Charities We Support
Benchmark is proud to recommend the following charities to our community. We contribute to them by providing support in the form of graphic services and products that in turn help them to promote and continue their good work. Each group is truly an inspiration to be involved with.
Northfield Township Pantry
Northfield Township Pantry is an important community resource that provides food and assistance to neighbors in need because:
Hunger is Unacceptable in Our Community.
Uhlich Academy and High School
Uhlich Academy and High School is a 1st - 12th grade therapeutic day school staffed and structured to
provide the specialized learning environments children with behavioral and emotional difficulties need.
Donations to the Tree of Knowledge Foundation support Uhlich Academy directly, helping maintain their
facilities and providing students with current and progressive educational materials. To learn more about
these terrific efforts visit their website at www.ucanchicago.org
Breakthrough Ministries
Our mission at Breakthrough Urban Ministries is to demonstrate the compassion of Christ by providing neighborhood-based holistic services that empower individuals, families, and urban communities to overcome poverty, addiction and isolation. Based in Chicago, Breakthrough operates programs at our growing campus in East Garfield Park, a neighborhood on Chicago's west side. The programs include homeless centers and services for men and women, a street outreach to women in prostitution, and a youth & family outreach program.
The Night Ministry
Since 1976, The Night Ministry, a non-denominational, non-profit organization, has served Chicago’s most vulnerable. We accept people where they are regardless of race, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, or social status.
The Night Ministry is not affiliated with one particular faith tradition. The staff and volunteers come from a wide variety of faith traditions or no faith tradition, as do the youth and adults they serve. They provide our services to all, regardless of religious beliefs, in a welcoming and affirming environment. The “ministry” is one of serving others, being present with them.
Exodus World Service
Exodus World Service transforms the lives of refugees and volunteers. We educate local churches about refugee ministry, connect volunteers in relationship with refugee families through practical service projects, and equip leaders to speak up on behalf of refugees. The refugees we support are brought to the United States as legal immigrants and begin as wards of the federal government. They will be among us whether we help or not. What we do is help them integrate into the new world that will become their home. The end result is that wounded hearts are healed, loneliness is replaced with companionship, and fear is transformed into hope.
Protestants for the Common Good
Protestants for the Common Good educates and mobilizes people of faith to participate in political democracy for the sake of social justice and the beloved community.
“At its best, the human adventure is the realization of our common humanity. In this world, the opportunity to be creative is received from the achievements of others and so depends on the communities of which we are a part, and we make the most of this opportunity when we pursue in turn a distinctive contribution to those communities. Mutuality is the form of human flourishing, and human diversity is fundamental to mutuality.”
Solid Rock Carpenters
Solid Rock Carpenters is a group of volunteers, now nearly 1,000 strong, who come together to help people in need acquire decent affordable housing. Young and old, male and female, novice and skilled, first timers and experienced have all participated in construction and rebuilding projects since Katrina in 2005, helping more than 70 families in the Gulf Coast area.