The Calahan Funeral Home, the family owned mortuary establishment located in the Englewood community, created the Calahan Foundation in 2009 to support youth preparing to attend college with scholarships and also hold a coat and toy drive each year.
The Calahan Foundation’s will delivery warm coats and toys to assist families living in 10 Chicago area shelters. Over the past seven years the Foundation has provided thousands of warm coats and toys to children and families in need. Donation boxes are distributed at various locations throughout the city and are collected and sorted by volunteers. The gifts are personalized for the families with age appropriate, non-violent toys provided to the children and warm, new or nearly new coats provided to all family members. Food items are also included in the gift packages. Many organizations and community leaders join the effort to make deliveries/
A giving and caring family, Calahan family members participate in every aspect of the Calahan Foundation’s fundraising and charitable giving. As a family, they believe in giving back to the community.
Husband and wife team Edward and Shirley Calahan serve on the Board of Directors along with their children Edric and Valerie. Working together, their mission is to create ways of “Giving a Hand Out to Give a Hand Up.”
Shelters: Maria’s Shelter; Excellent Way House Shelter; AYO Therapeutic Shelter; Hope Village Shelter; Nellums Shelter; You Can Make Shelter; Safe Haven Shelter; Family Rescue Shelter and Harmony Village Shelter.
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