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Total Income:
$493,841.76
Audited

Total Expenses:
$288,329.37
Audited

All of our community supported events were made possible by a supporting community. In 2022, we had over 443 volunteers logging in over 1,822 volunteer hours.
Volunteers provide weekly administrative support by answering phones and assisting residents daily during office hours, every week day from 4:30-8:00pm.
Volunteers are crucial to our community events and programs such as our Spaghetti Supper fundraiser, Race with your Heart, Operation Backpack, Tree of Hearts, and Salvation Army Bell Ringing.

WOODFORD COUNTY HEARTLINE AND HEART HOUSE
STAFF MEMBERS
Executive Director Brandi Gerber
Heartline Program Manager Janet Wilkins
Heart House Program Manager Rachel Dreste
Bookkeeper Jodi Gerber
Resident Assistants Doris Alvey Lucy Carley Becky Hawk
2022 BOARD OF DIRECTORS
President Matt Sauder
Vice President Judy Musselman
Treasurer Linda Keys
Secretary Brandi Gerber
Tonya Allen Cheri Boles Gina Greene Kristen Kopinski Kelli Rittenhouse Junius Rodriguez Tom Swanson Dale Wyss
MISSION STATEMENT To provide emergency shelter for women and their children; financial aid and education; community and resource referrals; and basic essentials to residents of Woodford County who find themselves homeless, victims of domestic violence, or in any other crisis situation

Stretch Your Dollar Classes
Stretch Your Dollar classes are free classes provided to all Heartline clients to show creative ways to save money. Meets second Friday at 10 AM every month. 2022 attendance – average of 11 clients per class.
Paper Products/Diapers
At the end of each Heartline class, clients receive paper products and diapers to help them out during the month. In 2022, 172 bags of paper products and 15 diaper packages were distributed.
Food/Formula Emergency Services
Heartline dispersed 7 households with emergency food orders. We also assisted 4 families with baby formula.
Benevolence Fund
In 2022, 7 area churches gave $43,736.03 to Heartline for our Benevolence Fund. Heartline distributed over $13,331.57 for assistance to over 33 families for housing, utility bills and transportation.
Vouchers
HOUSEHOLD ITEMS - In 2022, 2 vouchers for household items distributed.
Warm Neighbors, Cool Friends
Warm Neighbors, Cool Friends is a program through Ameren that we administer. In 2022, Warm Neighbors, Cool Friends helped 12 clients totaling $3,300.00 in assistance.
Operation Backpack Program
Operation Backpack program is critical to making sure the kids in our community have new book bags and school supplies to help them start off the school year on a good note.
In 2022, we served 76 families - 190 children.
Tree of Hearts Program
Tree of Hearts assists parents and care givers in supplementing their Christmas budgets. Gifts were distributed to 93 families - 249 children, and we estimated 1,992 gifts were distributed.
In 2022, we distributed 130 food boxes as part of the Salvation Army program at Christmas.
Heartline also coordinates with the Salvation Army Kettle Program for Woodford County. The Salvation Army gives us 100% of the proceeds to utilize in the next year. For the year 2022, $8,000 was raised. With these funds 16 rent payments were made and 5 utility payments were made to aide in client assistance

Classes, Assistance and Programs

Spaghetti Supper - $14,260.02
Race with your Heart - $23,017.48
Ice Cream Social - $561.22

With your help $37,838.72 was raised through these fundraisers to ensure the continuation o f the programs here at Heartline and Heart House.

In 1995, Heart House was financially equipped to move into their own secure facility, built with donated funds of caring and concerned individuals, churches, organizations, and businesses throughout Central Illinois. Thirty one years later, Heart House continues to provide shelter to women and their children who are homeless, fleeing from domestic violence or other crisis situations. The shelter is open 24 hours a day /7 days a week. In 2022, Heart House provided 966 sheltered nights to 22 individuals. 3 of those were children.
When women enter our shelter doors they are filled with uncertainty and hopelessness. We take great pride in our shelter programs, which encourage women to be independent, empowered and gain the ability to support themselves and their children. Each woman and family is unique. Our program examines all aspects of the family dimension, not simply housing and employment. We advocate and contact schools and counselors, attend court appointments, and utilize our resources to offer each person assistance with medical, psychological and spiritual counseling.
Currently the programs at Heart House include 1:1 program management, financial and budgeting classes, Art from the Heart, domestic violence counseling and support groups, AA classes, parenting classes, cooking and nutrition classes and bible studies. Many of these programs were led by community volunteers and advocates.
Needing a speaker for your group? Contact us at 309-467-6101, ext 4 and we would love to discuss with you the opportunity to come and share about our ministry.

For I was hungry and you gave

me food, I was thirsty and you

gave me drink, I was a stranger

and you welcomed me.

Matthew 25:35