ANANursingWorld #Nurses
More about the American Nurses Foundation
Team Rubicon is a disaster response group that unites the skills of military veterans with first responders to rapidly provide relief to communities in need. In response to the COVID-19 outbreak, they've launched #NeighborsHelpingNeighbors initiative to meet the needs of our local communities through safe acts of service. @TeamRubicon #NeighborsHelpingNeighbors
Learn more about Team Rubicon