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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
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.
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.
reception/make a meal/clutter cop Our volunteers can make a meal for our families, help keep our house organized, work in our office.

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Chicago Youth Centers CYC invests in youth in underserved communities in Chicago to help them discover and realize their full potential. 
eAngel Community  
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. 
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.  
Inspiration Corporation In an atmosphere of dignity and respect, Inspiration Corporation helps people who are affected by homelessness and poverty to improve their lives and increase self-sufficiency through the provision of social services, employment training and placement, and housing. 
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.  
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.  
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.  
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. 
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. 
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.  
Nurture To help families improve health and nutrition through cooking classes, nutrition and physical fitness education, and philanthropy. The program empowers care givers with time efficient and cost effective means to provide healthy meals for their families.  
Ronald McDonald House Near Loyola The Ronald McDonald House near Loyola University Medical Center provides a temporary "home away from home" for families whose children are receiving medical care either as in-patient or out-patients. It is a safe and secured environment where families may rest, relax and reflect. It is in the spirit of community of living where familis may gain strength from others who are facing similar circumstances, and it is an opportunity for families to stay together, a comfort so vital in time of family crisis. 
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. 
The Volunteer Center The Mission of The Volunteer Center is to improve the quality of life in the communities we serve by promoting volunteerism and by engaging people in meaningful volunteer service. 
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