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Moving Help Needed!
ORGANIZATION: Cradles to Crayons
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- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
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1 person is interested
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 engaging and connecting communities that have with communities that need.
In order to gear up for winter, we are doing our annual seasonal swap! We are moving all of our summer gear out of the warehouse, and all of winter outfits in. But we need a little help. Our staff is small (but mighty!) and we are taking the audacious step in asking for your help on the 2 big days, for an hour or two or whatever time you may have to spare. Many hands make light work! We will be moving large bags into a truck and then bringing them to the warehouse. This is important work, so that children can be prepared for the Chicago winter months!
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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 W. George St.Chicago, IL 60641
DATE POSTED
August 29, 2018
SKILLS
GOOD FOR
- Group
REQUIREMENTS
- 2 hours