MEGAN BUTZ LEGACY OF HOPE
EIN 93-2161036 · Fund Raising & Fund Distribution - Youth Development (O12)
What they do
OUR MISSION is to STRENGTHEN THE LIVES of AT-RISK TEENS and YOUNG ADULTS WITHOUT RESOURCES SO THEY MAY NAVIGATE THE PATH to ADULTHOOD VIA MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAMMING and SUPPORT. THIS INCLUDES NOT-FOR-PROFITS THAT PROVIDE COUNSELING and OTHER PROGRAMS to IMPACT THE MENTAL HEALTH of YOUTH and YOUNG ADULTS 18 YEARS and OLDER, INCLUDING THOSE IN THE SUICIDE AWARENESS and PREVENTION REALM. WE AIM to PROVIDE FUNDING to THOSE WHO ADDRESS and STRENGTHEN THE MENTAL HEALTH of YOUTH and YOUNG ADULTS IN UNDERSERVED COUMMINITIES THROUGHOUT CHICAGO and THE COLLAR COUNTIES.
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About this charity
- Recognized since
- January 2023
- Location
- 3 WAYNE LN, HAWTHORN WDS, IL 60047-8962
- County
- Lake
- In care of
- KERRY MILLER