Hope Initiative will soon have a new home

The Galesburg-based Hope Initiative will, at least for a while, have two homes.  While the organization's monthly distributions of food and supplies will still run out of the Galesburg Rescue Mission for awhile, work has already begun for the move of the rest of their operations into most of the former Churchill Junior High School, offered to the organization by Rob Benedict and the Benedict Family Foundation, which recently purchased the building from the City of Galesburg.

"Hope dealers" Jeff Morrow and Vanessa Rekash talk about what is planned with Will Stevenson on Galesburg's Morning News.

Churchill Hope Initiative
Letters from Churchill Junior High School are removed from the building, as the Hope Initiative and Head Start both prepare to move in at the start of 2025. (HOPE INITIATIVE VIA FACEBOOK)

 

The Galesburg-based Hope Initiative will, at least for a while, have two homes.  While the organization’s monthly distributions of food and supplies will still

 

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