We’re here to provide compassionate and effective assistance to those who need it most through our four programs - Food Pantry, Clothes Closet, First Things First and Walk In Assistance. Starting in 2003, The Outreach House was focused primarily on helping low-income families during the first three years of their children's lives through our First Things First program. The Outreach House also star
ted and grew a Walk-In Assistance program to support individuals and families with emergency needs. In August 2021, these two programs merged with the Lombard/Villa Park Food Pantry and the Clothes Closet, both services of First United Methodist Church of Lombard, operating for 40 and 14 years, respectively. The goal of this collaboration is to create a central location where York Township residents can access a broader range of services, expanding from infant needs and emergency assistance to include food and clothing for all ages. Now that we have merged all of our programs under one name - The Outreach House - our goal is to provide access to all these services from one location, under one roof. Currently, The Outreach House’s four programs - The Food Pantry, First Things First, Emergency Walk-in Assistance and Clothes Closet - serve all residents of York Township, including the communities of Lombard, Villa Park, Elmhurst, Oak Brook and parts of Oakbrook Terrace, Westmont, Downers Grove, Glen Ellyn and Hinsdale as well as the towns of Glendale Heights and Addison. If anyone who visits us is not a resident of York Township, Addison or Glendale Heights we will also do our best to direct them to other organizations providing services in their community.
*Please note*
Our hours are listed above, however we are also open the 3rd Saturday of each month from 9-11.45 am.
