After completing your application you will be contacted within 48 hours with the total process taking around 3-5 business days.
If you need immediate help, please visit our resources page for more information
Survivor Made creates jobs and builds the confidence of our survivors. Our artisan, hand-crafted products are stylish, high-quality and change lives one sale at a time.
Donate one-time or monthly. Donate to specific locations or click the link below to donate to our national organization and we’ll direct your generosity to where it’s needed most. Above all, just give. These women need your help.
TAKE A TOUR OF OUR CHICAGOLAND AREA PROGRAM HOME, ESTABLISHED IN 2016!
As many as 25,000 women and girls are sexually exploited and trafficked in the Chicago area every year. Refuge for Women has responded to this need and opened our Refuge for Women Chicago area home in October 2016. We received our first residents in November 2016 and look forward to what God has in store for their future.
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Thank you to our Trivia Night attendees for raising nearly $4,000 to support Refuge for Women! We had a blast with Elephino Trivia leading trivia …
In honor of January being Human Trafficking Awareness Month, Refuge for Women Chicago hosted “The Truth About Trafficking” event on January 18, 2023 at Willow Creek Huntley. Local community …
Refuge for Women Chicago hosted our annual “Gala at the Farmstead” on Thursday, September 15, 2022 to raise life-transforming funds for survivors of sexual exploitation. More …
Awareness and prevention is key! Bring Refuge to your group, office, or school to shed light on the issues surrounding sex trafficking and exploitation. Contact meredith.hodge@refugeforwomen.org.
Often our residents will arrive with only the clothes on their back. Items on this registry will help us provide for her daily needs!
We do our best to update our needs list frequently. You can order directly from our My Registry list to be shipped to our office.
Gift cards give us flexibility for our on-demand and unexpected needs at the house. We appreciate gift cards to: Amazon, Walmart, Target, Walgreens, gas stations, craft stores, and chain restaurants. Contact crystal.boterorand@refugeforwomen.org for more info.
Supply Partners help provide household items for our program home like food, toiletries, cleaning supplies, and other necessities. This is a great way for church groups, businesses, and families to get involved! Contact crystal.boterorand@refugeforwomen.org for more info on becoming a Supply Partner.
Executive Director
Executive Director Assistant
Program Director
Assistant Program Director
Community Engagement Coordinator
Board Chair
Troy Owens: Managing Member, Owens Law LLC; Assistant State’s Attorney, McHenry County State’s Attorney’s Office
Board Treasurer
Walter Wolf: Finance/Accounting Professional (retired)
Board Secretary
Kim Stevenson: MA, NBCC, Licensed Professional Counselor
Board Members
Survivor Made creates jobs and builds the confidence of our survivors. Our artisan, hand-crafted products are stylish, high-quality and change lives one sale at a time.
Refuge For Women is a US-registered 501c3 nonprofit corporation. EIN #26-4388243. Refuge For Women is governed by the Board of Directors and is financed through charitable donations.
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