Make Your Candy Days Giving Page Today! 
Welcome to the 40th Annual Misericordia Candy Days! Our virtual Candy Days is starting today. Like last year we will also be collecting on sidewalks in front of retail locations and restaurants throughout the city and suburbs on April 25-26, and we have a special Loop collection day planned for Wednesday, April 23.
Candy Days is our largest fundraising and awareness raising event that is only made possible because of our dedicated families and friends who believe that all of our residents, regardless of their abilities, deserve the best possible life.
We are asking all of our families to set up a family giving page and volunteer time to publicly display our support for the mission of and raise funds for Misericordia. Last year our families and friends established 431 fundraising pages that reached more than 10,700 donors. We are so grateful to them and to the thousands of volunteers who collected donations in our communities.
Last year we raised more than $2.6 million! Our goal this year is to raise $3 million by expanding our fundraising pages to over 550 and increasing our volunteer presence in the community. With the added fundraising pages and increased presence in the community, we are confident that not only will we exceed last year’s donation totals, but we will also promote the importance of Misericordia’s mission in the community at large.
To sign up to become an area coordinator or volunteer for Candy Days, please contact: Vanja St.Clair -
Information on how to set up your 2025 giving page, Misericordia 2025 Candy Days Home Page and a giving page example are provided below. Once you have updated your giving page, please send it to friends and family, through e-mail, and share it on your social media outlets. Your family and friends can make donations at every level. If they are not comfortable donating online, you can collect their donation via cash or check and enter the amount into your page. Please mail checks or drop off cash/checks:
Misericordia Foundation
Attention: Anne Mills
6300 N. Ridge
Chicago, IL 60660
LINK TO 2025 CANDY DAYS GIVING PAGE INSTRUCTIONS
LINK TO EXAMPLE FUNDRAISING PAGE
LINK TO MISERICORDIA 2025 CANDY DAYS HOME PAGE
LINK TO CANDY DAYS MESSAGE VIDEO
We understand it does require a little technology "know-how" to create a page and we are here to assist you. We will even help you set up your page and assist you in sending it out to your contacts. If you need any help with creating a page, please contact:
Gregg Hartemayer (
Anne Mills (
Sincerely,
Sister Rosemary Connelly, Lois Gates, Fr. Jack and the Candy Days Team