Organizations Filed Purposes:
LITTLE BROTHERS - FRIENDS OF THE ELDERLY OFFERS MANY PROGRAMS AND SERVICES, ALL OF WHICH FALL INTO ONE OF FOUR BASIC CATEGORIES: VISITING PROGRAM, SOCIAL ACTIVITIES, DIRECT SERVICE, OR VACATIONS.
THE ORGANIZATION IS A NOT-FOR-PROFIT, NON-SECTARIAN, VOLUNTEER-BASED ORGANIZATION THAT PROVIDES FRIENDSHIP AND SUPPORT TO ISOLATED AND LONELY ELDERLY PEOPLE IN CHICAGO.
VISITING PROGRAM: STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS ALLEVIATE THE LONELINESS OF ISOLATED ELDERS BY VISITING THEM ONE ON ONE, IN PERSON AND ON THE PHONE. ELDERS AND THEIR VISITORS MAY DO ACTIVITIES TOGETHER LIKE GOING OUT FOR LUNCH, WORKING ON A CRAFT PROJECT, GOING TO A BALL GAME, OR JUST SHARING A CUP OF COFFEE AND TALKING. THEY BUILD MEANINGFUL FRIENDSHIPS THAT MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
SOCIAL ACTIVITIES: LBFE ELDERS BEGIN TO BUILD CONNECTIONS THROUGH SOCIAL ACTIVITIES AND HAVE MANY OPPORTUNITIES TO SPEND TIME WITH FRIENDS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. LARGE PARTIES ARE HELD ON THANKSGIVING AND CHRISTMAS DAY IN THREE LOCATIONS ACROSS THE CITY. EACH SPRING, LBFE HOSTS THE FETE D'ARMAND MARQUISET, A PARTY CELEBRATING OUR FOUNDER. MONTHLY THERE IS A BIRTHDAY PARTY SO THAT ELDERS WHO ARE BORN IN THAT MONTH CAN CELEBRATE WITH FRIENDS. THE LBFE COFFEE CLUB MEETS WEEKLY TO SHARE COFFEE AND CONVERSATION ON THURSDAY MORNINGS. THE MOVIE CLUB AND CREATIVE CAFE MEET TEN TIMES A YEAR TO GIVE ELDERS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEND TIME WITH PEERS WHO SHARE THEIR INTERESTS. OUR LLOYD WALDING BRAIN FITNESS CENTER PROVIDES TUTORING AND SOCIAL OPPORTUNITIES TO ELDERS, WHILE TEACHING THEM HOW TO CONNECT TO PEERS ON THE INTERNET.
DIRECT SERVICES: WHILE THE MISSION OF LBFE IS TO ALLEVIATE ISOLATION AND LONELINESS, WE ALSO PROVIDE SOME DIRECT SERVICES TO THE ISOLATED AND LONELY ELDERS WHO ARE PARTICIPANTS IN OUR PROGRAMS. THESE SERVICES INCLUDE A MONTHLY FOOD BAG PROGRAM AS WELL AS PROVIDING LIMITED TRANSPORTATION, ONE-TIME EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE, AND, FOR ELDERS GRAPPLING WITH LARGER ISSUES, THE OVERSIGHT OF A LICENSED CLINICAL SOCIAL WORKER.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Simone Mitchell-Peterson | CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER | 40 | $219,592 |
| Cecilia Straney | CHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER | 40 | $115,872 |
| Kathleen Boylan | SECRETARY | 1 | $0 |
| Linda Watson | TREASURER | 1 | $0 |
| Michael Melinger | CHAIR | 1 | $0 |
| Rosa Perez | VICE CHAIR | 1 | $0 |
| Candace Hansford | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Robert Merk | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Kathy O'Grady | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Carol Waugh | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Bill Hassett | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Rev Tom Behrens | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Sheila Mcmackin | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Marilyn Hennessy | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
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