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Since 2017 Chicago Cares has partnered with community-based organizations engaging 17,880 volunteers across 1,822 service projects. [9] Chicago Cares hopes their impact is counted in more than just numbers. Their goal is that "Chicago Cares volunteers become knowledgeable of the assets and challenges facing their neighbors – and as a result ...
The General Federation of Women's Clubs (GFWC), founded in 1890 during the Progressive Movement, is a federation of approximately 2,300 women's clubs in the United States which promote civic improvements through volunteer service. Community Service Projects (CSP) are organized by local clubs for the benefit of their communities or GFWC's ...
Chicago Foundation for Women (CFW) is a nonprofit grantmaking organization that focuses on creating opportunities and resources for women in the Chicago area. [1] Many Chicago based organizations such as South Side Giving Circle and LBTQ Giving Council further help women that face violence, poverty, and discrimination using the resources from CFW. [2]
For over 35 years, Rush University Medical Center in Chicago has been helping infant patients and their families through a volunteer cuddler program. When families are away from the hospital's ...
Many of the women participating in Chicago's She Ro intervention program have lost a loved one to gun violence.
The Story of Seventy-five Years of the Chicago and Northern District Association of Club Women, Inc., 1906-1981 was first published in 1956, then reprinted in 1981. [2] Toward a Tenderer Humanity and a Nobler Womanhood: African American Women's Clubs in Turn-Of-The-Century Chicago [5]
The Chicago Lighthouse is a non-profit organization located in Chicago, Illinois.. The Lighthouse is one of the oldest social service agencies in Chicago. Among the many programs it offers are a school for children with multi-disabilities; job training and placement; a low vision clinic; and a manufacturing facility that boasts the nation's sole contract to supply clocks to the U.S. government.
LVI has placed over 600 national service members in 150 adult, family literacy, and Head Start Programs throughout Illinois. [7] LVI began its involvement in national service programs in 1992 as a sponsor of the AmeriCorps VISTA Literacy Corps. AmeriCorps*VISTA is a federally funded capacity building program that serves primarily low-income ...