5 Oswego Nonprofits To Support This Holiday Season

OSWEGO, IL — If you’re like many of your Oswego neighbors, you may spend a good part of the holiday season with your credit card in hand buying gifts for family and friends. Coming up soon is a chance to give back to the local community.

Giving Tuesday, which in 2024 falls on Dec. 3, is a day dedicated to supporting nonprofit and community groups. Since 2012, nonprofits worldwide have used the Tuesday after Thanksgiving to galvanize fundraising, rally volunteers and add momentum to their causes.

Maintaining funding is a constant challenge for many nonprofits that fill gaps and meet other needs in the Oswego area.

Here are five local nonprofits to consider getting behind on Giving Tuesday:

• Kendall County Community Food Pantry, a local food pantry that distributes food to locals in need.
• Community Cares, a nonprofit that started as a Facebook group to help families after schools first closed for in-person learning at the start of the pandemic in March 2020. The group has donated backpacks filled with school supplies to students, donated winter coats and planned fundraisers.
• Marie Wilkinson Food Pantry, an organization that hopes to empower "people to be self-sustainable through collaborations and partnerships in Aurora and the surrounding community."
• Loaves and Fishes Community Services connects residents in need with resources for food, health, mental wellness and more.
• Association for Individual Development, a nonprofit whose goal is to help people with physical, intellectual and mental health challenges.