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Happy Hour Fundraiser Wednesday, May 14, 6-9pm

Enjoy spring in one of Chicago's best beer gardens, and show your support for a community-based organization empowering homeless men and women to make lasting life changes. More info.


The Metamorphosis Party 2008



Chicago Illuminating Company
19 E. 21st Street, Chicago

Friday, June 20, 2008
7:00 PM - Midnight

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What is the Lincoln Park Community Shelter?
The Lincoln Park Community Shelter (LPCS) is comprehensive social service agency serving adult men and women who are experiencing homelessness. Located in Chicago's Lincoln Park neighborhood, the LPCS has been providing shelter and other basic needs to our homeless neighbors for over 20 years. Today, the LPCS provides transitional housing, meals, and a targeted array of social services to over 450 people each year. More...

Guests Speak Out!
A new feature on our website showcases the creative expressions of the individuals here at the Lincoln Park Community Shelter. Guests have submitted art ranging from poetry to drawings, creative-nonfiction to photography. Guests have chosen to share this work with the larger LPCS community as a way of expressing their unique and diverse perspectives. Click here to see this month's featured art!

 

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Stories from guests and graduates of the LPCS.

 

View the inspirational 7-minute Shelter video on YouTube.
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Guest Spotlight:

LPCS Graduate and Local Business Make a Great Team!

One of the Lincoln Park Community Shelter's most recent graduates, Hatem, has gained success by working at Sinbad's since July. More...


 

 


Volunteer Spotlight:

For the past few years, Jennifer Kowieski has been coordinating a monthly Saturday hot lunch at LPCS with students and parents from her 5th Grade class at St.Josaphat School. More...

 

 

 

 

Grand Re-opening of New Facility!


New Men's Dormitory and Community Room

We celebrated with the community on Saturday, June 30 to officially open the new Lincoln Park Community Shelter! To see photos of the new facility CLICK HERE!