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Sarah’s Circle Receives $2 Million Gift From the Yield Giving Open Call

On March 19th, 2024, MacKenzie Scott’s Yield Giving announced Sarah’s Circle as one of the Yield Giving Open Call’s awardees working with people and in places experiencing the greatest need in the United States. Sarah’s Circle received $2 million.   Sarah’s Circle provides a full continuum of services for women experiencing homelessness, including a drop-in Daytime Support Center, a 50-bed Interim Housing Program, and 113 apartments in a growing Permanent Supportive Housing program. In 2023, Sarah’s Circle served 694 women and helped 140 women find more stable and secure housing.   In March 2023, Yield Giving launched an Open Call…

Celebrating Black History Month

Sarah’s Circle is proud to celebrate and recognize Black History Month! As we continue our efforts to end homelessness for women in Chicago, we want to take time to highlight and honor the legacies of some change-making Black women who have paved the way and fought for housing justice in our city. Marion Nzinga Stamps (born M. Marion Adams; May 28, 1945 – August 28, 1996) was a Black community activist from Chicago who fought for fair housing and the rights of public housing residents in the Cabrini Green housing project on the Near North Side. Stamps dedicated her life…

Breaking Ground on Sarah’s on Lakeside

Sarah’s Circle celebrated the start of construction on our third building, Sarah’s on Lakeside. The groundbreaking event was held next to the construction site at 4737 N Sheridan Road, Chicago, IL 60640 on Tuesday, June 27, at 10am.  To watch ABC 7 news coverage click HERE or the Block Club coverage click HERE. Speakers at the ceremony included Jan Schakowsky, United States Congresswoman; Marisa Novara, Chicago Commissioner of Housing; and Angela Clay, 46th Ward Alderperson, in addition to Sarah’s Circle leadership. “We know that providing homes for people in need is possible, because Sarah’s Circle has done it for hundreds of…

Hear from the Women we Serve

Sarah’s Circle provides a full continuum of services for women, including housing, life necessities, and supportive services, to help them permanently end their homelessness. In preparation for our 31st annual Winter Walk fundraising event, we spoke with five women who have overcome homelessness with the help of Sarah’s Circle about their experiences with the organization. These are their responses.

Thank you for attending our 31st Annual Winter Walk!

You’ve gone above and beyond to make Winter Walk a success this year, and we are so impressed by the massive support in this community for empowering women in need. THANK YOU!!!

31st Annual Winter Walk!

Winter Walk is THIS SUNDAY! Thank you so much for supporting women in need this February. We are so excited to welcome you to our neighborhood and walk together to celebrate empowering women! If you still haven’t signed up, you can do so at our fundraising website: https://www.classy.org/campaign/winter-walk-a-mile-in-her-shoes/c452509. Winter Walk will be this Sunday, February 26, 2023 from 1:00 to 3:00 PM. Doors will open at 12PM noon. We’ll meet at Uplift Community High School at 900 W. Wilson Ave, Chicago, IL, 60640. The entrance to the school is on the eastern side of the building at Door 5. All…

Come to CheerFest

Get Tickets Here Hosted by Sarah’s Circle, CheerFest will feature The Exceptions of Northern Trust and both a live and silent auction! Dust off your dancing shoes and cut a rug with an exhilarating evening to support women experiencing homelessness in Chicago. Direct questions to Jojo Palmer jpalmer@sarahs-circle.org.

Sleep Deprivation and Women’s Homelessness

Sleep is difficult to come by when you have nowhere to sleep. This is something easily taken for granted when a bed is guaranteed to you every night.