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Your investment ensures the most vulnerable residents gain skills and confidence to support their families, and move towards economic prosperity.
Change lives in North Lawndale and beyond.
NLEN is honored to help the most vulnerable residents gain skills and confidence to support their families, and move towards economic prosperity.
Your investment makes it possible for individuals with barriers to employment to move forward on their pathway to self-sufficiency and brighter futures.
Each donation made to NLEN generates returns to society in the form of:
- Taxable wages and benefits
- Reduced dependence on food assistance, housing subsidies, and other aid programs
- Lower rates of recidivism, which means fewer property crimes, as well as reduced trial costs and prison/jail operating costs
North Lawndale Employment Network (NLEN) is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization, and your donation is tax deductible within the guidelines of U.S. law. Please keep your receipt as your official record. We'll email it to you upon successful completion of your donation.
Other ways to give
Donate stock NLEN accepts stock donations. For details, email development@nlen.org with the subject line, “Stock donation.” 
Buy beelove®
products Produced by Sweet Beginnings, NLEN’s social impact business, beelove® creates hive-to-jar products including raw honey, lip balm, and body lotion. For details, visit beelovebuzz.com.
Make an in-kind donation To support clients on their employment journeys, we accept in-kind donations ranging from gently used technology to professional clothing. For details, email development@nlen.org with the subject line, “In-kind donation.” 
Plant bee-friendly flowers Sweet Beginnings, NLEN’s social impact business, is powered by our apiaries — bee farms — located all over Chicagoland. When you plant pollinator-friendly flowers, you’re supporting our bees. 
Give someone a chance Consider giving a job to someone who doesn’t have a traditional employment background. It could change their life — and yours. 
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