• Check slideshow on homepage for most updated information on opportunities!

• • Here's a list of all of the 2021-2022 Dance Marathon Charity Nominations 

  • Not all of them were selected, but they still offer many opportunities for you to volunteer

  • Look through the packet, find a charity that you like, and reach out to volunteer with them

  • Dance Marathon Charity Nominations Brochure 2021-22

• https://skokielibrary.info/about/volunteering/

• Teen Library Collaborative: Give your input on library services and events for teens in this casual open discussion space.  Talk about current events and what's affecting your life right now, hear new perspectives, and be part of a community. Participants earn service hours. For grades 6-12.  

• Book with a Buddy, read stories and play educational games with younger kids

• Green Team, learn how to grow plants in the library's courtyard garden

• Community Activists, explore community activism and collaborate on projects for change

• Technology Help for Seniors, assist senior citizens in using technology

• For more information and other opportunities, check out the library website or email teenteam@skokielibrary.info

• https://www.nileslibrary.org/teens-volunteer

• Project Linus, make no sew fleece blankets for children in need

• Kindness Rocks, paint rocks with inspiring messages

• Coming Together With Care, send postcards or make phone calls to neighbors

• Liberation Library, decorate bookmarks to send to incarcerated youth

• Social Justice Reading Club, read about and discuss social justice

• Teen Advisory Board, advise the library on teen programs

• For more information and other opportunities, check out the library website or email teen@nileslibrary.org

Volunteer Brochure

Past Newsletter

Some ongoing opportunities include:

• Outdoor workdays

• Garden work groups

• Special events - Things that Go Bump in the Night (October), Winter Chilly Fest (February)

• TEEN VOLUNTEERS, High schoolers are welcome back to volunteer at Connections with an adult starting in June 2021! Teens are invited to volunteer both on-site and remotely. Help prepare bagged lunches, move and organize donations, and more! When volunteering on-site, teen volunteers are required to be accompanied by an adult. For more information, contact Volunteer Manager at volunteer@connect2home.org or click below to sign up today! 

• VOLUNTEER LINK

Connections for the Homeless , Junior Council

• volunteer engagement project --> volunteering, fundraising, and raising awareness

• 6 meetings and 2 events (1 commitment per month)

• 8 hours of volunteer work!!

 https://www.chicagosfoodbank.org/volunteer/ 

• General Information

https://volunteers.chicagosfoodbank.org/index.php?section=IndividualOpportunities&action=calendar

• Register an account in the top left with "Create a new profile"

• Select a date and time on the calendar to volunteer!

• If the calendar says "Wait List available," you will be put on a wait list and informed if a spot is open, otherwise you can guarantee a spot with "Open Spots"

Coming Together with Care is a community project focused on connecting neighbors to alleviate social and psychological isolation in Niles Township. Through postcards, phone calls, and information about local resources for essential items, this project will help bring community members together. Pick up a postcard at a local library and visit comingtogether.in/2021 for more information.

For more than a decade, The Honeycomb Project has served as Chicago’s go-to organization for family volunteering. They put kids at the forefront of social change – building stronger communities across the city and beyond. Honeycomb volunteer projects provide support and relief to Chicago-area families and improve natural and recreational areas in under-served communities. 

Visit https://www.thehoneycombproject.org/ for more information!