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Holiday Healing 2020

The Light of the Season is near! This Holiday Season Common Connections Foundation called upon our communities for peace, love and healing. Thank you to all who united with us to show love to 25 families impacted by gun violence this year by supporting our Holiday Healing Initiative: "Light of Peace and Love Memorial Gift". Contributions to our Holiday Healing Initiative, families received a customized gift box that including a scripture devotional, holiday chocolates, a scented candle for serenity and a customized lantern engraved with an uplifting spiritual holiday message and their loved one's name who lost their life to gun violence this year.  
​“The greatness of a community is most accurately measured by the compassionate actions of its members.”
​                                                                  - Coretta Scott King

Domestic Violence 2020

As an advocate of domestic violence awareness, Common Connections Foundation is supporting Family Rescue's mission by soliciting wish list items for women and children survivors of domestic violence. We are collecting wish list items until October 23rd for Domestic Violence Awareness Month.  Connect with us today by donating women's toiletries and children items. For details on where to send your donation, submit an inquiry on our Contact Page.  View Family Rescue's wish list here. 

Tech Success

In the spirit of service and giving back, Common Connections Foundation was able to raise funds to gift a laptop, African American Literature books, school supplies and face masks to three qualifying Chicago youth to ensure readiness and success with technological access for the fall 2020 school year! We are pleased to share that on September 22, 2020,
​Ms. Victoria Williams, an educator at Ombudsman Roseland Alternative School was the recipient of our Tech Success Gift Award. We commend Ms. Williams for her work as an educator and hope that our Tech Success gift award will help bring success to her students for the fall academic school year and beyond! 

Special thanks to NOBLE Chicago, the Williams Family Fund, Rev. Dr. Calvin Morris and South Shore UMC for supporting this initiative.

Covid -19 Safety 

With the rapid spread of the coronavirus, Common Connections Foundation is dedicated to help keep our communities safe.  Our goal is to distribute 5,000 face masks to individuals and organizations throughout our Chicago communities, particularly our south and west side communities that have been impacted the hardest, to help mitigate the spread of this highly infectious and deadly virus. We've met our goal half the way by connecting with individuals and organizations such as
  • Reunite Chatham
  • Be the Movement
  • Eastern Stars Faith and Love Chapter 012
  • Delta Sigma Theta
  • Statesville Prison
  • Ministry One
  • Faith Tabernacle Baptist Church
  • Ephphatha Lutheran Church of the Deaf
  • South Shore UMC 
We welcome and encourage those in need and who have experienced a shortage to submit a request on our contact page while supplies last.