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| Become a Hospice Volunteer in Your Community | Join us for a brief introduction to the programs and volunteer opportunities at Midwest Palliative & Hospice CareCenter, a nonprofit, community-based healthcare organization. Volunteer orientation is conducted on the fourth Tuesday of every month at our Glenview campus, 2050 Claire Court, Glenview, IL 60025. The 90-minute session includes brief overviews of CareCenter programs and services, hospice and palliative care and our volunteer opportunities. Our volunteer opportunities include: visiting with hospice patients, assembling materials and mailings, baking for special events, helping out at bereavement groups and events for children and teens, greeting visitors at our reception desk, and providing general office support. |
| Board Members | GYS is a small teen drop in center located in Glencoe. Currently we are looking for new board members who are interested in helping the teens of Glencoe and New Trier Township be helpful and productive citizens. Board members help to plan fundraisers and special events, oversee the staff and direction of GYS and work to increase awarness of GYS in the community. www.glencoeyouthservices.org |
| Board of Directors | Working with our board of directors is a great way to support the youth of our community, not to mention an opportunity to work with some wonderful community members. Board members help with agency fund raising, support to staff, public relations, and agency policy setting and administration. We are currently looking for dedicated community volunteers to serve on our board. |
| Casework Volunteer | Want to make a positive difference in the life of a refugee living in Chicago area? Here's how! Interfaith Refugee and Immigration Ministries is accepting applications from Chicago residents interested in teaching newly arrived refugees the fundamentals of living in an apartment in the United States and using public transportation. If you are a student looking for a rewarding internship, a retiree, or looking to devote time to a rewarding experience, this opportunity is for you! |
| Compassion + Technology = Mentoring a South African Child online! | Becoming a mentor through Infinite Family requires less than you might think. With little more than your own computer, a webcam and one half hour a week, you can be on your way to being a positive light in the life of a South African child growing up alone. Mentors must be at least 21 years of age and approved through an application process. In order to support video chat capabilities, mentors must have a high-speed internet connection and a webcam. Mentors will undergo a short online training program aimed at helping them understand the technology, the culture and the children. Following the training, mentors will be ready to chat with their Net Buddies. Infinite Family. Infinite Possibilities. |
| English Tutor | Interfaith Refugee & Immigration Ministries is seeking English Tutors for the benefit of our refugee and immigrant clients. While many are pre-literate, others simply need help improving reading and writing skills. We are looking for individuals who offer compassion and commitment and who seek to learn new life lessons of their own. We encourage sessions that are creative, relative, and fun. A commitment of two tutoring hours per week over the course of a three-month time frame is requested. Session schedules are arranged between Tutor and Tutee, and can take place at your local library, park, coffee shop, etc. Tutors are equipped with an English Language Training workshop provided by Literacy Works. Positions are voluntary. Please give us a call- We look forward to speaking with you! |
| Fitness Friend | Children's Home + Aid protects, educates and counsels children and youth to improve their lives. The agency provides services to nearly 400 foster children in the Chicago area. These children are experiencing overwhelming obstacles such as mental illness, homelessness, abuse and neglect. They have seen the ravages of poverty and drugs, and many suffer the painful loneliness caused by separation from their families. These obstacles are especially difficult, as many of them have the absence of a caring adult. The agency is greatly in need of "fitness friends" to lead youth in fitness activities such as dance, sports or yoga. |
| Foster Friend | A foster friend is a caring and committed older individual in a young person's life. By spending a few hours a week sharing activities, listening, encouraging, challenging, and building skills and self-reliance, volunteer mentors can help children achieve success. Research conducted by Private/Public Ventures based on the Big Brothers Big Sisters model (P/PV, 2000) found that youth who are successfully matched with an adult are 52 percent less likely to skip school, earn slightly higher grades, and feel better about how they are doing in school. Mentoring has proved to be a powerful tool for helping young people fulfill their potential. Children's Home + Aid protects, educates and counsels children and youth to improve their lives. The agency provides services to nearly 50 children in residential treatment in Evanston. These children are experiencing overwhelming obstacles such as mental illness, homelessness, abuse and neglect. They have seen the ravages of poverty and drugs, and many suffer the painful loneliness caused by separation from their families. These obstacles are especially difficult, as many of them have the absence of a caring adult. The agency is greatly in need of "foster friends" to serve as positive role models for our youth in the foster care system and residential treatment center. |
| Fundraising support | Money Masters can use multiple volunteers for fundraising support as this is an essential function for a nonprofit, but it isn't our particular area of expertise. Interested volunteers can basically create their own job description. |
| Help Us Save Lives! | Help us save lives in your community! A local community group hosts blood donations every Monday evening. These generous donors positively impact cancer patients, trauma patients and many, many more. We need you to let them know how special they truly are. Responsibilities include welcoming donors, donor care and refreshments. |
| Help Us Save Lives! | Help us save lives in your community! Local community groups, schools and businesses host blood donations throughout the week. These generous donors positively impact cancer patients, trauma patients and many, many more. We need you to let them know how special they truly are. Responsibilities include welcoming donors, donor care and refreshments. |
| Join our Board of Directors! | If you want to make a big difference in the lives of teens, joining our Board is a great way to do it! The WYO is a non-profit drop-in teen center that provides programs and services in a safe place for high school kids. The teens who frequent our center are rewarded with opportunities to develop leadership qualities and positive behaviors. Please see our web page for more information about our agency! www.winnetkayo.org |
| Lawrence Hall Junior Board | The Lawrence Hall Junior Board is a group of young, urban professionals who volunteer their time to mentor the children and youth in our Residential Treatment Program. They plan and participate in monthly recreational, educational and social activities. The LH Junior Board organizes 1-2 fundraising events each year to raise money to support the activites they plan with our children. |
| Mentor | Provide one-on-one mentoring to kids, ages 11-17, at-risk of truancy, delinquency, and/or gang involvement. Participate in arts and cultural activities, sports and recreation, and educational enrichment with your mentee, at least once per week, during Y.O.U.'s out-of-school time program or at our Saturday Morning Breakfast Club. |
| North Shore Auxiliary | Volunteers from the North Shore Auxiliary provide monthly care packages as well as birthday cards and gifts for the youth in our Residential Treatment Program. Volunteers work in groups to fundraise and generate items needed by each unit in our Residential Treatment Center. |
| Staff volunteer | Join our other youth workers in supporting North Shore youth. We are open to teens five days per week and need volunteers to help staff these shifts. Must be able to work one to two shifts per week and attend monthly meetings. Junior standing in college required. One year commitment required |
| Students Assistance, fundraising | Volunteers are needed for office support, classroom assistance, fundraising, after school tutoring and mentoring. |
| Tutor | Wonderful oppourtunity to make a real difference in the lives of school-age children. The ABC Polk Brothers Youth Center (part of the Chicago Youth Centers organization) needs volunteers to tutor students, helping out with their homework, at their after-school program. The ages of the children range from kindergarten through high school. Tutoring for college entrance exams also will be offered. We would like a weekly commitment from our volunteers to provide consistency to the children. Any training or assistance, if requested, will be provided to the tutors. This tutoring program is organized by the Northern Board of Chicago Youth Centers, based in the north suburbs, and members of the Northern Board usually will be tutoring on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays, along with other volunteer tutors. Our members can help arrange transportation for other volunteers from the north suburbs. |
| Website maintenance | Money Masters is looking for an individual, or individuals, to keep our website up-to-date. This primarily requires the occasional inputting of new information, but may sometimes require adding, modifying, or deleting applications. |
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| Non-profit organizations Name : | Mission : |
| Alliance for the Great Lakes | The mission of the Alliance for the Great Lakes is to: "conserve and restore the world's largest freshwater resource using policy, education and local efforts, ensuring a healthy Great Lakes and clean water for generations of people and wildlife." |
| American Indian Center of Chicago | Our Mission: To promote the fellowship among Indian people of all Tribes living in metropolitan Chicago, and to create bonds of understanding and communication between Indians and non-Indians in this city. To advance the general welfare of American Indians into the metropolitan community life; to foster the economic and educational advancement of Indian people; to sustain cultural, artistic and avocational pursuits; and to perpetuate Indian cultural values. Our Vision: We envision the American Indian Center as the authentic primary resource for urban American Indian culture, and a welcoming home for all American Indians. |
| Arlyn School | Private Special Education School |
| Avoca School District 37 | Public School District |
| Boy Scouts of America, Northeast Illinois Council | The mission of the Northeast Illinois Council, Boy Scouts of America is to prepare young people to make ethical and moral choices over their liftetimes by instilling in them the values of the Scout Oath and Law. |
| Carleton Washburne Middle School | To involve our Middle School students in meaningful service opportunities as part of their maturation into adult life |
| Center for Cultural Interchange | CCI is a nonprofit international exchange organization dedicated to the promotion of cultural understanding, academic development, environmental consciousness, and world peace. |
| Chicago Youth Centers | CYC invests in youth in underserved communities in Chicago to help them discover and realize their full potential. |
| Children's Home + Aid | To give children help, hope and opportunity. |
| ChildServ | The mission of ChildServ is to help children and families build better lives. |
| Christopher House | |
| Council of International Programs | To promote world peace through international training and cultural exchange |
| Do Your P'Art Foundation | Our mission is to bring young people together from various cultural and socioeconomic backgrounds through artistic collaborations. |
| Erika's Lighthouse | At Erika's Lighthouse we are dedicated to raising awareness about adolescent depression and mental health for young people. We strive to break stigma and educate our community about mental health issues through various community programs. In our organization both adults and teens help to bring our mission to life. |
| Evanston Hospital | The Parent-Sibling Program is a hospital-based early intervention (prior to the birth of a new sibling) service of The Perinatal Family Support Center. The primary focus of the program is to provide expectant families with information, encouragement and acceptance of the older child's needs and feelings concerning the birth of a newborn sibling into his/her family. |
| Evanston School Children's Clothing Assn. | "No child should miss a day of school for need of warm, sturdy clothing" This is our motto. Each year we provide clothing and shoes to 600-650 K-8th grade children of Evanston/Skokie District 65 Schools. Every child receives a full wardrobe of clothing, mostly gently-used items, and also new gym shoes, boots, underwear, and jeans. |
| Family Focus Center | The mission of Family Focus—one of the nation's flagship family support programs since 1976—is to promote the well-being of children from birth by supporting and strengthening their families in and with their communities. Family Focus offers innovative, community-based programs that help parents, grandparents, and foster and adoptive parents, gain confidence and competence as the primary educators of their children. |
| Family Network, A family Focus Center | Family Network, a Family Focus Center, is a not-for-profit, non-sectarian, family support agency open to all regardless of ability to pay or geographic location. Our mission is to promote the well being of children from birth by supporting and strengthening their families in and with their community. |
| Family Service Center of Wilmette & Kenilworth | The mission of the Family Service Center is to assist individuals and families in achieving improved well-being in all aspects of their lives. The Center's goal is to be a leading resource for providing education, consultation and psychotherapy to those who live work, or attend school in the communities of Glenview, Kenilworth, Northbrook and Wilmette. “The family is the basic unit of well-being...It is our core belief that families have the resources to adequately respond to life's challenges. Our job is not to do for, but to facilitate the efforts of individuals and their families to more effectively resolve the problems in their lives and improve their ability to respond to stressful events.” |
| Gift Of Adoption Fund | Gift of Adoption is a national charitable organization that inspires adoption by providing grants to qualified parents – giving children who need families a permanent home and a chance to thrive. |
| Girl Scouts of Greater Chicago and Northwest Indiana | Girl Scouting builds girls of courage, confidence and character who make the world a better place. |
| Glencoe Junior High Project | The Glencoe Junior High Project is a Youth Non-Profit housed in Central School dedicated to providing young people with social and social service opportunities. |
| Glencoe School District 35 | Public School District |
| Glencoe Youth Services | GYS offers teens a place where they can confide in staff, meet new friends and participate in a wide range of activities that are geared toward aiding the youth of the community, and the community at large. |
| Good News Partners | Good News Partners' mission is to end homelessness and hopelessness with everyone God brings us, and to build bridges of reconciliation and foster justice among all people. |
| Great Lakes Adaptive Sports Association | GLASA provides year-round sports, clinics, camps, and special events for youth and adults with a primary physical or visual impairment. GLASA enhances quality of life by removing barriers, raises expectations, setting goals and achieving success! Our motto: Let No One Sit on the Sidelines! |
| Habitat for Humanity Lake County | Habitat for Humanity Lake County is a Christian housing ministry which welcomes all people dedicated to building decent, affordable housing for families in need, while empowering families to help themselves. HFHLC builds partnerships with diverse members of the community which break down the walls that divide and builds a sense of community among all people. HFHLC seeks to make safe, simple, decent housing for all people a matter of conscience and action. |
| HAVEN | Haven Youth and Family Services helps youth and their families in crisis by offering specialized programs focused on prevention, intervention and private counseling. Haven collaborates with schools and other community agencies to counsel youth and to identify and prevent crises. |
| Heller Nature Center | |
| Illinois Council Against Handgun Violence | The Illinois Council Against Handgun Violence (ICHV) is the oldest and most active statewide organization in the country dedicated solely to reducing death and injury related to gun violence. Founded in 1974, ICHV has worked to reduce death and injury caused by guns in Illinois and nationwide. We accomplish our goals by: Educating the public about the epidemic of gun violence. Serving as a clearinghouse for information on gun violence issues. Working with a variety of groups to bring in different perspectives. Translating public opinion into public policy by mobilizing people to take action. |
| INFANT, Inc. | INFANT, Inc. is an all volunteer organization that provides baby formula and layettes of newborn clothing, free of charge, to food pantries and shelters in the Chicago area. |
| Infinite Family | Infinite Family strengthens and inspires vulnerable southern African children to lead fulfilling lives. |
| Interfaith Refugee & Immigration Ministries | Interfaith Refugee and Immigration Ministries creates opportunities for refugees fleeing war, terror and persecution to build new lives of safety, dignity, and self-reliance. |
| ISBE/SASED | Educational Surrogate Parents advocate for students whose parents are unavailable. |
| JVS Career Planning Center | |
| KEEN Chicago, c/o High Ridge YMCA | KEEN's mission is to foster the self-esteem, confidence, skills and talents of its athletes through non-competitive activities, allowing young people facing even the most significant challenges to meet their individual goals. |
| Kenilworth School District 38 | Public School District |
| Kohl Children's Museum | Kohl Children's Museum of Greater Chicago nurtures a love of learning in young children. |
| Lawrence Hall Youth Services | Lawrence Hall Youth Services is a not-for-profit child welfare agency established to assist through a seamless delivery of services, at risk youth and their families, to develop the self-worth, knowledge, and skills they need to lead independent and productive lives. |
| Links - North Shore Youth Health Service | Links - North Shore Youth Health Service empowers young people to make informed, responsible decisions about their health, well-being and sexuality. |
| Loyola Academy | Catholic High School - Coeducational |
| Lydia Home Association | LYDIA is a national, Christ-honoring organization whose mission is to strengthen families to care for children and care for children when families cannot. |
| Mary Lou's Place - YWCA Evanston/NS | The mission of Domestic Violence Services of the YWCA Evanston/North Shore is to provide information, support, and resources to women who have survived domestic violence so that they are empowered to take control of their lives and to live a violence-free future. In addition, the Program strives to challenge cultural tolerance for violence against women and their children through community education and public policy advocacy. |
| McGaw YMCA Project Soar | Mission of McGaw YMCA: Welcome All, Inspire Youth, Activate Families, Impact Community Project SOAR seeks to provide adult role models who will foster positive and stable relationships with youth, ages 9-14. |
| Money Masters Foundation | Money Masters' mission is to build a financially literate society by educating every child in basic personal finance and financial responsibility before 18 years of age. |
| New Trier High School District 203 | Public High School District |
| New Trier Township | New Trier Township's mission is to provide leadership, advocacy, and resources to benefit the physical, mental, and social well-being of Township residents. |
| New Trier Township Prevention Council | The goal of this coalition is to prevent and reduce substance abuse among youth and teens in the New Trier Township community. |
| North Shore Country Day School | Private School |
| North Shore School District 112 | To inspire every child to become a contributing member of the community. |
| North Shore United Way | United Way of the North Shore, a member of United Way of Metropolitan Chicago, engaes caring people thourghout our city to invest time and resources where they are needed most. United Way provides the leadership and resources it takes to make long-lasting change, so that people can become independent. We are all connected in our community. When children succed, when families become stable, when individuals stay healthy, our community is stronger. That's why United Way focuses on Income, Education and Health - the building block of independence. Our goal is to provide the leadership and resource it takes to make long-lasting change the advances the common good. |
| Northern Suburban Special Educ. Dist. | NSSED is committed to the possibilities in every child. NSSED helps students become successful, happy adults in home, school, work and community by providing programs and services that ensure students: a)acquire/use knowledge and skills, b) interact well with others and have friends, c) take appropriate action to meet their needs, and d) care about and contribute to society. |
| Northern Suburban Special Recreation Association (NSSRA) | The mission of the Northern Suburban Special Recreation Association (NSSRA) is to ensure that recreation opportunities are available for adults and children with disabilities. NSSRA provides year-round recreation and leisure opportunities for people with disabilities. Individuals with physical, cognitive, emotional, social, or other disabilities residing in the northern suburbs are eligible to participate. NSSRA offers more than 150 programs and events each season and serves approximately 1500 different individuals with disabilities in creative arts, sports, drama, dance, cooking and other areas. Programs are offered at park district, school and other locations throughout the Northern Suburban area. |
| Peer Services | PEER Services' mission is to improve the quality of life in local communities by working to eliminate substance abuse. This is best accomplished by educating the community, by preventing substance abuse from developing, by intervening when substance abuse problems do develop, and providing treatment for those teens and adults struggling with drug dependence or addiction. |
| Porchlight Counseling Services | Porchlight Counseling Services exists to help college sexual assault survivors achieve healing and wholeness and to create a world in which a person's life is not defined by the devastating experience of sexual assault. |
| Rainbow Animal-Assisted Therapy | |
| Rainbow House | |
| Regina Dominican High School | Private Parochial School |
| Sacred Heart School | Private Parochial School |
| Special Gifts Theatre | Special Gifts Theatre (SGT) is a not-for-profit organization that provides children and teens with special needs, a unique, creative drama experience enabling personal growth while breaking down stereotypes related to disabilities within the community at large. |
| St. Francis Xavier School | Private Parochial School |
| St. Joseph School | Private Parochial School |
| Sts. Faith, Hope & Charity School | Private Parochial School |
| Sunset Ridge School District 29 | Public School District |
| The Children's Heart Foundation | The Children's Heart Foundation funds the most promising research to advance the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of congenital heart defects. |
| The Cradle Foundation | |
| The Harbour | |
| The Kindness Connection | We believe that meaningful volunteer experiences have the power to inspire individuals to make a lifelong practice of giving their time and resources to charitable and civic causes. |
| The Night Ministry | The Night Ministry was created out of diverse religious traditions to build relationships with vulnerable youth and adults on the nighttime streets. Today, we build relationships in a variety of settings. Through these relationships and the provision of outreach, housing, health, spiritual, and social services, we seek to empower people of all ages to meet their own needs. Recognizing the uniqueness, dignity, and value of each person, we accept individuals as they are, in an affirming and compassionate manner. We call the larger community to the same mission. |
| The Salvation Army | The Salvation Army is an International, Evangelical Christian Church dedicated to providing individuals worldwide with spiritual, physical, social and emotional support. Our organization is made up of thousands of officers, soldiers, adherents employees, volunteers and other individuals all working together to bring the Gospel of Jesus Christ to all people, as well as struggling to meet the physical needs of those less fortunate. |
| Warming House Youth Center | The Warming House Youth Center provides a safe, supervised, and substance-free atmosphere where teen ownership and decision-making opportunities thrive. Our trained staff encourages growth and acceptance, promotes communication, and helps develop the skills of high school aged teens. |
| Wilmette School District 39 | Public School District |
| WilWork | |
| Winnetka Alliance for Early Childhood | The Winnetka Alliance for Early Childhood began in 1989 as a community organization to promote the healthy growth and development of children, from birth to age eight. It currently has 35 member organizations. |
| Winnetka Community House | The mission of the Winnetka Community House is to enrich the lives of North Shore residents, their families, and friends by providing educational, cultural, social, and recreational opportunities for people of all ages. This privately supported unique facility does not receive tax dollars. |
| Winnetka School District 36 | Public School District |
| Winnetka Youth Organization | The WYO is a drop-in center that provides a safe, supervised space for high school age teens to spend their leisure time. |
| Youth Connection | Youth Connection's mission is to offer social,service and learning opportunities to Wilmette area 5th-8th graders. We provide experiences that encourage kids to participate, grow and have fun in a safe and inclusive enviroment. |
| Youth Organizations Umbrella | Y.O.U.' s mission is to provide services and leadership to meet the emerging needs of young people and their families in our community. |
