Phoenix Community Development Services

At Phoenix CDS we’ve had the pleasure of housing hundreds of homeless individuals in the greater Peoria, IL area. James is just one of the many stories that embody our mission of “Turning lives around”. To learn more about us please visit: www.phoenixcds.org and to partner with us to continue making stories like James's possible please visit https://bit.ly/PCDSDonate

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James Story At Phoenix CDS we’ve had the pleasure of housing hundreds of homeless individuals in the greater Peoria, IL area. James is just one of the many stories that ...

Congratulations to Monica Hendrickson, a member of our Board of Trustees, for the well-deserved recognition by the Women's Fund' Healthcare/Wellness Leadership Award!

Our Phoenix Community Development Services Outreach team were hard at work throughout the past month of April. Together, our Outreach department located permanent stable housing for 13 households, for a total of 32 individuals who had been experiencing homelessness. Congratulations to our Outreach team for their persistence! Your tireless work is appreciated & valued! OUTSTANDING JOB!

Unfortunately, we have to reschedule working in the garden tomorrow because the soil is completely saturated and storms are in the weather forecast all day tomorrow! We will keep you posted on when we will plant. Thank you for your patience!

Due to the weekend storms that are predicted, we will be attempting to plant our vegetables tomorrow at 1 PM-4:30 PM, IF it does NOT RAIN today, tonight, and overnight. If you are adventurous, love being outside, and playing in the dirt, then please, feel free to join us at our Phoenix Community Garden located at 802 NE Perry Street in Peoria, Illinois! Call Resource Development office, should you have questions:
309-222-2751.

May is National Mental Health Awareness Month! According to the CDC, more than 1 in 5 US adults live with a mental illness, over 1 in 5 youth (ages 13-18) currently have or had a seriously debilitating mental illness, and about 1 in 25 U.S. adults live with a serious mental illness, such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, or major depression. Remember, dial 988, which is a su***de & crisis hotline available 24/7, should you need help. No one should have to struggle alone.

Roberto, our Workforce Development Coordinator, planted some peas today in our Sow to Grow garden! We have plenty more sprouted seedlings to plant next week, in both gardens, such as carrots, radishes, red lettuce, onions, green lettuce, brussel sprouts, and much more! Join us on Saturday, May 4th, from 9:30 AM - 1:30 PM in Phoenix Community Garden for our big planting adventure! Come ready with garden gloves for a productive morning in the garden!

Please join us on May 4th, from 9:30 AM - 1:30 PM, we will be planting seedlings, annuals, and other various vegetable plants & flowers. We hope to see you for a lovely morning in the garden! For more information, call our Resource Development office at 309-222-2751.

Spring Cleaning for our Sow to Grow & Phoenix Community Garden, in Peoria, Illinois, was a success! We appreciate our amazing volunteers who helped us transform our w**d infested, organic garden, into a clean slate, ready for planting! BIG THANK YOU to our volunteers for tackling the w**ds, straw, and garbage that had accumulated over the winter and early Spring! Special shout out to LaToya (our board member) who joined us for the fun! Stay tuned to weekly updates on our progress!

One Five Widows Sons are hosting a Car & Bike Show this coming Saturday and 10% of their proceeds are going to Phoenix Community Development Services! Rain or shine, this event will be going strong, with live music and great food! Check it out!

A friendly reminder: We are looking for volunteers to help us, "Spring Clean" our gardens this coming Saturday, April 20th! Stop by Phoenix Community Garden, located at 706 Wayne Street at 8 AM - Noon and help us prepare our gardens for planting! Should you have any questions, feel free to call Resource Development office at 309-222-2751!

What a lovely surprise to see and smell the fresh, Spring fragrance of white lilacs, as you walk to the front doors of our Administration building, Madison I! The flowers are beautiful and the fresh floral fragrance is a lovely reminder that the seasons are changing, days will get longer, the weather is warmer, and the beauty of the season is all around! Please comment what your favorite flower of the season is!

BRING YOUR GARDEN GLOVES! On Saturday, April 20, 2024 from 8 AM - Noon we will be doing a Spring Clean Up project in our Sow to Grow & Phoenix Community Gardens, which are located on the corner of Wayne and Perry Streets in Peoria, Illinois. Over the winter, twigs and trash collect in our flower beds that need picked up. We are looking for 10 volunteers! The more volunteers, the quicker we can finish! For more information, call Resource Development office at 309-222-2751!

April is National Community Development Month! Here is a progress pic of before, after demolition, and current construction of Madison III. Madison III will house the largest growing homeless demographic in our area, which is 18-24 year olds. Go to our website, phoenixcds.org and click DONATE, to make a donation for our Happy Homes Program, which helps fund essential home supplies.

Gimme Shelter books close at 4 PM on March 31, 2024. We have 10 more days to raise more money for Gimme Shelter 2024! Let's push our totals event further! Click the link below to make a donation to Gimme Shelter before the books close for the year:
https://secure.qgiv.com/event/gimmeshelter2024/donate/

Gimme Shelter 2024 was a wonderful event! We had over 70 participants, increased Sponsorships this year, and are currently standing at just over $85.000! Remember, we do not close the books on Gimme Shelter until March 31, 2024, so there is still time to make donations to participants, teams, and the event! In this pic, you will recall a few members of our amazing Outreach Team, who provided the community with their perspectives, based on their encounters, which was eye opening and educational. A BIG Thank you to all of our Sponsors, but particularly CORE Construction and The Bryson Smith Team! Click the link below to make a donation: https://secure.qgiv.com/event/gimmeshelter2024/

Today is the day for Gimme Shelter 2024! Make sure you bring plenty of blankets and it you are sleeping in a box, bring tarps to cover cover your boxes and keep your boxes dry! See you all at 5:30 for registration! Should you have any questions, please call the Resource Development office at 309-222-275, leave a message, and we will you back!

Gimme Shelter 2024 is a little over 24 hours away! This is a blast from the past pic of Nicole and her daughter, Grace back in 2017, a year before we rebranded! Grace has grown up since then and will be volunteering for us tomorrow! Gimme Shelter will be Epic this year, with over 70 participants! Click on the following link to make a donation! Help support your family and friends who are participating in Gimme Shelter:
https://secure.qgiv.com/event/gimmeshelter2024/

Gimme Shelter is only 2 days away!!! Click on the following link to make a donation! Help support your family and friends who are participating in Gimme Shelter:
https://secure.qgiv.com/event/gimmeshelter2024/

ONLY 4 more days until Gimme Shelter 2024! Click on the following link to make a donation! Gimme Shelter donations stay open until the end of March. Help support your family and friends who are participating in Gimme Shelter:
https://secure.qgiv.com/event/gimmeshelter2024/

GIMME SHELTER IS ONE WEEK FROM TODAY!!! We encourage the community to come to the RiverPlex and hear our panel discussion with our Outreach Team and consumers with lived experience! This discussion will change your perspectives on individuals experiencing homelessness. Click this link to donate to your friends and family that are participating:
https://secure.qgiv.com/event/gimmeshelter2024/

GIMME SHELTER IS ONLY 8 DAYS AWAY! Do not forget that your friends and family are welcome to our event! We love it when friends & family visit you at your box or car, we call them, "Dwellers". Please invite your friends & family to come support you, and cheer you on, as you raise money and sleep outside in the elements! There is still time to register and/or donate or both! Click this link to register or donate:
https://secure.qgiv.com/event/gimmeshelter2024/

WEEK-TV, News 25 is here, at Phoenix CDS, interviewing some staff and consumers for a segment leading up to Gimme Shelter 2024! Molly Pilgreen, our VP/COO, is being interviewed in her office. This segment will air next Thursday, February 15th at 6 & 10 PM.

Gimme Shelter is 11 days away! Make sure you register to participate! Donating to your friends who are participating is easy, just click on the link below to register and donate: https://secure.qgiv.com/event/gimmeshelter2024/

We are making one final push for Sponsorship. If you know anyone who is a business owner or is interested in Sponsorship of Gimme Shelter 2024, please have them click on the following link:
https://secure.qgiv.com/event/gimmeshelter2024/
Should you have any questions, please call our Resource Development Office at 309-222-2751. Our Sponsorship deadline is tomorrow, 2-1-2024, by 2 PM. Thank you!

Gimme Shelter is quickly approaching on 2-16-2024! If you are looking for a unique and memorable experience that will have a positive impact on you and your friends, then Gimme Shelter 2024 is the event for you! People of all ages are welcome to participate! Please, register for Gimme Shelter now! You can register for Gimme Shelter by clicking the link below:
secure.qgiv.com/event/gimmeshelter2024/

Roll Call! Who is ready to register for Gimme Shelter 2024? So far, we have 10 participants for Gimme Shelter Peoria and 2 participants for Gimme Shelter Pekin, for a total of 12 participants! Our Resource Development office will be calling last year's participants this week to follow up & ensure everyone will be participating again this year! To register for Gimme Shelter 2024, click this link: https://secure.qgiv.com/event/gimmeshelter2024/register/form/classification

If you are considering being a participant for Gimme Shelter, 2024 on 2-16-2024, an easy way to secure a donation or two is through the Caterpillar Matching Gifts program. If you know someone who is a current employee for Caterpillar or a retiree, they can make a donation to your Gimme Shelter fundraiser and CAT will match it 2:1! Please Note: You must be registered as a participant of Gimme Shelter 2024. The CAT Match 2:1 deal ends at midnight EST tomorrow night (Dec 1)! To make a donation to Gimme Shelter 2024, they must indicate they are a Caterpillar employee & this is a matching gift, then type in the Gimme Shelter participant's name to apply donation to selected participant. To donate to Gimme Shelter 2024, click the link below: https://secure.qgiv.com/event/gimmeshelter2024/