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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. |
| Cancer Wellness Center - Office Volunteer | The Cancer Wellness Center JUST opened a NEW LOCATION in Waukegan, IL and we are looking for a Volunteer to: WELCOME individuals to that Center location, ANSWER PHONES, REGISTER Individuals for various programs, MAKE INDIVIDUAL WELLNESS APPOINTMENTS, CONFIRM ATTENDANCE at various programs, DISTRIBUTE and COLLECT Participant Forms, EXPLAIN and COLLECT Program Sign In Sheets, MAINTAIN GENERAL CLEANLINESS AND ORDER throughout the building. PLEASE NOTE: TRAINING IN NORTHBROOK. Once trained, you will be volunteering at the Waukegan location. |
| 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! |
| 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. |
| Helpline Volunteer | Assist Porchlight Counseling Services with our helpline calls. We receive calls from potential clients or people wanting more information about our services. Past experience in the field of sexual assault or social work is required. This opportunity can be done from home- though the volunteer will need to come to our office for training and materials. |
| JOIN OUR TEAM! | At the American Red Cross of Greater Chicago there are 3,000 active volunteers working day and night throughout northeastern Illinois. Volunteers are 90% of our staff and we would not be able to do the work without them. We would love for you to join our team! Volunteers play a vital role in fulfilling the Red Cross mission: preparedness, prevention, and response to emergencies. No matter your interests, skills or schedule, you can make a significant contribution to your community. Volunteers are needed in all areas of our work from instructing courses, providing office support, assisting with disaster response, etc. All training will be provided. It's time to give back and there's no better place to do that then with the American Red Cross. |
| Pre-Arrival Volunteer | Want to make a positive difference in the life of a refugee in Chicago? Here's how! Interfaith Refugee and Immigration Ministries is committed to providing newly arriving refugees with fully furnished and supplied apartments. Each household must be completed before our refugee clients arrive in Chicago. Volunteers can help with any and all of the following: raising in-kind donations, pick up and delivery, storage, moving furniture, shopping for household items and groceries (no financial contribution necessary), setting up apartments, inviting others to volunteer. On the day of arrival, you may join Interfaith staff to welcome refugees at O'Hare airport, or prepare a hot meal to be waiting for them when they arrive at their new home. As a Pre-Arrival Volunteer, your work will be a fundamental element in assuaging the stress and confusion that comes with finding your way in a new home. |
| Recreation Program Volunteer | Assist NSSRA Recreation Specialist in providing NSSRA seasonal recreation programs for children and adults with disabilities in a fun, safe environment. |
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| Advocate Hospice | |
| Advocate Lutheran General Hospital | Advocate Health Care and Advocate Lutheran General Hospital are committed to serving the health needs of individuals and their families through a wholistic, faith-based philosophy. Customer service is our priority and we provide care based on equality, compassion, excellence, partnership and stewardship. |
| Alexian Brothers AIDS Ministry | The mission of Alexian Brothers Bonaventure House and The Harbor is to transform the lives of people with HIV/AIDS within a compassionate, supportive community by providing a home, comprehensive services, and spiritual care. |
| Am Cancer Soc Relay for Life | |
| American Cancer Society | |
| American Red Cross | The American Red Cross, a humanitarian organization led by volunteers and guided by its Congressional Charter and the Fundamental Principles of the International Red Cross Movement, will provide relief to victims of disasters and help people prevent, prepare for, and respond to emergencies. |
| Arlyn School | Private Special Education School |
| BEHIV | BEHIV's mission is to improve the lives of people with HIV and AIDS in the communities it serves through a comprhensive range of quality services, to inform the public about the virus and risk reduction behavior and to increase understanding and compassion for people with HIV and AIDS. |
| Brandel Care Center/Axelson Manor | As a ministry of the Evangelical Covenant Church, Covenant Retirement Communities celebrates God's gift of life in Christian community. We follow the Great Commandment to love and serve God and one another as taught by Jesus Christ. That compels us to affirm the dignity of each person and to pursue excellence and financial integrity in all that we do. As we provide a broad range of resources, services and programs to enhance individual and community wellness, we collaborate with residents and families to achieve the best possible results. While seeking to foster independence, we respond to each individual's evolving needs in order to provide the security that assures peace of mind. |
| Cancer Wellness Center | The Cancer Wellness Center, through psychosocial support and education, seeks to empower those affected by cancer to enhance the quality of their lives. |
| Carleton Washburne Middle School | To involve our Middle School students in meaningful service opportunities as part of their maturation into adult life |
| Council of International Programs | To promote world peace through international training and cultural exchange |
| Equestrian Connection | Our mission is to help those with disabilities build their physical,mental and emottonal strength and balance throught equine assisted therapy services, art therapy and massage. Our goal is to treat the entire family of those with disabilities. |
| 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 Northwestern Healthcare Hospice | ENH Hospice offers a compassionalt and dignified alternative to high-tech hospital treatment and is dedicated to providing assistance, encouragement and bereavement support to hospice patients and families. |
| 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.” |
| Family Service of Glencoe | |
| Glencoe Community Blood Drive | |
| 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. |
| Josselyn Center for Mental Health | The Josselyn Center will provide the highest quality interdisciplinary mental health, substance abuse and related services for children, adolescents, adults and families without regard to their ability to pay, as well as for organizations, corporations and the community at large. |
| LifeSource Blood Services | We Save Lives by providing safe and reliable blood and blood products to patients in need throughout Chicagoland |
| 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. |
| Midwest Palliative & Hospice CareCenter | CareCenter's mission is to promote independence, wellness, comfort and quality of life for the chronically and seriously ill, aging and dying in our region through the delivery of a compassionate, medically excellent continuum of palliative and hospice care, home health and supportive services. |
| National Multiple Sclerosis Society-Greater Illinois Chapter | The National Multiple Sclerosis Society's mission is to mobilize people and resources to drive research for a cure and to address the challenges of everyone affected by MS. |
| 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 Senior Center | The mission of the North Shore Senior Center is to support the independence and well being of older adults, ehnance their dignity and self respect, and promote their participation in all aspects of community life. |
| 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. |
| Presbyterian Homes | Presbyterian Homes is an independent, not-for-profit corporation providing the highest level of quality residential communities, health care programs, and services for older adults from diverse backgrounds. Through its programs and activities, Presbyterian Homes seeks to embody the values of the Christian tradition for persons of all faiths by attending to their physical, intellectual, social, emotional, and spiritual needs. Through the Geneva Foundation, Presbyterian Homes assists older adults with limited financial resources. By offering a comprehensive continuum of care and a nurturing environment, Presbyterian Homes encourages older adults to experience the fullness of life in community with dignity, joy, and the maximum level of independence their health will allow. |
| Rainbow Animal-Assisted Therapy | |
| Rape Victim Advocates | |
| St. Francis Extended Care Center | |
| St. Francis Hospital | |
| 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 Volunteer Center of Northwest Suburban Chicago | will update |
| Zacharias Sexual Abuse Center | The mission of the Zacharias Sexual Abuse Center is to provide a place where survivors of sexual assault and abuse can heal and mobilize the community toward actin to end sexual violence. |
