{"id":508,"date":"2024-10-02T11:39:36","date_gmt":"2024-10-02T11:39:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stgsrvr.website\/fillaheart4kids\/?page_id=508"},"modified":"2024-10-11T11:43:08","modified_gmt":"2024-10-11T11:43:08","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/stgsrvr.website\/fillaheart4kids\/about-us","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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In 2007, the McAveeney family opened their hearts & home to a precious baby in need of a temporary home. This experience exposed them to a world of vulnerable children couch-hopping, living in abandoned buildings, cars, garages, or living in under-funded foster care facilities and group homes. For 16 years, the McAveeneys’ home has been a safe place for homeless children and teens across the Chicagoland area.<\/p>

Feeling a need to help, Lilly, the McAveeneys’ daughter, asked her mom, ‘Who’s going to make kids without families feel loved like you make me feel on Valentine’s Day? Can we help children living in group homes?” Lilly and her friends made 38 Valentine cards & filled Valentine WeCare Packages for each child.<\/p>

A little girl who received a gift said, “I used to cry on Valentine’s Day because I wanted a mommy so bad. You made me feel better. I knew we could find someone to love us. Please don’t forget me.” Then Lilly\u2019s sister Ellorie asked, \u201cWho\u2019s going to help kids feel special on their birthdays?\u201d and Fill a Heart 4 Kids (FAH4K) was born.<\/p>

In 2008, FAH4K started igniting hope with Project Valentine WeCare Packages\u2122 to help children living in group facilities feel loved and remembered on Valentine’s Day and other holidays. FAH4K gained 501(c)(3) status in 2015, broadening its ability to support at-risk Illinois youth.<\/p>

Today, FAH4K supports over 2,400 foster and homeless children annually by providing critical necessities, food, clothing, educational support, life skills opportunities, and enriching hands-on volunteer opportunities to “Build Brighter Futures 4 Kids”.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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