Donations may be done online by clicking on DONATE (above).

Every donation, large or small, is greatly appreciated!

The nationwide ID Drive has its roots in Father C.C. Boyle Council 4698 in Tinley Park.

In the late 1960s, Knight Raymond Berg had a child with intellectual disabilities and approached the council at St. George Parish about raising money to support charities that helped children like his own. His fellow Knights jumped on board, and they proposed holding a candy drive.

A Knight had a connection at Tootsie Roll Industries, which was based in Chicago, so they reached out to the company, and in 1970 the first candy drive kicked off. Not long after, councils across Illinois joined, as did councils across the nation.

Father C.C. Boyle Council includes the Tinley Park parishes of St. George, St. Stephen, Deacon and Martyr, and St. Julie Billiart, as well as St. Elizabeth Seton in Orland Hills and St. Damian Parish in Oak Forest.

Thank You for your support!!!