Chabad of Glencoe Capital Campaign
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589 Vernon Avenue, the future home of Chabad of Glencoe

B"H · Capital Campaign · August 2026 – June 2027

Your Jewish home,
at last a home of its own.

For seven years, Jewish life in Glencoe has flourished without a home to call its own. We are purchasing 589 Vernon Avenue and turning it into a permanent Jewish center: a place to belong, learn, and celebrate.

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Campaign Progress

—raised of $2.3M goal
—Toward Goal
—Remaining to Raise
589 Vernon Ave.Our Future Home
June 2027Doors Open, Erev Shavuot

Chabad of Glencoe is 100% locally funded. Everything we build here is made possible by the local community that believes in Jewish life in Glencoe.

Our Story

What began over coffee became a community.

Since 2019, what started as small Shabbat dinners and conversations over coffee has grown into a full Jewish life: Shabbat and Holiday services, a Hebrew school, teen leadership, women's programs, adult learning, and the celebrations that hold a community together.

Over seven years that community has kept growing, in participation, in programming, and in the number of families who look to Chabad as part of their Jewish lives. What has emerged is larger than any one program or gathering: a living Jewish community in Glencoe. A permanent home will let that vision fully unfold, creating a place where Jewish life can deepen and flourish for generations to come.

Rabbi Sholom and Deena Wolberg
Rabbi Sholom & Deena WolbergChabad of Glencoe
The community walking a new Torah scroll through downtown GlencoeA father and daughter at a Chabad of Glencoe celebrationTeens at the Solomon Leadership program
“Rabbi and Rebbetzin Wolberg have given Glencoe's Jewish community a jolt that was badly needed. They are on a mission, one Jew at a time. We are eternally grateful.”
Ariel & Jonathan Towers

The Future We're Building

What a building makes possible.

A permanent home opens the door to a new level of Jewish life in Glencoe: more opportunities to gather, learn, celebrate, connect, and grow together.

Children at work in Hebrew School

Children who know who they are

A place where children and teens learn, create, build friendships, and step into leadership, growing up with Judaism as a joyful, natural part of daily life.

The community gathered for the public menorah lighting in Glencoe

A community that comes together

Shabbat and holiday celebrations, shared meals, and the milestones a community marks together, in a place where everyone is welcome and no one arrives a stranger.

The Jewish Women's Circle gathered around a table

Jewish life that keeps growing

Adult learning, the Jewish Women's Circle, Mentch Club, and classes that meet people at every stage of life, from first curiosity to lifelong study.

The house at 589 Vernon Avenue

The Vision · 589 Vernon Avenue

A permanent home for Jewish life in the heart of Glencoe.

We are acquiring and renovating a landmark home on Vernon Avenue and converting it into a dedicated Jewish community center. A visible address on a main street, open every week of the year, for the families who are here and the ones who don't yet know we are.

For the first time, Chabad of Glencoe will have a permanent home of its own, in the heart of the community we serve.
  • Sanctuary for Shabbat and Holiday services
  • Kiddush and program room for celebrations
  • Hebrew School wing
  • Kosher kitchen and the Glencoe Challah Shoppe
  • Rabbi's study for private pastoral guidance
  • Outdoor porch and patio for gathering

Giving Opportunities

Put your family's name on Jewish Glencoe.

Dedications are available at every level, from the sanctuary to a single mezuzah, and pledges can be fulfilled over the life of the campaign.

Total campaign goal
$2,295,840
Purchase of the center
$1,526,500
Renovations, soft costs, furnishings
$576,950
Campaign costs and new building expenses, first two years
$192,390
Remaining to raise
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Lead Gifts

Building DedicationReservedThe premier dedication of the campaign

Visionary Gifts

Founders

Builders

Donor Recognition Wall

Every gift is inscribed in its category on the permanent recognition wall.

Select any dedication or category to begin, or give any amount. Gifts can be made in full today or pledged over up to three years.

Campaign Leadership

Guiding this campaign.

Fundraising Committee

  • Robert Millner & Susan Brent Millner
  • Bob Wolfberg
  • Myles Mendoza

Honorary Committee

  • Hersch & Avril Klaff
  • Joe & Tina Wolf

Additional committee members will be listed as they are confirmed.