Dear Friend,

I like to say “an age-friendly community is just a friendly community!” Throughout the year, Chicago Hyde Park Village (CHPV) actively fosters a caring community supportive of vibrant, healthy aging. Nearly half of CHPV’s revenue depends on individual gifts like yours. Your support helps ensure that you and people you care about can age healthfully and happily in our supportive community.

As a volunteer-driven organization, we also say CHPV is a community of “neighbors helping neighbors.” Thanks to the generosity of donors like you, 62 CHPV Volunteers were able to provide a total of 3,040 hours of service this past year, including:

• Providing 168 rides for older individuals to medical appointments, community events, and other destinations.
• Making 598 visits (including 6 Animal Therapy visits) to 23 older persons, many of whom are housebound.
• Training 23 new Dementia Friends & 2 Dementia Champions as friendly ambassadors for our supportive community.
• Generating 1,635 person-hours of yoga and physical fitness.
• Serving delicious Thanksgiving Day meals to 72 older adults (many without a family support system), whether delivered to their door or at our communal gathering.

With your help, CHPV can raise an additional $25,000!
Your donations today and through the end of the year are worth fifty percent more through a match by the Elizabeth Louise Smith Fund. Please give generously to help us meet this goal and grow our services, enriching the lives of older adults, families, and the community at large. With your gift, you’re making a difference!

With many thanks, 

Lucas Livingston, Executive Director