
"The Friendliest Club in Rotary"
Glen Ellyn, IL 60137
United States of America

November 7th was Mentor Day for Glen Ellyn Rotary!
Every year students from Glenbard South and West shadow professionals in their field of interest. Students worked with attorneys, cpas, financial consultants, engineers, veterinarians, architects, chefs, doctors, dentists, journalists, the Chamber of Commerce, the College of Dupage Nursing program, and teachers to get a behind the scenes look at careers that they had a particular interest in. This impressive group of young people shared their impressions of their experience. This was an inspiring lunch for everyone. Thank you Mentors, Students and Glenbard South and West for working with Rotary to make this happen.
Jim Kelly doing his usual outstanding job introducing the students and mentors.
Thank you Jim for all that you do!
Catherine Lynott, Executive Director
The Outreach House’s reason for being is simple – to provide compassionate and effective assistance to individuals and families in need with dignity and without judgment.
Following a long and successful community presence addressing urgent needs for food, clothing, infant/toddler essentials and emergency financial assistance, our four programs – First Things First, Food Pantry, Clothes Closet and Walk-in Assistance - merged as one organization under The Outreach House.
NOW WE HAVE NOT ONLY MERGED ALL OF OUR PROGRAMS UNDER ONE BOARD, BUT We are Under One Roof!
The economic impact of the pandemic over the past two years has increased demand for services across all four of our programs – especially for those who are unemployed, underemployed, have a disability or are on fixed incomes. This continuing increase in demand for comprehensive assistance has highlighted the need for more accessible and welcoming working and storage space to enable programs of The Outreach House to provide efficient and dignified service for the ongoing needs of our community.
We have moved to 805 S. Main St, Lombard, into a one-story building, where we now offer all of our programs under one roof: easily accessible with increased storage for food, diapers and clothing.
- The ESL program assists non-native English speakers in acquiring the language proficiency and skills necessary to be successful academically in the areas of reading, writing, listening and speaking while also fostering individual students’ languages and cultures.
- The Dual Language and Foreign Language at the Elementary Schools (FLES) programs give students the opportunity to learn a second language (Spanish) during the optimal years of language acquisition. The programs foster learning environments that develop competence in learners to become bilingual, biliterate and bicultural.
