Family Promise is the nation’s leading organization working to prevent and end family homelessness. Our innovative solutions include homelessness prevention, emergency shelter, stabilization, and housing. We also provide an array of community services: food pantries, drop-in community centers, clothing closets, transportation programs, and more. Acts of compassion have the power to change the lives of […]
Every Saturday morning, Stephen Wise Free Synagogue volunteers prepare bags of non-perishable food items and give them to guests in need. Join us Saturdays from 8 to 9 a.m. in the lobby of Stephen Wise Free Synagogue to help prepare food packages and distribute them to guests in need. If you’d like to volunteer, please
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PeacePlayers a nonprofit that works with youth in divided communities or communities of conflict to create change through the sport of basketball. We have operations throughout Israel, South Africa, Northern Ireland, and five of the most marginalized cities in the United States (Baltimore, Detroit, Chicago, Los Angeles, and Brooklyn) where we provide underprivileged youth with
Blessings in a Backpack feeds 6,000 children in the greater Chicago area, who depend on school for breakfast and lunch during the week, every Friday of the school year. That’s more than 200,000 hunger-free smile-filled weekends. Ways to Get Involved: Organize a team to pack bags of food, create a club at school to fundraise
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Twist Out Cancer provides psychosocial support to individuals touched by cancer through creative arts programming. We are a global community that enables survivors, previvors and caregivers with opportunities to share, connect, and heal. Our community is a unique forum for individuals impacted by cancer to experience healing through the creative arts. Through storytelling and art,
We are so happy to hear of your interest in volunteering with Nourishing Hope (formerly Lakeview Pantry)! Nourishing Hope, formerly known as Lakeview Pantry, is a dynamic social services organization providing food, mental wellness counseling and other social services, such as job and housing assistance, to our Chicago neighbors in need. Founded in 1970, we
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Thank you for your interest in the Paw Works volunteer program, we are always looking for wonderful volunteers to help in our mission to rescue and rehabilitate! We would love to find the perfect volunteer opportunity for you either at our Oaks Mall storefront, our Oxnard rescue facility or our PawWorks Hospital. We accept volunteers
Providing the food our neighbors throughout Northern Illinois need to thrive. At Northern Illinois Food Bank, we focus on delivering food and healthy eating services to the Northern Illinois community. As part of the national Feeding America network, we serve our neighbors in 13 counties by providing 250,000 meals per day. Some Ways our Volunteers
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The NYC Fair Trade Coalition is a nonprofit organization that promotes offers a unique educational experience for ethically-aligned businesses, students of sustainability, and advocates by creating space to incubate and activate local communities. The Sustainable Fashion Community Center (SFCC) is the physical hub, created by the NYC Fair Trade Coalition, to eliminate textile waste in New York
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Since our founding as a modest soup kitchen in 1998, Boca Helping Hands has become one of the largest nonprofit service providers in South Florida, now with 23 staff members and 300+ core volunteers assisting nearly 35,000 clients annually. In 2023, BHH distributed 114,525 pantry bags from five Palm Beach County locations and served more
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