The One Community Campaign is raising $18 million to build Keshet’s first headquarters. Our goal is to create a truly inclusive community center that welcomes all. With your support and investment, Keshet can forge a brighter future for our community.
In 1982, a small group of parents met in a kitchen with a dream for their children with disabilities to be part of the Jewish community by establishing Keshet. As their children grew, Keshet grew along with them welcoming more families and adding programs for each age and stage of life.
Over the years, Keshet developed a reputation for always dreaming big. We’ve added schools, camps, adult services and residential homes. Now at capacity, it’s time for us to undertake our most impactful project to date—building a community center where people of all abilities can learn, play, work, live and grow together.
Keshet provides life-changing services for kids, teens and adults with disabilities. Yet, every week, we receive inquiries we can’t meet because of enrollment and space limitations. Thousands in Illinois are on waitlists for services, and the number of children diagnosed with developmental disabilities is skyrocketing. With a permanent home, Keshet can welcome more people to experience our special community while also raising the bar on inclusion and engagement.
Expanding Opportunities & Centralizing Services
Growing enrollment and choices for adults
Offering more recreation, camps and after school activities
Guiding more students from high school to adulthood
Bringing staff, volunteers and leadership under one roof
Welcoming people to feel at home and creating partnerships
Increasing independence through accessibility
Our new building opens avenues for Keshet to expand its impact and capacity, and enrich its offerings in tandem with the needs of our community.
Projected enrollment growth within 3 years
Increased amount of adult day services
Square feet of new space available for programs
Additional hours of weekly recreation activities
Thank you in advance for joining the One Community movement to build this much-needed facility at 799 Central Avenue in Highland Park.
Together, we can create a vibrant, welcoming and accessible space where individuals of all abilities can learn, socialize and thrive, fostering a sense of belonging for all.
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"Our family is honored to share the Justin Coe Center with the Keshet community. We know that Justin’s friends will forever now have a place to call home and continue to spread the love that Justin taught us all."
"In so many ways, Keshet already is a pillar of the community. Now, with a flagship location sitting within the community Keshet serves, the two can become unified as part of each other’s identity. A win-win."
"I feel great about the building. There’s the gym and pool with showers and a sensory room. It’s going to be a new building for us."
"I am so proud to see Keshet move into this marvelous building as a home base, which will allow them to serve so many more individuals with friendships, education, recreation and so much more—all done with love, dignity, and respect."
"Keshet has been the most positive part of Jonah and our family's lives for the past 10+ years. We have seen those at Keshet grow, thrive and achieve remarkable things. Keshet's new community center will provide even more opportunities for participants of all ages."