2025

HH Associate Board Members Raise over $15,000 at 2nd Annual Pickleball Classic

September 12, 2025

This past weekend, our community came together for a day filled with fun, laughter, and a little friendly competition at our 2nd annual Pickleball Classic—and ...

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Adult Programs

Education Around Community Safety

August 28, 2025

This month, clients in our Adult Day Program were given a detailed presentation from the La Grange Police Officers, Officer Taylor and Officer Huber on ...

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Press

Cozy Conversations With the Sister Project Feature

August 7, 2025

Lauren and Michelle speak to marketing intern Lucy about her experience at Helping Hand and the launch of NextGen, a young adult initiative.

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General

Together We Shine: Helping Hand at the La Grange Pet Parade

June 11, 2025

What an unforgettable day! Helping Hand showed up full force at this year’s La Grange Pet Parade at the beginning of this month- with over ...

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Outpatient Clinic

Celebrating Voices, Transforming Lives: The Impact of Speech Therapy

May 13, 2025

May is National Speech-Language-Hearing Month and allows us to put a special spotlight on our Speech Pathologists that continue to improve functional communication with our ...

Employment Services

Workers with Disabilities – The Untapped Workforce

April 14, 2025

Since the State of Illinois passed the Employment First Act in 2013, they have made progress to help people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) find and ...

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General

Celebrating 70 Years of Transformation with Helping Hand

April 1, 2025

WGN featured our Adult Day Program on their Around Town segment as we celebrated our 70th Anniversary. This special segment with Ana Belaval features various ...

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Adult Programs

Transitioning to Adulthood through Genuine Care

March 12, 2025

So, what’s next? We have all asked ourselves this question, especially right after high school. Did you picture yourself in college? A trade? Working full-time? ...

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Outpatient Clinic

Our Bilingual Counseling Service Is Bridging the Language Gap through Genuine Care

February 7, 2025

As an organization that transforms the lives of individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities, we know that we need to expand our support. We are ...