Guardian Angels Fund is a new local fund that was developed to contribute to children of District 228 that are unable to participate in classroom celebrations such as their birthday, Valentine’s Day, book fair and any other special occasion special occasions throughout the school year.  

Guardian Angels Fund was established November 2021 to live out a dream of mine and Trevor Schefsky’s to help others. Trevor and I grew up together and were best friends. We were also in confirmation together and attended youth gatherings. One of our gatherings was in Detroit, Michigan. Our service was cleaning up the streets to make it safe for the children to play. We cleaned up broken glass off the roads and I remember parents thanking us because we made it a safer area for their children to play. Even though we were in 8th grade at the time it was really touching to see how we made a difference. Trevor and I had plans to attend college together to obtain a degree in Law Enforcement. Helping others was what we wanted to do. Trevor had a rare genetic disease called DADA 2. He went to Cincinnati’s Children Hospital March of 2017.  During his stay he went through 3 different rounds of chemo prior to having 3 bone marrow transplants. The first two did not take and the third one did. Complications arose when Trevor went to have his PICC line removed to come home. He passed away November 29, 2017. Trevor and I made promises to each other and being of service to others is one of them. I want to honor and live out this promise. He may not be here physically, but I know he is guiding me with this service because we always said we had each other’s back forever, he’s my guardian angel.

If interested in donating money you can send to Central Bank Illinois, 101 N State St. Geneseo, IL 61254 addressing to Guardian Angels Fund.  Awareness of the Guardian Angels fund is crucial since it is supported by donations only.