Part 1: What
are you doing this holiday season?
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Resource
Guide/Web Links
The
Online Resource guide to finding and working with charities
in the Chicagoland, Northwest Indiana and surrounding communities: |
Catholic Charities
Dorey Kuhn 312-655-7322
721 North LaSalle St., Chicago
www.catholicharities.net
Soup Kitchen Volunteer: Help set up, serve, greet guests, and clean up
for Tuesday evening supper program for those who are hungry or without
a permanent home. Volunteers are needed Tuesday from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.
or earlier in the day to pick up food.
Chicago Cares
300 West Adams
312-780-0800
www.chicagocares.org
Working at a soup kitchen, food pantry or food depository offers volunteers
the opportunity to impact the lives of individuals and families under
great stress due to transitional living. In 2 -3 hours, volunteers commonly
accomplish feats such as repackaging 1,000 meals to be donated to low-income
households or serving three hundred people dinner, ensuring that they
do not go hungry. Chicago Cares Volunteers are given a brief orientation
and then are eligible to volunteer in any of our programs. Some specific
Hunger volunteering opportunities include:
Serve a hot meal to more than 250 homeless Chicagoans. The Salvation Army
Thomas Sealy Center in Uptown provides meals and services for many of
Chicago's hungry and homeless individuals.
The Lincoln-Belmont pantry provides supplemental food to hundreds of families
and individuals each month. Volunteers register and interview families
and help them select food. Spanish is helpful but not required.
At the Living Room Café, which serves low-income children and adults from
the Woodlawn community, volunteers make and serve a hearty breakfast,
taking orders and serving guests as though they are in a café. Before
breakfast, instead of working in the kitchen, you can read books to the
children at the café.
Volunteers make a great dinner and serve it café style to the guests at
the Inspiration Café. The Inspiration Café is a multi-service restaurant
for homeless individuals who are ready and motivated to make a positive
change in their lives.
The Children's Place
3059 W. Augusta, Chicago
Ann Simonson 773-826-1230
www.childrens-place.org
The mission of Children's Place Association is to improve the quality
of life for children and their families who are affected HIV/AIDS or other
life threatening or serious health conditions.
Volunteers are needed to prepare weekend meals for children and staff
of the residence. Address is disclosed when volunteer commits to the position.
Greater Chicago Food Depository
4501 South Tripp, Chicago
Katie LaPlante 773-843-5420
www.chicagosfoodbank.org
Greater Chicago Food Depository's mission is to obtain and distribute
food for over 500 soup kitchens, shelters, and food pantries in Cook County
which provide food for hungry people.
Volunteers work in groups to inspect, sort and package donated food so
that it can be distributed safely to those at risk of hunger throughout
Cook County.
Open
Hand Chicago
1648 West Howard, Chicago
John Arthurs, 773) 381-9050
www.openhandchicago.org
Open Hand Chicago's mission is to provide food and nutrition services
for persons living with and significantly affected by HIV/AIDS without
regard for race, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation or
mode of infection.
Volunteers deliver meals to persons with AIDS/HIV. Driver and runners
are expected to arrive at the packing site between 5 and 6 p.m. to start
the delivery routs. Volunteers spend one to two hours delivering a hot
dinner and a cold boxed lunch once a week to clients on designated routes.
Volunteers select their day of service and can choose to drive routes
in their own cars or ride along as runners who actually hand the meal
to the client.
Salvation
Army
The Salvation Army
5040 N. Pulaski Rd., Chicago
773-725-1100
www.salarmychicago.org
According to the Volunteer Coordinator, "Volunteers are the lifeblood
of Salvation Army. For example, in the Chicago area alone, there are 15,000
homeless competing for 5,000 shelter beds." Salvation Army provides
supportive services to the homeless such as food & shelter, educational
programs or job training. Volunteers are needed to help with these programs
year-round, not just on Thanksgiving or Christmas.
Volunteers are needed for Arts and crafts, Food server/provider, Shelter/food
pantry throughout the Chicagoland area. Call for more info.
Lake
County Association for the Retarded
2650 West 35th Ave., Gary
219-884-1138 x6505
www.thetimesonline.com/org/lcar
The mission of the Lake County Association for the Retarded, Inc. is to
improve the welfare of people with mental retardation and their families.
The mission includes the provision of support, training, and care through
day services that help people with all levels of mental retardation develop
skills and abilities that assist their movement toward more integration,
independence, and happiness.
Meals
on Wheels of Northwest Indiana
211 S. East St, Crown Point
219-769-5858 Margot Clark
www.mealsonwheelsnwindiana.org
The mission of Meals on Wheels of northwest Indiana, Inc. is to improve
the quality of life of the elderly, ill and disabled homebound persons
in Lake County who are unable to prepare or obtain adequate meals for
themselves by delivering nutritious meals to the home utilizing community
volunteers.
St.
Jude House
12490 Marshall St, Crown Point 46307
219-662-7041 Mary Govert
St. Jude House is a safe emergency shelter and provider of services for
victims of domestic violence and sexual assault. They provide housing,
advocacy, and compassionate assistance. St. Jude House offers many opportunities
for volunteers to share their time and talents. Currently they have a
need for volunteers who can sort clothes, work with children, transport
clients, and assist office staff.
National
Safety Council
1121 Spring Lake Road, Itasca, Il
630-775-2136 Vago Galounis
www.chicago.nsc.org
The mission of the National Safety Council, Chicago Chapter, is to educate
and influence society to adopt safety, health and environmental policies
and practices that prevent and mitigate human suffering and economic losses
arising from preventable causes.
America's
Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwest Indiana
2248-50 West 35th Ave, Gary
219-980-1777
www.secondharvest.org
This organization provides food to charitable organizations and serves
Lake, Newton, Porter, LaPorte, Jasper, Pulaski and Starke counties.
American
Red Cross of Northwest Indiana
791 East 83rd Ave, Merrillville
219-756-5360
www.nwindiana-redcross.org
Provides relief to victims of disaster
Anamesa
Astea Women's Club
6480 West 126th Avenue, Crown Point
219-663-9457 Betty Balling
This women's club consists of charity-minded women willing to work before
play!
Christian
Woman's Club
7021 Colorado, Hammond
219-554-1972 Rochelle Beck
Women's club dedicated to Christian fellowship and charity.
Grandmothers
Club Chapter 108
311 North Rensselaer St. Griffith
219-924-5636 Hilda Davis
Women's club dedicated to charitable work
Lake
Area United Way
www.uwlakeco.org
220 West Ridge Road, Griffith
219-923-2302 ext 12 Lou Martinez
The United Way puts you in touch with various charities making a difference
in the community.
Executive
Service Corps
30 West Monroe, Chicago
312-580-1840 x316 Yvette Schmidt
www.esc-chicago.org
The Executive Service Corps of Chicago enhances peoples lives by helping
to improve the management and goverance of Chicago area nonprofits, schools
and government. They are also looking for volunteers from the Northwest
Indiana region.
Greater
Hammond
Community Services
824 Hoffman Street, Hammond
219-632-4800
www.lakenetnwi.net/org/ghcs
The GHCS Food Pantry is in need of Paper and Plastic bags to pack groceries
for low-income families. Food/Clothing Pantry provides a three to five
day supply of emergency food to families in need once every 60 days or
as needed in emergencies. Donated clothing is provided to all in need.
There are other volunteer opportunities available as well!
Haven
House
Hammond
219-931-2090
Accepts volunteers for services for battered women and volunteers for
rape advocates for rape crisis services
HAPPY
HOLIDAYS TO YOU AND YOURS!
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are you doing this holiday season?
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Resource Guide/Web Links |
