NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION.
IS TAX DEDUCTIBLE
Helping Veterans
COOL Food Pantries help food stamp eligible veterans each month not only with food but also each qualified veteran family receives a large box loaded with soaps, paper goods, toiletries and more!
Toiletry items for Veterans in need are accepted daily whenever the pantries are open!
You'll Go Nuts
For These Treats!
COOL has teamed up with Terri Lynn Cares to offer you the very best in nuts and candies! Click the picture of the nuts for more information!
JOIN IGIVE
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It is so easy to support COOL Ministries every time you shop online at thousands of websites using IGIVE. Visit http://www.igive.com and select Christian Outreach of Lutherans as your charitable organization, and money will go automatically to COOL! You Shop. Your Charity Gets Money for Free! COOL Ministries is a registered cause at igive.com It's easy to join and it's free.
Please help us provide families with a hot, delicious meal this holiday season! Go to the Our Ministries tab, then Food Pantry and click on Holiday Meal Boxes for full details
Please Join us for the Annual 5k/10k Race Saturday November 24th, 2018
COOL 5k 10k Poster (1) 2018 (1)
Please help us help our Veterans! COOL is collecting toiletries to give to Veterans along with their regular monthly food boxes. Please consider donating toiletries, such as toilet paper, paper towels, laundry soap, toothpaste and more. Veteran’s Day is November 11th, let’s show our support for those who defended our freedom!
In The News
Cooke Magnet School Donates Greenhouse Produce to Food Pantry
From Homelessness to Homeowner
Benefits of Breakfast Program Extends Beyond Students
Illinois Unravels Safety Net One Strand at a Time
…………………..Mark your Calendars!
Coming in 2019……
COOL will have it’s 16th Annual Golf Outing on FRIDAY July 12th, 2019
at Bonnie Brook Golf Course, come enjoy their famous Friday Fish Fry!!
Check out The
Food of the Month!
Food of the Month is another way you can help the hungry. If you, your church, club or civic group is interested in collecting groceries or doing a food drive you may want to check this list!
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Careers at COOL Ministries
Volunteer Opportunities at COOL Ministries
The food pantry is in need of able bodied volunteers to work a 4 hour shift daily Monday – Friday from 10 AM to 2 PM. Please call our Pantry Operations Manager at 847-662-1340 ex. 5 if you can work one or all of these days. Volunteers will help distribute food to pantry visitors at the front counter or great customers and do data entry in computer tracking system. Must be able to lift 20 pounds. Thanks for helping COOL to Feed the Hungry!
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COOL is excited to team up with Yankee Candle Fundraising again this Spring/Summer! The website and catalog are packed full of lovely gifts for yourself or someone you know and best of all COOL gets 40% of the profit from every item sold! Please go to the below link, put in COOL’s group number and place an order today. Online orders ship directly to your home.
COOL GROUP #(990099961)
http://www.yankeecandlefundraising.com/
McHenry Counties
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COOL Central Offices
800 W. Glen Flora Ave.
Waukegan IL 60085
Phone: 847.662.1340
Fax: 847-662-1255
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Pantry East Waukegan
800 W. Glen Flora Avenue
Waukegan IL 60085
847.662.1230
Hours:
Monday-Friday
10:00 AM-2:00 PM
One Saturday per month 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
call 847.662.1230 for details
You must arrive 15 minutes prior to closing to receive food.
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Family Housing Program
800 W. Glen Flora Avenue
Waukegan IL 60085
call 847.662-1340
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Front Door Food Pantry East
AMAZON SMILE
You can now support COOL Ministries every time you shop online at AmazonSmile. Visit smile.amazon.com and select Christian Outreach of Lutherans as your charitable organization, and 0.5% of every eligible purchase will be donated to COOL.
Your Amazon account (and Amazon Prime membership) will operate exactly the same on AmazonSmile, but the donation will only occur if you shop using smile.amazon.com.
Once Homeless-Now HomeOWNER
Click the House and read about our recent Housing Program Family.. They were Homeless but are now Home OWNERS!!
