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Our vision is that all foster children will feel abundantly loved, deeply cared for, and experience true hope in Jesus.
God’s Love. Jesus’ Hope. Our Hands!
Our vision is that all foster children will feel abundantly loved, deeply cared for, and experience true hope in Jesus.
God’s Love. Jesus’ Hope. Our Hands!
Tammy McMahan and her husband had raised their family and thought their role as parents was complete. Thankfully, they were mistaken—it was only the beginning.
Tammy is the author of a series of family Bible studies, each on a different book of the Bible. She was writing her series on the Book of Ruth—a part of the Bible with emphasis on orphans—when she and her husband attended church on what happened to be Orphan Sunday.
This service and the Book of Ruth compelled Tammy and her husband to raise their hands. They became licensed foster parents in 2016, and on the very same day they received their license, they took in their first children. Since then, they have fostered 23 children.
The Ruth Project was already on the Tammy’s heart, but it wasn’t until the McMahan family began fostering one-year-old triplets during a global pandemic that the need for more support for foster families and children became significantly obvious. They paid rent on The Ruth Project Boutique in November 2020 and opened their doors the following May.
Since then, the Ruth Project has provided ongoing support and community to hundreds of foster families right in our own backyard – in the seven collar counties that include the Chicago suburbs.
Tammy McMahan and her husband had raised their family and thought their role as parents was complete. Thankfully, they were mistaken—it was only the beginning.
Tammy is the author of a series of family Bible studies, each on a different book of the Bible. She was writing her series on the Book of Ruth—a part of the Bible with emphasis on orphans—when she and her husband attended church on what happened to be Orphan Sunday.
This service and the Book of Ruth compelled Tammy and her husband to raise their hands. They became licensed foster parents in 2016, and on the very same day they received their license, they took in their first children. Since then, they have fostered 23 children.
The Ruth Project was already on the Tammy’s heart, but it wasn’t until the McMahan family began fostering one-year-old triplets during a global pandemic that the need for more support for foster families and children became significantly obvious. They paid rent on The Ruth Project Boutique in November 2020 and opened their doors the following May.
Since then, the Ruth Project has provided ongoing support and community to hundreds of foster families right in our own backyard – in the seven collar counties that include the Chicago suburbs.
Founder and Executive Director Directs all activities; visionary for expansion; deeply experienced in franchising. She has been a trainer, teacher, and sought after subject matter expert in parenting and fostering. She and her husband have also fostered over 20 children.
Relationship Development Brings forty years’ experience with Fortune 50 companies in Sales, Marketing, and Business Development; capitalizes on long-term and new relationships to develop partnerships for support of The Ruth Project mission.
Director of Community Connections and Events Brings twenty years’ experience building and running ministry programs; establishes community relationships and partnerships to support foster families and children; manages large scale events for training and connecting.
Storehouse Manager Manages all day-to-day aspects of the Elgin Storehouse including inventory, family visits, volunteer activities, item donations, individual appointments, and family support events.
Corporate Writer Writes and edits communications of all types to share The Ruth Project mission and message; works with the team to develop and deliver key messages; partners with Executive Director on grant applications.
Boutique Co-Coordinator Manages Boutique activities and processes and family correspondence; manages and processes donations; helps run family events; manages social media; coordinates shopping appointments.
Boutique Co-Coordinator Manages Boutique activities and processes; schedules and runs Boutique tours and volunteer events; welcomes families and coordinates shopping appointments; manages and processes donations; helps run family events.
Development Coordinator Coordinates monthly giving program and annual development initiatives; coordinates key activities in all Ruth Project development efforts.
Entrepreneur and owner of Triple Creek Ranch; is a court-appointed special advocate (CASA), supports children with learning challenges and is long-term volunteer in her church AWANA club; mother of two adopted children.
School occupational therapist seeing firsthand the struggles of foster children at school and home; works with homeless families and food pantries; recently fostered a teen aging out of the system who has since become a part of their family.
Owner and president of Lakeview Precision Machining; is active in community and a leader in her church, volunteers in local school to help students improve literacy skills.
Teacher at a Christian, classical, hybrid school; is passionate about wholistic education rooted at home with a biblical worldview; does pre-marital counseling, leads small groups, and volunteers at church.
Experienced in ICU nursing; home educator and serves at a local crisis pregnancy center and as director of a Home Education Cooperative; has first-hand experience ministering to the orphan with two adopted younger brothers.
Founder and Executive Director of The Ruth Project.
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