The Night Ministry

10/14/2026

Celebrating 50 Years of Care. Join us at Night Lights! ✨
In one week, The Night Ministry’s Associate Board will welcome supporters, partners, and friends to Night Lights 2026, an evening celebrating 50 Years of Care and our shared commitment to providing human connection, housing, and healthcare to Chicago’s most vulnerable neighbors.
Thursday, October 22
5:30 - 9:00 p.m.
Marshall's Landing | 222 W. Merchandise Mart Plaza, Chicago
This event benefits The Night Ministry’s Street Medicine Program, which delivers free, life-changing healthcare directly to individuals experiencing homelessness and others with limited access to care.
Guests will enjoy an inspiring evening. Plus, our silent auction opens to the public on October 15, featuring exciting packages, unique experiences, and more.
Get your tickets today: https://onecau.se/nightlights2026
We hope you'll join us as we celebrate this milestone year and invest in a healthier future for our neighbors across Chicago.

A link to Night Lights's event page.

10/11/2026

Whether you have 2 or 200 colleagues or friends, consider volunteering your time with The Night Ministry! Invite your group to a serve and learn experience, where you’ll assemble hygiene kits or sack suppers for our unhoused neighbors.
Every day, we distribute these much-needed items to people across our community, and volunteers make that possible.
Ready to make a difference? Reach out to [email protected] to learn more.

10/08/2026

Legacy Thursday: Meeting people where they are, since 2007. Long before mobile health care was widely recognized as a model for reaching people on the margins, The Night Ministry was a pioneer in mobile HIV testing. When we launched the program in 2007, HIV/AIDS was still a serious health crisis, and our unhoused neighbors faced some of the greatest barriers to testing, treatment, and support.
So we brought testing to them: on the street, on the bus, in the places where trust is built one conversation at a time.

From 2014 to 2018 alone, our team completed 2,536 HIV tests. Each one was a chance to connect someone with the care, treatment, and dignity they deserve.
That commitment to bringing health care to our neighbors, wherever they are, is part of our legacy. It's also how we continue to show up today, 50 years in and counting.

10/07/2026

Thanks to Phyllis and Don for their recent visit. Seeing is believing in our work! If you would like to schedule a tour, contact us at [email protected], or sign up for our quarterly group tour https://thenightministry.org/program-tour/

10/05/2026

This is a reminder about the uber-cool "Night of the Living Groove, Volume 2" concert on Thursday, October 29, at the Beat Kitchen at 8 PM. Huge thanks to New Nostalgia for including us in this amazing event and for making The Night Ministry a beneficiary! 💙🎶🎸

Beat Kitchen Get tix now at 🔗https://beatkitchen.com/

10/03/2026

Not all heroes wear capes. Some pack lunches. 🥪

Since 2024, Lunch Heroes has donated a staggering 11,000 packed lunches to The Crib, filled with amazing sandwiches, chips, and more. Every one of those meals has meant an important, satisfying lunch for a young neighbor in need.

Thank you, Lunch Heroes, for your generosity and for showing up again and again. You are the real deal! 💙

10/01/2026

Legacy Thursday: Empowering Young Families.
What began in 2007 as the Response-Ability Pregnant and Parenting Program (RAPPP) continues today as Parenting with Purpose (PWP), helping pregnant and parenting young mothers ages 16-22 build stable, thriving futures for themselves and their children.

Through safe housing, supportive services, and a family-centered approach, PWP empowers young families with the resources, skills, and support they need to succeed.

Since the program began, PWP has served 892 young mothers and their children, providing an estimated 48,000 bed nights, creating many opportunities for stability, growth, and hope.

To learn more about PWP, visit thenightministry.org/our-services.

09/30/2026

Last night, members of our Board of Directors and Associate Board, both past and present, came together at Birch Road in Lincoln Park for our annual Leadership Social.

The evening offered an opportunity to reconnect, reflect on our shared accomplishments, and gather valuable perspectives that will help shape The Night Ministry’s future as we build on 50 years of service.

We are deeply grateful to every leader who has invested their time, talent, and energy in our mission. Their commitment continues to make a meaningful difference in the lives of unhoused Chicagoans and people experiencing extreme poverty across our city.

09/29/2026

Our Manager of Outreach Operations, Juan Roca, is representing The Night Ministry at the 2026 Annual Mobile Healthcare Conference in Kansas City this week! 🚐

Over three days, Juan is connecting with mobile healthcare leaders from across the country to explore what's shaping access, policy, funding, and care delivery — and bringing back practical strategies to strengthen our outreach work.

It's important that we're at the table helping shape the future of mobile healthcare, so we can keep providing free, compassionate care to our unhoused neighbors and those living in extreme poverty.

Thank you, Juan, for representing TNM and advancing this vital work! 👏

09/27/2026

Every Thursday evening, our Case Manager Will meets our unhoused neighbors at the CTA River Forest Blue Line stop.

Alongside our outreach and health teams, Will helps connect people to housing resources, healthcare, and government services — the kind of steady, relationship-based support that can turn a single conversation into a path forward.

Case management isn't a one-time fix. It's showing up, week after week, and walking alongside someone until they're stably housed and connected to the support they need. 💙

If you need our services, please visit our Get Help page at https://thenightministry.org/get-help/ or call our street medicine team at 773-256-7549.