Hope Haven in DeKalb is always accepting volunteers or donations of supplies. As cold weather approaches, they encourage you to call them if you see a homeless person. They follow up on every report to offer their services. You can reach Hope Haven at (815) 758-5765


Per Hope Haven’s Get Involved Page:

Thank you for your interest in supporting Hope Haven, DeKalb County’s homeless shelter. Your gift will provide shelter, food, and supportive services to the hundreds of homeless men, women, and children living in our community each year.

Once our resident’s basic needs are met, your generosity will help us assist them obtain more complex needs such as adequate health care, increased education, improved vocational skills, quality child care, and greater self worth. Thank you for joining our mission and for believing that people can transform their lives when they are fed and feel safe, and have access to resources, encouragement, and support.

HOPE HAVEN’S “NEEDS” LIST

CHILDREN’S NEEDS

  • Diapers
  • Wipes
  • Formula
  • Baby Cereals
  • Juice Boxes
  • After school snacks

TOILETRIES

  • Women’s sanitary products
  • Toilet paper
  • Kleenex
  • Razors / Shaving cream
  • Deodorant
  • Toothbrushes / Toothpaste

KITCHEN SUPPLIES

  • Cereal & other breakfast foods
  • Canned goods
  • Napkins
  • Paper Towels
  • Dish soap
  • Ziploc bags (Freezer; Gallon)
  • Sandwich bags
  • Serving gloves

CLEANING SUPPLIES

  • Liquid hand soap
  • Disinfectant wipes
  • Pine Sol
  • Windex
  • Laundry soap (HE)
  • Air freshener sprays

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Hope Haven is a 501(3)© organization and all donations are tax-deductible.

Hope Haven’s tax ID number is 36-3537762.

VOLUNTEER​ TODAY

Volunteers provide and serve all the evening meals for the shelter at Hope Haven. We encourage anyone who would like to volunteer a meal or helping hands to serve a meal to contact the shelter directly. If you are wanting to help one of our local churches / organizations who provide meals on a regular basis for Hope Haven, we have listed them below for your convenience. As always, Thank You for thinking of Hope Haven

  • Rock Christian Church (815) 785-3700
  • St. Mary’s of DeKalb (815) 748-5654
  • St. Mary’s of Sycamore (815) 895-3275
  • St. Paul’s – Sandwich (815) 786-9266
  • St. Peter’s Episcopal (815) 895-2227
  • Sycamore United Methodist (815) 895-9113
  • Unitarian Universalist Fellowship (815) 756-7089
  • United Methodist Church – Waterman (815) 264-3991
  • Westminster Presbyterian (815) 756-2905
  • Baptist Campus Ministries (815) 988-7539
  • Crossview Church (815) 756-8729
  • Congregation Beth Shalom (815) 756-1010
  • First Congregational (815) 758-0691
  • First Lutheran (815) 758-0643
  • First United Methodist (815) 756-6301
  • Hillcrest Covenant (815) 756-5508
  • New Hope Missionary Baptist (815) 756-7906
  • Newman Catholic Center (815) 787-7770