Perhaps God’s greatest blessing on Jill’s House is the people he has called to serve here. They go above and beyond for our kids and their families in so many ways, which is ultimately what makes the services we provide so impactful for our JH families.
Below is a note we recently received from one of the families we serve at our Chicago location. Her daughter just aged out of our program and spent her last weekend at Jill’s House a few weeks ago. It articulates many of our hopes for what families will experience at Jill’s House: “life-changing” rest for […]
A few years ago, one of our Jill’s House dads said this about his son with disabilities: “[He] is our ‘little piece of heaven,’ as we like to say. In the eyes of Heaven, we know that [he] is a child of God, precious and perfect in his sight…It’s important to know that we look […]
Jill’s House’s Family Support Team was thrilled to be able to host 40 families at our first in-person Christmas party since 2019 at our Vienna campus. The children and their families had a wonderful time decorating cookies, crafting Christmas ornaments, visiting Santa, and posing for professional family portraits. One of the attending moms shared, “Thank […]
Many of you are familiar with Matt and Shannon McNeil. They are former Jill’s House parents. Both of their children, Waverly and Oliver, came to Jill’s House for many years. You can see their story here: The McNeil family has been a part of the Jill’s House family for a long time now. Many of […]
Jill’s House welcomed Dr. Michael Lindsay, President of Taylor University, as the speaker at the first annual Starr Lecture on November 12 at Top of the Town in Arlington, Virginia. This annual event honors the legacy of Ken and Alice Starr, who were early supporters of Jill’s House and instrumental in our launch in 2010. […]
A couple of weekends ago, we invited 20 Jill’s House moms away for a “Moms Retreat.” At no cost to them, we took them to a lovely retreat center in horse country here in Virginia (www.meadowkirk.org), pampered them in many ways, gave them plenty of time to relax and enjoy one another’s company, and—most importantly—invited […]
