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Community OutreachThe Community Outreach Group invites men and women to participate by sharing their time and talent with those in need. Outreach is made up of more than twelve different volunteer social service organizations serving young and old throughout the Chicago area. From tutoring a child in basic math and reading skills, befriending a homeless person, to teaching literacy to persons of all ages, volunteers touch the lives of others and enrich their own lives through their experiences. Volunteers come from all walks of life and sometimes are part of a group of co-workers who desire to contribute to team involvement.
Adult Literacy ProgramAdult Literacy is in need of your talent and your treasure!!! The following immediate needs are: Talent: Treasure:
The Greater Chicago Food DepositoryThe Chicago Food Depository is a wholesale food distributor from which the majority of shelters and food pantries purchase their supplies. Food items are sorted into easily transportable bags and boxes. Old St. Pat's sponsors the second Saturday of each month. Each volunteer hour is exchanged for food to support all of our meal programs at shelters like Marah's House, House of Mary and Joseph Selter, and Su Casa. The GCFD is located at 4100 W. Ann Lurie Place on the near southwest side and runs from 9 a.m.- Noon. Click Here for all upcoming dates to volunteer at the Greater Chicago Food Depository If you’re interested in volunteering for the Greater Chicago Food Depository with the following groups listed below, please call the contact persons listed for each group:
House of Mary and Joseph ShelterMonday through Friday, volunteers prepare and serve sandwiches and soup to 215 men and 35 women at the House of Mary and Joseph Shelter on Chicago's West Side at 2715 W. Harrison at 7 p.m. Volunteers are also needed to assist with guest check-in, as well as distribute towels and mail. Please contact Kate Boege at 312.337.7953 or email her at kateboege@yahoo.com. You can also contact Fred Fox, clean-up coordinator, at 630.671.6318 or email him at ffox@ameritech.net. Interfaith HouseInterfaith House is a 60-bed facility located at 3456 W. Franklin Blvd. that provides respite care for injured and ill homeless persons discharged from area hospitals. Volunteers are needed on a daily basis to do arts and crafts, staff the central desk, manage the library, assist in the clothing store, facilitate educational or recreational activities, and conduct prayer meditation sessions. Old St. Patrick's also sponsors a "Share A Meal" luncheon every 3rd or 4th Sunday of the month where Old St. Pat's members provide, prepare, serve and break bread with residents.
Little Brothers Friends of the ElderlyWeb site: http://chicago.littlebrothers.org/ Elderly people who have outlived their family and friends, sometimes even their own children, are left alone to face the loss of physical abilities and the challenge of tiring minds. Little Brothers, located at 355 N. Ashland in Chicago, matches elders with volunteers who help relieve isolation by providing transportation, visitation and friendship to elderly participants living in the city. Volunteers can also organize and deliver groceries from the pantry, cook and serve meals for holidays and celebrations of life and accompany their "old friends" on outings to ballgames, museums and other attractions. Hours are flexible. The Little Brothers - Friends of the Elderly family of old friends numbers over 1,000 men and women all over the age of 70, living throughout Chicago. Their average age is 84, and they represent the ethnic diversity of the Chicago community: 41% Caucasian, 37% African-American, and 22% Hispanic. Many of them come to us isolated, fearful, and physically and emotionally frail. These are people who, in many cases, have "fallen through the cracks" in a social system that is not always kind to the elderly. Marah's HouseOn every other Wednesday evening, volunteers prepare dinner and share the meal with residents of Marah’s House, a home for women making the transition from shelter living to independent housing. They are located in Wrigleyville at the St. Alphonsus convent (Southport and Wellington). Volunteers meet at 6:30 p.m.
New Mom's, Inc.Web site: http://newmomsinc.org/New Mom’s Inc. is a faith-based organization that serves at-risk teenage mothers and pregnant teens. New Mom’s Inc. provides a variety of services to help improve the lives of teenage mothers and their children. These services and programs include housing, life-skills and career readiness training, and parenting and child development classes.
St. Agatha's Tutoring ProgramVolunteers tutor the youths of St. Agath's in reading, writing, and math. St. Agatha's is located in the North Lawndale area at 3147 W. Douglas Blvd. Chicago. Volunteers are needed on Saturdays (Sept. - May 10 a.m. - noon).
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| Contact: Monica O'Hara-Noonan |
Phone: 773.255.9006 |
Email : monica_ohara@hotmail.com |
The Children's Place
"Sometimes the questions are complicated and the answers are simple." — Dr. Seuss
Question:
How do you make a difference in a child's life?
Answer:
Be a volunteer tutor at The Children's Place Association.
For many of you, spring means the end of the semester or to others, the beginning of baseball season. To all of us, the return of the warm weather will be a pleasant reminder of summer fun. Check out these volunteer opportunities that are coming up in the next few months.
Join us the fourth Wednesday of every month from 6-8 p.m. for an evening of arts and crafts, games and tutoring at Old St. Pat's Foster Kids Night at Children's Place - 1800 N. Humboldt Blvd. If that does not fit your schedule, Children's Place is in need of day care classroom assistants, kitchen assistants and tutors. Volunteers are also needed at Children's Place residence.
If you are interested in tutoring amazing children (K-12) give us a call at 773.395.9193 ext. 15 or email at knichols@childrens-place.org or pthoma@childrens-place.org. To download a pdf of the the tutoring application click here.
For additional information about The Children's Place Association
Visit our website at www.childrens-place.org.
| Old St. Pat's Contact: Katie Byrne |
Phone: 312.863.1120 |
UIC Hospital Pediatrics Program
Volunteers visit patients in the pediatrics unit at the University of Illinois Chicago Hospital (Taylor & Paulina) Monday - Thursday 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. Typical activities include holding and feeding infants, entertaining and being entertained by toddlers, playing games and talking with older children. Popsicles are a huge hit too. Prescreening of volunteers is required, scheduling is flexible.
| Contact: Sue Siekierski |
Phone: 312.546.4312 |
Email : sasiek18@hotmail.com |
Old St. Pat's Blood Drive
If you have any suggestions for our next blood drive, please contact me. Our sincere thanks for your willingness to share God's gift of life with others in need. We are so thankful to all those who donated. May God bless our donors and volunteers.
| Contact: Mark Buciak |
Phone: 773.307.0033 |
Email : Mark.buciak@rcn.com |
