In the Summer of 1968, Church of Our Saviour opened its doors to shelter young people from the violence surrounding the Democratic National Convention riots in Lincoln Park.  In the ensuing decades, this support from a single organization blossomed into a wide-ranging network of strong community partnerships that came together to support Chicago's most vulnerable, which we have come to identify as our friends. 

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Together, this diverse network of strong connections provides a wide range of services which were organized and formalized under the umbrella of a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization in 2012. Initially known as the 530 Fullerton Foundation, the organization rebranded in 2016 as Care for Friends (CFF) to better describe the scope of services offered.

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Care For Friends works towards a future where access to food, housing, and healthcare is the reality for all and remains a strong community partner of Church of Our Saviour.

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As a community hub, CFF tackles Chicago’s food, housing and healthcare crises through an all-inclusive, no questions asked approach to providing easy access to critical resources.  They aim to earn the trust of our guests and break down the barriers preventing them from connecting to the services they need. ​

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Another result of the ongoing partnership between Church of Our Saviour and Care For Friends was able to replace the church's old parish hall with the new Parish Commons building. With the completion of this project, Care for Friends now has a new Community Hub on the lower level which houses their programming at COS.