“I was looking for a volunteer opportunity in my community, and my wife mentioned her company volunteered at
Loaves & Fishes," said
Mike Robinson, Senior Director of Real Estate Development in our
Chicago office. “I tried volunteering at a few different places. I ultimately chose Loaves & Fishes because I love their mission: to provide healthy food and impactful programs to promote self-sufficiency."
Like many Opus associates, Mike is committed to stewardship and giving back to our communities to make them better places to live, work and raise families. Mike has been volunteering – delivering groceries to clients' cars, stocking shelves or clearing snow – most Saturday mornings since November 2018.
For over 35 years, Loaves & Fishes Community Services has been serving DuPage County. What began in 1984 by helping eight families has grown to a multi-program organization that served 19,800 individuals in 2019. That same year, Mike was one of 1,435 people volunteering 100,377 hours, or the equivalent of 50 full-time employees!
Loaves & Fishes provides food and nutrition services and a multi-faceted Cares Program, which includes services like a car program, computer training, job search assistance, legal support and public benefit assistance. According to their website, “The people who come to Loaves & Fishes are our neighbors and friends: the single parent who just lost her job, low-income families with children, the unemployed and underemployed, disabled individuals, seniors, the chronically ill, at-risk teens and the homeless."
“If someone is having trouble making ends meet," Mike said, “Loaves & Fishes is there to help them through their tough time. I love being part of the very generous services they provide."
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The Opus Foundation® has awarded two grants to Loaves & Fishes Community Services, one in 2019 and one in 2020.
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Always committed to making our communities better places to live, work and play, the Opus Foundation® quickly mobilized a COVID-19 emergency response. See the full list of recipients here.
Like many Opus associates, Mike is committed to stewardship and giving back to our communities to make them better places to live, work and raise families. Mike has been volunteering – delivering groceries to clients' cars, stocking shelves or clearing snow – most Saturday mornings since November 2018.
For over 35 years, Loaves & Fishes Community Services has been serving DuPage County. What began in 1984 by helping eight families has grown to a multi-program organization that served 19,800 individuals in 2019. That same year, Mike was one of 1,435 people volunteering 100,377 hours, or the equivalent of 50 full-time employees!
Loaves & Fishes provides food and nutrition services and a multi-faceted Cares Program, which includes services like a car program, computer training, job search assistance, legal support and public benefit assistance. According to their website, “The people who come to Loaves & Fishes are our neighbors and friends: the single parent who just lost her job, low-income families with children, the unemployed and underemployed, disabled individuals, seniors, the chronically ill, at-risk teens and the homeless."
“If someone is having trouble making ends meet," Mike said, “Loaves & Fishes is there to help them through their tough time. I love being part of the very generous services they provide."
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The Opus Foundation® has awarded two grants to Loaves & Fishes Community Services, one in 2019 and one in 2020.
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Always committed to making our communities better places to live, work and play, the Opus Foundation® quickly mobilized a COVID-19 emergency response. See the full list of recipients here.