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| Category : Environment | View non-profit organizations in This Category |
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| Library Assistant | Assist Library staff in carrying out Library functions |
| Nature Guide | Do you love nature? Do you enjoy teaching others? Volunteer as a Friends of the Forest Preserves nature guide! Beginning in the spring of 2009, Friends of the Forest Preserves nature guides will begin leading public tours at Somme Prairie Grove in Northbrook and Harms Woods in Skokie. You can help us spread the word about Cook County's natural wonders. No experience is necessary. Guides will learn about the preserves through lectures, readings and field visits during the nature guide training course. For more information and to apply, contact Kathryn Callaghan, Constituency Director at 312-356-9990 or kathrync@fotfp.org. Applications for the 2009 training course are due by February 16. (Please note that our offices will be closed for the holidays between 12/22 and 1/5. We will respond to inquiries as soon as we return.) |
| Visitor Services Assistant | Welcome visitors to the Garden! Assist with directions and inquiries, confirm scheduled programs and events. |
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| 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." |
| BackYard Nature Ctr/Skokie Lagoons | The mission of BYNC is to promote, facilitate, and strengthen the bond between the nature environments in New Trier Township and the children and adults who wish to enrich their lives with direct experiences in nature. |
| 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 Botanic Garden | The mission of the Chicago Botanic Garden is to promote the enjoyment, understanding and conservation of plants and the natural world. |
| Chicagoland Environmental Network | The purpose of the CEN web site is to inform the public about opportunities to get involved in environmental issues in the greater Chicago metropolitan area and to promote public participation in environmental activities. |
| Friends of the Forest Preserves | Friends of the Forest Preserves works to preserve, protect and restore the Forest Preserves of Cook County for the benefit of people and nature. |
| Green Festivals | Think of Green Festival® as a walk through a sustainable community. It begins with finding solutions to help make our lives healthier—socially, economically and environmentally. Individuals along with business and community leaders come together to discuss critical issues that impact us at home and abroad. Organizations and businesses showcase programs and products that restore the planet and all that inhabit it. Neighbor-to-neighbor connections are formed, and skills are shared to empower people to create positive change in the world. |
| Jazz for Peace | Our immediate goals are to: Continue our benefit concert series which this past year raised money and awareness for over 500 Organizations which we have listed on our website as well as created the foundation for further collaboration. Expand Jazz For Peace™ Concerts to other Cities, States, and Countries. Help to bring music back into the schools and Jazz into schools (many for the first time) so that children of today will gain the exposure, understanding and acknowledgment of America's greatest art form that previous generations did not have. Donate musical instruments to underprivileged children World-Wide. |
| Kohl Children's Museum | Kohl Children's Museum of Greater Chicago nurtures a love of learning in young children. |
| North Shore School District 112 | To inspire every child to become a contributing member of the community. |
| Park District of Highland Park | To enrich the quality of community life through a diversity of healthy leisure pursuits and a heightened appreciation of our natural world. |
| 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 Volunteer Center of Northwest Suburban Chicago | will update |
