For information on volunteering, donation requests, and other ways to help, click on the following links:
- City of Chicago
- Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights (ICIRR)
- Northern Illinois Conference: Chicago Immigrants
- World Relief Chicagoland
Help Needed to Welcome Incoming Immigrants

More than 1,500 asylum seekers from Central and South America have arrived on buses from Texas since August 31 according to the city of Chicago. In collaboration with local, state, and federal agencies, the city of Chicago is taking action to ensure these migrants have access to shelter food, and other resources.
NIC Collection sites for donation for new arriving Immigrants have been established. For the Prairie Central District it is:
Aldersgate UMC Wheaton
1753 S Blanchard St
Wheaton IL 60189
Contact: Daniel Cochran
Cell: 401-864-2441
Email: Aldersgate.Wheaton@gmail.com
Hours: By Appointment with Daniel