Metro Mentors Baseball Outing August 21
It’s almost back-to-school time. Mentors, youth and their families are invited to join us for an evening of baseball and fireworks! Tickets are $12 per person. The money for your tickets are due to Metropolitan Family Services by August 5th. The ballpark is located at 34W002 Cherry Lane in Geneva. Game is at 6:00 p.m. For more information, please contact Marsha Ndoko at ndokom@metrofamily.org or 630-784-4836.

Old Navy helps Mentees learn real world job skills
For the second year in a row, Metro Mentors and their matches attended a day of fun activities and received goodies at the Downers Grove Old Navy Store. This event offered an opportunity for our kids to learn some job skills and exposure to the world of retailing. As a follow up, our older youth in the program are invited to a learn how to write a resume. For information how you can get involved with Metro Mentors, contact the Metropolitan Family Services DuPage at 630-784-4800.

The DuPage Community Foundation Supports Senior Services at DuPage Metropolitan Family Services DuPage was one of 39 not-for-profit organizations in DuPage County to receive a grant from the 2010 Spring Discretionary Grant Cycle of The DuPage Community Foundation based in Wheaton, Illinois.  The grant, awarded at a special distribution open house on Tuesday, June 15 at Glen Oak Country Club in Glen Ellyn, Illinois, will help underwrite the DuPage Center’s Senior In-Home Respite Program.

The check for the grant was presented by Jack Mensching, trustee of the The DuPage Community Foundation to Metropolitan Family Services DuPage Executive Director Theresa Nihill (center) and DuPage Board Chair, Paul P. Pyrcik , Jr., (left). -Posted June 28, 2010

2010 Annual DuPage Gala Nets More Than $100,000!
The Gala featured live music by Strings of Silk and Four on the Floor, Jazz Quartet as well as a live and silent auction, a champagne raffle, and a Heads & Tails raffle. The Gala celebrated the success of MFS DuPage and raised funds for its programs and services. Click here to read more!!

DuPage Board Member Phyllis Muccianti Named Non-Profit Volunteer of the Year
Phyllis Muccianti, long-time board member and donor of Metropolitan Family Services DuPage was honored on Wednesday, May 26, 2010 by the West Suburban Philanthropic Network at its annual luncheon that was held at Abbington Distinctive Banquets in Glen Ellyn and attended by more than 250 people.

Phyllis who was described during the presentation by Theresa Nihill, Executive Director, Metropolitan Family Services DuPage, as “the little pencil in the writing hands of God” was one of eight honorees recognized for helping build philanthropy in the western suburbs. Congratulations, Phyllis.  The board, staff, volunteers and friends of Metropolitan Family Services DuPage salute you.
-Posted on May 28, 2010