Highpoint Care Centers “Go Mobile,” Helping More in the Community

Two months ago, the coronavirus hit and changed our lives in a way we never dreamed. But as reality settled in that we were on lock down, as businesses ceased running, and as people we knew began getting sick, things got real, really fast.

Amidst the fear and the unknown, many churches and other organizations in our community of Naperville are rallying together to help lift up our fellow residents, who are hurting, who are in need, and who just need hope…

This is what the Church was designed to be--not a building with four walls, inviting people to come inside--but rather a movement of people breaking down physical and cultural barriers, offering help and hope to those living beyond its four walls.

One such organization is Highpoint Church, which has teams of dedicated volunteers who are fervently serving others through care centers at each of its campus locations in Naperville, Wheaton, Bolingbrook, North Aurora and Monmouth.

While brick and mortar Highpoint Care Centers were running prior to the pandemic, these centers quickly adapted their strategy and became mobile care centers, once social distancing was in place. This has enabled Highpoint to safely comply with social distancing regulations and to reach even more in the community establishing drive-thrus at each of their four campus locations, through offering meals to subsidized students in a partnership with District 200, and through offering fresh produce at roadside stands--all free to those in need.

The impact of these care centers goes beyond just providing for the physical needs of people. Outreach Pastor, Eric Stone, put it this way, “People need hope. They need to know they’re not alone. We’re offering true compassion, because we’re suffering with them and coming alongside them to let them know they matter and they are loved.”

Within the past two months, Highpoint Care Centers went from helping 60 families weekly to impacting over 600 families weekly--and the numbers are still on the rise. Donations are flooding in from individuals, families, for-profit and nonprofit organizations who see the need and want to help by partnering together. As a result of this unity and common desire to help the hurting in our community, we have seen countless stories of individuals and families at their lowest point who are experiencing physical, emotional, and spiritual care.

Take Fernando, for instance, a local small business owner of a dispatch service whose business stalled due to Covid-19 restrictions. He tried everything he could to get by, only to find himself without income and no way to pay his bills. Prior to visiting the mobile Highpoint Care Center, he shared, “I am really at the zero point. I tried to hold off and do everything I could before coming to you for help.” After receiving financial assistance from the mobile Care Center he shared, “I felt that everyone had turned me down during this time of great concern. It was truly a relief for my plight to even be heard."

If you need assistance to get through this difficult time, or would like to learn more about how you can help others through the mobile Highpoint Care Center, visit www.highpoint.church/care.