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Volunteers Needed for 10th Annual Luminary Award Dinner
ORGANIZATION: Chicago Children's Advocacy Center
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Chicago Children’s Advocacy Center (ChicagoCAC) will be hosting its 10 th Annual Luminary Award Dinner at the Four Seasons Hotel Chicago on Wednesday, April 23, 2025 between 6pm and 9pm. The annual Luminary Award Dinner brings together over 400 Chicago-area professionals, community leaders, and other supporters to raise awareness of child sexual abuse as well as raise critical funds to support ChicagoCAC’s programs.
This year, we are looking for 15-20 volunteers to help make the event a success. Available volunteer roles include guest registration, raffle sales, greeters, auction and paddle raise spotters, and additional responsibilities. If you are interested in volunteering for the event or have any questions about this volunteer opportunity, please contact Veronica Studnicka at vstudnicka@chicagocac.org.
Please plan to arrive by 5pm to receive orientation and training (food will be provided), and please plan to stay as late as 10pm to assist in cleanup. Workload during cleanup may include carrying items up to 20 lbs, disassembling table cards, and gathering ChicagoCAC materials and decorations from tables.
More information will be provided to volunteers regarding roles and parking options closer to the time of the event. To learn more about our Luminary Award Dinner and other events, please visit our website here.
If interested, please respond to this posting by March 28, 2025.
About ChicagoCAC
ChicagoCAC was founded in 1999 by former Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley to fundamentally change the child sexual abuse response and treatment systems in Chicago. Its mission is to unite public, private, and community partners to ensure the safety, health, and well-being of abused children and survivors of domestic and sexual violence. Alongside its co-located multidisciplinary team (MDT) of partner organizations - Illinois DCFS, Chicago Police Department’s Special Investigations Unit, Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office, and offsite, Lurie Children’s Hospital- ChicagoCAC is the front-line responder to 2,200+ investigative reports of child sexual abuse, physical abuse, witness-to-violence cases, risk-of-harm cases, and trafficking in Chicago annually.
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About Chicago Children's Advocacy Center
Location:
1240 South Damen Ave, Chicago, IL 60608, US
Mission Statement
Uniting public, private and community partners to ensure the safety, health and well-being of abused children.
Description
Chicago Children’s Advocacy Center and our partners are the front-line responders in Chicago to reports of child sexual abuse. We also respond to reports of child physical abuse, witness to violence, and other serious maltreatment. Since opening our doors in 2001, we have served more than 34,000 children.
ChicagoCAC is the city’s only not-for-profit organization that coordinates the efforts of child protection staff, law enforcement professionals, family advocates, medical experts and mental health clinicians under one roof.
CAUSE AREAS
Advocacy & Human Rights,
Children & Youth
WHEN
Wed Apr 23, 2025
05:00 PM - 10:00 PM
WHERE
120 East Delaware PlaceChicago, IL 60611
(41.89937 ,-87.62516 )
DATE POSTED
March 10, 2025
SKILLS
GOOD FOR
N/A
REQUIREMENTS
- This is a Done in a Day opportunity and there is no prior training or ongoing commitment needed.
- Must be at least 21
- Orientation or Training
- Please plan to arrive by 5pm to receive orientation and training (food will be provided), and please plan to stay as late as 10pm to assist in cleanup.
- Physical labor may include lifting and carrying objects up to 20 lbs, disassembling table cards, and gathering ChicagoCAC materials and decorations from tables.