Our Community

PWA was proud to sponsor and participate in American Cancer Society's Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walk on a beautiful fall Sunday morning! Our PWA team walked alongside with family and friends at Cantigny Park in Wheaton, IL to support teams, survivors, and those currently fighting the disease. It was an honor to be amongst such a positive crowd of thousands, all working towards a common goal – beating cancer!

PWA was pleased to volunteer at Sharing Connections in Downers Grove, IL for our PWA giveback event. Sharing Connections is a local foundation that provides furniture, household items, and clothing to families who were previously homeless, unemployed, victims of domestic violence, or are immigrants struggling to make ends meet. Our team helped to organize, sort, and clean furniture and household items that will be provided to families in need. This was a great opportunity to make a meaningful impact in the lives of those who are struggling, and to help families build a better future for themselves and their loved ones.

Our PWA team came together to volunteer at Feed My Starving Children. Volunteers worked to pack nutritious meals for children in need. Our group packaged 127 boxes full of 27,432 meals that will feed 75 children for an entire year! PWA is thankful to work with this remarkable organization to help support world hunger.

Giving without the thought of getting, is the true spirit of the season! PWA was proud to team up with The Salvation Army this year as part of their Angel Tree Program. We adopted 50 children and teens throughout the local community, with hopes of making their holiday a little brighter. Our team generously donated new clothing, toy, and gift cards to help these families in need. A big thank you to all those who donated... what a wonderful way to give back to others this holiday season! 

Our PWA staff and clients from the Crystal Lake office came together to volunteer at the Crystal Lake Food Pantry. Volunteers sorted hundreds of food cans and organized the Crystal Lake Food Pantry’s long term storage bins. In addition to volunteering, PWA donated rice, cereal, and peanut butter, which were items needed by the pantry. Each month, the Crystal Lake Food Pantry helps feed close to 700 households throughout the local community. PWA is grateful for the opportunity to work with such a wonderful organization to help families in need!

Our PWA team and their families came together to create hand-made ornaments and decorated four trees at Brookfield Zoo. PWA sponsored the trees, located between the Pachyderm House and Tropic World. This annual tradition helps to embellish the landscape of the zoo, and gear up for the 41st anniversary of Holiday Magic. 

PWA proudly supported the American Cancer Society at the Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walk at Soldier Field in Chicago. We support those who continue to fight, we admire the survivors, and we remember those who were taken…. And we will never give up hope! 

Our PWA team rolled up their sleeves and put their skills to work as they helped build a home in Hanover Park, IL for DuPage Habitat for Humanity.  We worked on plumbing, flooring, railings, and painted trims and siding. It was a great day filled with teamwork and togetherness, all to help families in need throughout the community.  

Our team had the privilege of volunteering at Feed My Starving Children in Schaumburg, IL. Our group packaged 75 boxes full of 16,200 meals that will feed 44 children for an entire year! We had a blast and are grateful to be able to support hunger relief.

Our PWA team volunteered with Together We Rise (TWR) to decorate Sweet Case duffle bags that will be given to children as they enter foster care or are transitioning into a new home. The bags are decorated with fun images and encouraging statements and are filled with new comfort and hygiene products. PWA is proud to support TWR’s mission to remove trash bags from the foster care system and to help foster children have a gracious way to transition into a new home. 

PWA sponsored a pre-lit tree at the Brookfield Zoo to support the zoo and celebrate the anniversary of Holiday Magic. Our team and their families handmade ornaments and decorated a tree located around Roosevelt Fountain. This annual tradition helps to beautify the landscape ahead of the Holiday Magic celebration at the zoo.