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Help End Clothing Insecurity in Chicago - Volunteer with Cradles to Crayons!

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ORGANIZATION: Cradles to Crayons

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Cradles to Crayons (C2C), founded in 2002, provides children 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.

We rely on volunteers to help us quality check, sort, and organize donated items to be packaged up and ready for distribution to our partners! We need your help!

We are looking for adult volunteers to help us during the weekdays in particular. We offer shifts Tuesday-Friday 10 am to 12 pm and 1:30-3:30 pm as well as Saturdays 10 am to 12 pm and 1:30-3:30 pm. All shifts must be scheduled in advance; we do not accept walk-ins. If you contact us via VolunteerMatch, we will follow up with information on how to sign up in our volunteer portal online!

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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

Children & Youth
Community
Immigrants & Refugees
Children & Youth, Community, Immigrants & Refugees

WHEN

We'll work with your schedule.

WHERE

2500 West Bradley PlaceChicago, IL 60618

(41.95015,-87.69231)
 

SKILLS

GOOD FOR

  • People 55+

REQUIREMENTS

  • This is a Done in a Day opportunity and there is no prior training or ongoing commitment needed.
  • Must be at least 18
  • flexible! sign up for the shifts that interest you

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