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ORGANIZATION: Cradles to Crayons
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Are you looking for regular volunteer opportunities on weekdays or weekends? Are you wanting to make a big impact on the lives of local Chicagoland children and have fun while impacting thousands? Cradles to Crayons is the place for you!
Join our Community "Champion Corps" of regular volunteers! These volunteers are vital in bringing donated product from various drop-off locations to our Giving Factory in Logan Square, key areas include:
- Oak Forest
- Tinley Park
- Buffalo Grove
- Vernon Hills
Cradles to Crayons provides children from birth through age 12, living in homeless or low-income situations, with the essential items they need to thrive - at home, at school and at play. We supply these items free of charge by connecting and engaging Chicagoland communities in three easy ways:
- New and nearly new children’s items are collected through grassroots community drives and corporate donations.
- Donations are then processed and packaged by volunteers in our warehouse, The Giving Factory(r).
- Packages from The Giving Factory are distributed to local disadvantaged children - through our collaborative network of diverse service partners.
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About Cradles to Crayons
Location:
2500 W Bradley Place, Chicago, IL 60618, US
Mission Statement
Cradles to Crayons (C2C), founded in 2002, provides children from birth through age 12, living in homeless or low-income situations, with the essential items they need to thrive--at home, at school, and at play. We supply clothing, shoes, diapers, school supplies, and more, free of charge. Our vision is that one day all children will have the essentials they need to thrive.
Description
Two in 5 kids in the United States are currently facing Clothing Insecurity, going without basic essentials like pants, shoes, diapers, and school supplies during their critical development years. Three of the top 10 reasons kids miss school are rooted in Clothing Insecurity-just one example of the significant short- and long-term social and economic costs when these needs go unmet. Cradles to Crayons keeps Clothing Insecurity at the core of our mission and is the only large-scale nonprofit organization to focus on this resource gap. Since its founding, Cradles to Crayons has distributed more than three million customized packages of essentials to children in Massachusetts, Greater Philadelphia, Chicagoland, and nationally, through Giving Factory Direct-a first-in-kind online product donation platform launched in 2021.
Volunteers help to quality check, sort, and organize donations of essential items - such as clothing, shoes, books, school supplies, winter accessories, hygiene items, and more. We welcome volunteers as young as 5 years old with a parent/guardian to volunteer.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
4141 West George StreetChicago, IL 60641
DATE POSTED
April 23, 2019
SKILLS
- Child Welfare
- Child Development
- Child Care
- Youth Services
GOOD FOR
- Teens
- People 55+
REQUIREMENTS
- Driver's License Needed
- Must be at least 16
- 4 hours per month