The B4 NonProfits
B4 Summer Festival was created to bring together the community for a one-of-a-kind experience while raising money, and awareness, for our community’s incredible nonprofit organizations. 100% of the festival proceeds benefit these non-profits.
We choose five different organizations each year to address five different needs in our community: kids, vets, pets, civic and the Chain O’ Lakes Chamber of Commerce Scholarship Fund. Every year, new non-profits are chosen (at random), to ensure that we are helping as many different organizations as possible.
KIDS - Kids in Need McHenry County
Their Mission: to identify and provide kids in need the important resources necessary for a happy and healthy childhood. Kids In Need is an important resource for schools, families and organizations that need assistance providing for the needs of children. Click here for much more information:
VETS -Veterans Path To Hope
VPH’s programs are staffed by veterans and veteran-friendly individuals who have knowledge of the challenges that face veterans and demonstrate an individualized approach to each concern. Our community supports include the same: agencies, companies, civic groups, volunteers and donors who are willing to give their time, talent, and treasures on behalf of those who have served. Together, they transform lives through service to veterans. Click here to check them out:
CIVIC - Place to Gather
Place to Gather began as a dream of members of LifeSpring Community Church to provide a place for the entire community of all ages, no just limited to church members, to gather.
It will be a 20-acre parcel on the northwest corner of Rt. 173 and Siedschlag in Spring Grove.
On September 1, 2020 the Village of Spring Grove approved Place to Gather as a Planned Unit Development (PUD). This PUD would include a church, community center, adventure playground, walking path, restaurants, and retail. And lots of space for the community to gather. The additional amenities beyond the church itself are meant for the use of the general public including residents of Spring Grove, Richmond, Twin Lakes, Village of Salem Lakes, Johnsburg, Fox Lake, Genoa City, and other surrounding communities in Northern Illinois and Southern Wisconsin. To learn more click here
THE CHAIN O’LAKES CHAMBER OF COMMERCE SCHOLARSHIP FUND
The Chain O' Lakes Area Chamber of Commerce offers a scholarship program aimed at supporting local students in their pursuit of higher education. The scholarship funds are payable directly to the recipient's choice of college, university, or vocational school. For the most current information on the scholarship's availability, eligibility criteria, application deadlines and more, click here: