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Your gift helps a child feel someone cares when sudden hardship strikes.
Your gift can address a child’s needs when their family can’t.
Thanks to so many people in our local community who have contributed to our Philanthropy Fund, we have been able to assist “Amity Kids” for nearly 100 years! Your donation will ensure that we can be there for Oak Park-River Forest families and kids for another century!
Amity’s Outstanding Citizen Honorees
Each year we honor an outstanding citizen who has demonstrated appreciable generosity through their time, talent and treasure to enrich our communities.
Linda Conway 2024
School is one of the most important experiences in life. Anyone struggling with anything that makes learning harder, such as a need for eyeglasses, hearing aids, supplies, clothing, let's make it easier. All my thanks to Amity for offering us a way to do this, to help children and families who need help to cover these expenses. I'm happy to support Amity and all you do to support our schools, our children and our families.
Barbara Best
2023
Small and nimble, but big in impact is Amity! I’m grateful to support this steadfast resource for OPRF school children and families in need – and now offering support beyond eyewear to other essential financial needs.
Patricia Hunt 2022
I’m very proud to support the efforts of a longstanding community organization which aids children in need of crucial support.
Mary Jo Schuler 2019
Amity’s work fills invisible voids critical to a child’s full participation in classrooms and our community. Amity’s provision of eyewear glide path children toward being their best selves!
HONORED - School Staff 2018
We honor all school nurses and social workers in Oak Park and River Forest public schools. They are our frontline partners who maintain the pulse of the children in need in our schools.
Peggy Diamond 2017
Amity assists families who have exhausted their means to provide eye care for their children. Amity is confidential and dignifies those in need. I am proud to support Amity and their work in OPRF.
Lisa Lewis 2016
Amity has a special place in my heart. As a child, struggling with sight issues, I have first-hand experience of how vision can impact learning and self-esteem.
Michelle Vanderlaan 2014
I've supported Amity for almost a decade. So often, little things that can get overlooked can have a large impact on a child’s learning, self confidence or sense of security. Amity’s mission and resources fill this gap in our community. It’s these little things that make a lasting difference in a child’s life.
Kathy Rezny 2013
Via the dedicated, all-volunteer women who helm this vital charity - devoting time, talent & resources to support their community - essential items are provided to OPRF school children in need. Since 2008, Amity has been tops on my list of causes to support!
LaVerne Collins 2012
I am proud and honored to have been a past Citizen of the Year Recipient and continue to support Amity and their efforts. Thank you to all Amity Members and the Board, where together we can achieve our philanthropic efforts to assist our local Oak Park-River Forest families in need.
Cathy Adduci 2011
We should never assume that a child has all they need, simply based on first impressions. Amity has committed itself to the betterment of our local school children who need a little bit extra to meet their daily needs – a supremely admirable cause. I am grateful and honored to be a part of this community and to support this tremendous organization.
Michele Moore 2011
I know from my husband’s 2nd grade experience that his teacher recommending he needed glasses significantly changed his life. I’m happy to support Amity’s dedication to providing glasses to children.
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To make a gift by mail, send your check made out to Amity School Children’s Aid to PO Box 5603, River Forest, IL 60305 5603. To make a gift by phone, call PHONE NUMBER. Thank you for your support!
$50
could fund some much-needed
clothing or shoes for 1 student.
$100
could fund winter coat, hat, scarf
and gloves for one student
$200
could fund an eye exam and
eyeglasses for one student
$300
could fund a new immediate need
we haven’t seen yet
$600
could fund eye exams and
eyeglasses for three students
Make a difference in a child’s life
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