Support
Every gift has a meaningful impact.
Your generosity makes a difference in the life of the older adults we serve! With your gift, you provide meaningful friendship, programs and services — always offered at no-cost to the 1,000 older friends who are lonely and isolated.
LBFE relieves isolation and loneliness among Chicago’s older friends day after day, month after month — for life.
No one should grow older alone. And thanks to generous donors, the older adults in the LBFE family know the joys of friendship and connection. With our donors’ support, LBFE volunteers and staff forge lifelong connections. These relationships enrich the lives of the lonely older friends we serve, surrounding each of them with friendship and family.
Provide reliable nourishment
Support elders most in need with a week’s worth of fruits, vegetables and pantry staples. Over 150 LBFE older friends rely on the food they receive every month, packed just for them and delivered by a friendly volunteer.
Send an older adult love on their special day!
Thanks to your generous gift, older friends will be celebrated on their special day! Each older friend is invited to our monthly birthday party or receive a special in-home visit, a birthday present, and time spent with volunteers from LBFE.
Support older adults year-round
Join LBFE’s Friendship Circle to keep older adults connected to meaningful friendship, engaging programs and essential services all year long. Your monthly gift of any amount ensures elders aging alone have a friend for life.
You make our work possible
Thanks to the support of a caring community, Chicago older adults aging alone are able to rely on LBFE year after year — no matter what.
Who are the older adults we serve?
We welcome women and men 70 and older, from every walk of life, who are aging without meaningful support from family and friends. The average age of our older friends is 82. Fifty-eight percent rely on a walker or wheelchair to get around. And just over half could not count on having more than two social interactions lasting longer than 30 minutes in a month without the volunteers and staff of LBFE.
How we serve
All of our programs and services are designed to provide our older adults with opportunities to leave their homes and apartments to enjoy being with others, to relieve their isolation and loneliness. Through our year-round programs, participants are able to make lasting, meaningful friendships with each other, volunteers and staff. And through our social work services, the older adults we serve are supported and empowered in making important life decisions.
Make friendship possible!
Your gift of any amount provides friendship, laughter and happy memories. For Chicago older adults living without friends and family, LBFE is a reliable, constant source for connection and socialization that leads to lasting, meaningful friendships.
