The Mothers Trust Foundation provides emergency funding to children in crisis in Lake County, Illinois. Since our founding in 1998, we have granted more than $1,200,000 to help over 14,000 kids.

Every week, we review requests from social workers, court officers, and school counselors in Lake County who work with children in difficulty or crisis. These are the least fortunate children in Lake County, and we are able to give assistance no one else can provide.

Examples of our grants are as different as the children we help.

• Anti-rejection medication for a young child who had received an organ transplant and whose mother had a gap in insurance coverage because of a job change.
• A stroller, clothing, and personal hygiene items for a 19-year-old girl who gave birth prematurely because of domestic abuse and was living in a shelter with her five-day-old baby.
• Winter clothing for four homeless children.
• Basketball fees for three high school boys to keep them on the court and out of gangs.
• Eyeglasses for a first grader who didn't know what it meant to see clearly.

These are needs that fall through the cracks - needs that might never have been met without Mothers Trust Foundation.