2024-08-15T17:14:44-05:00 2023-09-30 362938874 OSTROW REISIN BERK & ABRAMS LTD 455 N CITYFRONT PLAZA DR SUITE 1600 CHICAGO IL 60611 990 2022-10-01 204725399 AS OUR OWN NFP ASOU 7139365758 1334 BRITTMOORE ROAD 2302 HOUSTON TX 77043 JEFF OSTERMANN TREASURER 7139365758 2024-08-14 1 0 THOMAS E PIERCE P01029397 3126707444 2024-08-14 2022 2024-08-08 14:25:15Z X RALPH BORDE 1334 BRITTMOORE ROAD 2302 HOUSTON TX 77043 2718752 0 X WWW.ASOUROWN.ORG X 2006 IL AS OUR OWN'S VISION IS TO TRANSFORM THE WAY THE WORLD CARES FOR VULNERABLE CHILDREN. 8 7 6 28 0 0 2556171 2579334 0 0 42340 124056 0 0 2598511 2703390 1263766 1266971 0 0 743461 983586 0 0 302164 778198 893328 2785425 3143885 -186914 -440495 2941696 2876729 155243 482310 2786453 2394419 X TO RESCUE AND PROTECT VULNERABLE CHILDREN FROM EXPLOITATION AND ENSLAVEMENT, LOVING AND EMPOWERING THEM AS OUR OWN - FOR LIFE. 0 0 2514761 1266971 AS OUR OWN RESCUES VULNERABLE CHILDREN FROM CERTAIN EXPLOITATION AND ENSLAVEMENT, WELCOMING THEM INTO THEIR FAMILY FOR LIFE, EMPOWERING THEM THROUGH TOP-TIER EDUCATION, AND PARTNERING WITH THEM AS THEY IMPACT THE WORLD. STARTING IN THE WOMB, AS OUR OWN ENGAGES AT THE VERY BEGINNING AND REMAINS PRESENT THROUGHOUT THE LIFETIME OF EACH CHILD. THEIR COMMITMENT GOES WELL BEYOND RESCUING VULNERABLE CHILDREN FROM EXTREME POVERTY AND CERTAIN EXPLOITATION, BUT THEY STEP IN TO PROTECT, EMPOWER, LOVE AND CARE FOR EACH CHILD, NOT AS AN ORPHAN, BUT AS THEIR OWN - FOR LIFE. THEY GO BEYOND SIMPLY MEETING HER PHYSICAL NEEDS OF FOOD, SHELTER AND CLOTHING AND PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES THAT DEVELOP HER CAPACITY THROUGH HIGH-QUALITY AND BEST-IN-CLASS EDUCATION WHICH EMPOWERS HER TO UNCOVER HER INTENDED AND UNIQUE PURPOSE. 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