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SUMMARY:ChiPride Volunteering + Common Pantry
DESCRIPTION:ChiPride Volunteering + Common Pantry\nWhen: Wednesday\, August 19th\, 2026\nTime: 5:30 – 8:00 pm\nLocation: 3908 N Lincoln Ave\, Chicago\, IL 60613\nTotal Spots Available: 8 \nDescription: Join LGBTQ+ and Ally Volunteers as we partner with Common Pantry to distribute groceries to people in need! We’ll be helping distribute food and household items to their clients on a weekday evening. Please try to arrive by 5:30 PM\, as there will be a quick training session before they open their doors at 6 PM. \nPlease wear closed-toe shoes and clothing that you don’t mind getting dirty. Please have long hair pulled back. \nParking/Transportation: Paid parking is available on Lincoln Ave. Free parking can be found on the side streets (Byron\, Grace\, just west of Damen)\, and they are close to multiple bus lines and the Brown Line. \nCommon Pantry Mission: Common Pantry meets the emergency needs of our local community by providing healthy food\, kinship\, and support to help overcome poverty-related challenges. Our vision: Strengthen Common Pantry’s capacity to provide food and services for the overall well-being of our clients. We take a strategic\, forward-thinking approach to reduce hunger and\naddress the root causes of poverty\, infusing compassion into everything we do. \nChipride Volunteering Mission: Chipride Volunteering connects Chicago’s diverse LGBTQ+ community and allies through unified volunteerism. \nWe strive to create a more inclusive city by centralizing opportunities that support a variety of nonprofits\, fostering connection\, and driving positive change at a local level.
URL:https://chipride.org/event/chipride-volunteering-common-pantry/
LOCATION:Common Pantry\, 3908 N Lincoln Ave\,\, Chicago\, 60613\, United States
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SUMMARY:ChiPride Volunteering + FarmWorks and Heartland Human Care Services
DESCRIPTION:Heartland Human Care Services – Chicago FarmWorks\nWhen: Saturday\, August 22nd\, 2026\nTime: 10:00 am – 12:00 pm\nLocation: 407 N. Albany Avenue\, Chicago\, IL\, 60612 \nTotal Spots Available: 20 \nDescription: Join LGBTQ+ and Ally Volunteers as we partner with Heartland Human Care Services – Chicago FarmWorks. Volunteers will perform a variety of tasks that will include weeding\, laying down weed suppression fabric\, shoveling compost\, building grow beds\, and potentially helping to care for some native plant areas. \nVolunteers should wear weather appropriate attire suitable for working on an urban farm. We suggest these additional items: \n\nSunscreen\nHat and/or sunglasses\nWater and snacks to stay hydrated and energized\n\nHeartland Human Care Services will provide all farm work items on site (gloves\, trowels\, kneeling pads\, etc.). \nHeartland Human Care Services – Chicago FarmWorks Mission: For many low-income communities\, affordable food\, especially affordable healthy food\, is in short supply. To help address this problem\, Heartland Human Care Services (HHCS)\, in partnership with the City of Chicago\, NeighborSpace\, Rush University Medical Center\, Breakthrough Ministries\, and Our\nLady of the Angels Food Pantry\, operates two urban farm lots in Chicago’s East Garfield Park neighborhood called Chicago FarmWorks. We are able to grow\, harvest and distribute our produce with crucial support from our volunteers and our transitional job participants who are working to overcome many barriers to secure permanent full-time jobs. The produce we grow on our two farm lots goes to our food pantry partners\, Breakthrough Ministries Fresh Market and Mission of Our Lady of the Angels food pantry\, where it is distributed directly to hundreds of individuals and families each week. \nChipride Volunteering Mission: Chipride Volunteering connects Chicago’s diverse LGBTQ+ community and allies through unified volunteerism. \nWe strive to create a more inclusive city by centralizing opportunities that support a variety of nonprofits\, fostering connection and driving positive change at a local level.
URL:https://chipride.org/event/chipride-volunteering-farmworks-and-heartland-human-care-services/
LOCATION:Chicago FarmWorks\, 407 N. Albany Avenue\, Chicago\, 60612\, United States
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SUMMARY:ChiPride Volunteering + RCS - Tuesday Night Pantry Goods Distribution
DESCRIPTION:RCS – Tuesday Night Pantry Goods Distribution \nWhen: Tuesday\, August 25\, 2026\nTime: 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm\nLocation: All Saints’ Episcopal Church\, 4550 N. Hermitage Ave\, Chicago\, IL 60640 \nTotal Spots Available: 7 \nDescription: Join LGBTQ+ and Ally Volunteers as we partner with Ravenswood Community Services (RCS). Volunteers will assist with the distribution of groceries in their client-choice style pantry and breakdown at the end of the evening. Volunteers should be comfortable lifting 20 lbs and going up and down stairs. \n  \nImportant: Upon arrival\, please use the Volunteer Entrance located at: 1757 W Wilson Ave.\nAfter signup\, please fill out the RCS Volunteer Waiver requirement here before the event. \n  \nRavenswood Community Services Mission: Neighbors helping neighbors. Ravenswood Community Services (RCS) provides meals and groceries to neighbors in need in the Uptown and Ravenswood communities on the north side of Chicago. \nChipride Volunteering Mission: Chipride Volunteering connects Chicago’s diverse LGBTQ+ community and allies through unified volunteerism. We strive to create a more inclusive city by centralizing opportunities that support a variety of nonprofits\, fostering connection and driving positive change at a local level. \n 
URL:https://chipride.org/event/chipride-volunteering-rcs-tuesday-night-pantry-goods-distribution-2/
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SUMMARY:ChiPride Volunteering + Share Our Spare Event
DESCRIPTION:Chipride Volunteering + Share Our Spare Event \nWhen: Saturday\, September 19th\, 2026\nTime: 12:00 – 2:00 pm\nLocation: The Sharehouse\, 3800 N Milwaukee Ave\, Chicago\, IL 60641 \nTotal Spots Available: 45 \nDescription: Join other LGBTQ+ and Ally volunteers as we help Chicagoland area children in need! We’ll be sorting essentials (books\, clothes\, toys) and packing diaper orders for children and their families. \n  \nShare Our Spare asks that all volunteers complete on online registration and waiver before the event. We’ll provide instructions for doing so after you register at the Chipride Volunteering website. \nShare Our Spare asks all volunteers to consider bringing a gently used donation of children’s clothing\, books\, or small gear items (bassinets\, strollers\, pack n plays) or a brand new donation of bottles\, diapers\, wipes\, or baby hygiene items (diaper rash creams\, soaps\, and lotions). Alternatively\, volunteers can purchase items from their Amazon Registry and the items will go directly to them. Here is the link to their Amazon Registry: https://www.amazon.com/baby-reg/FUOQXNO0KM3W. This is not a requirement to volunteer with them. \n  \nLocation & Parking: The Sharehouse is located at 3800 N. Milwaukee Ave. in Chicago’s Old Irving Park neighborhood. The parking lot and the entrance is on Milwaukee Ave. You will see the Tierra Encantada daycare at the front of the parking lot. The front double doors to the building are located at the back of the parking lot. You will see the double doors next to a row of black mailboxes. When you enter the building\, you will walk down the L shaped hallway to the end where you will see our doors to enter our volunteer space labeled with Share Our Spare decals. There is a parking lot on Kilbourn Ave at the back of our building where you will see taxis. PLEASE PARK ONLY IN THE MILWUAKEE AVE LOT. DO NOT PARK HERE THE TAXI COMPANY WILL TOW YOU. \n  \nWhat to Wear: We recommend wearing closed-toed shoes and dressing in comfortable layers as the temperature of our warehouse can fluctuate. Office attire is not recommended. \n  \n  \nShare Our Spare Mission: Share Our Spare (SOS) believes every child deserves a strong start and every parent the opportunity to provide one. Each year\, we help ensure more than 18\,000 Chicagoland children – from birth to age 5 – receive the essentials they need for healthy development\, by partnering with over 200 social service agencies across the area. Through these partnerships\, SOS provides diapers\, baby care items\, clothing\, books and other resources families in financial crisis often struggle to afford and social service agencies often struggle to find. While filling these critical gaps\, we also are focused on educating\, advocating and seeking solutions for improving the lives of children and families facing poverty in our region.  \nHere is why this matters: We know that 1 in 2 children in our city have an unmet diaper need\, which impacts parents’ ability to go to school or work. We also know that the cost of diapers has increased 22% compared to the current 6% national inflation rate\, resulting in even more financial hardship for our families. We also know that before factors of inflation that diapers cost 14% of our families’ income\, which inhibits their ability to maintain financial stability\, impacting health\, housing and child well-being. \nChipride Volunteering Mission: Chipride Volunteering connects Chicago’s diverse LGBTQ+ community and allies through unified volunteerism. We strive to create a more inclusive city by centralizing opportunities that support a variety of nonprofits\, fostering connection and driving positive change at a local level.
URL:https://chipride.org/event/4394/
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SUMMARY:ChiPride Volunteering + RCS - Tuesday Night Pantry Goods Distribution
DESCRIPTION:RCS – Tuesday Night Pantry Goods Distribution \nWhen: Tuesday\, September 22\, 2026\nTime: 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm\nLocation: All Saints’ Episcopal Church\, 4550 N. Hermitage Ave\, Chicago\, IL 60640 \nTotal Spots Available: 7 \nDescription: Join LGBTQ+ and Ally Volunteers as we partner with Ravenswood Community Services (RCS). Volunteers will assist with the distribution of groceries in their client-choice style pantry and breakdown at the end of the evening. Volunteers should be comfortable lifting 20 lbs and going up and down stairs. \n  \nImportant: Upon arrival\, please use the Volunteer Entrance located at: 1757 W Wilson Ave.\nAfter signup\, please fill out the RCS Volunteer Waiver requirement here before the event. \n  \nRavenswood Community Services Mission: Neighbors helping neighbors. Ravenswood Community Services (RCS) provides meals and groceries to neighbors in need in the Uptown and Ravenswood communities on the north side of Chicago. \nChipride Volunteering Mission: Chipride Volunteering connects Chicago’s diverse LGBTQ+ community and allies through unified volunteerism. We strive to create a more inclusive city by centralizing opportunities that support a variety of nonprofits\, fostering connection and driving positive change at a local level. \n 
URL:https://chipride.org/event/chipride-volunteering-rcs-tuesday-night-pantry-goods-distribution-3/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260926T100000
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SUMMARY:ChiPride Volunteering + Cornerstone Community Outreach Event
DESCRIPTION:Chipride Volunteering + Cornerstone Community Outreach Event \n\nWhen: Saturday\, September 26th\, 2026\nTime: 10:00 am – 12:00 pm\nLocation: Cornerstone Community Outreach Office\, 4615 N Clifton Ave\, Chicago\, IL 60640 \nTotal Spots Available: 20 \nDescription: Join other LGBTQ+ and ally volunteers as we help Cornerstone Community Outreach decorate their residential areas for Halloween! We may also help staff organize and sort toys and other donated items\, and make “diaper ready bags” for client children in need. Lifting of light boxes and taking them up and down stairs will be required. \nLocation\, Parking\, and Public Transportation: Street parking is available. Cornerstone Community Outreach is located near the Wilson Red Line stop. \nWhat to Wear/Bring: \n\nREQUIRED: Closed-toed shoes\, work pants\, comfortable clothing\nOPTIONAL: Bottled water or other beverages\n\n  \nCornerstone Community Outreach Mission: Addressing Homelessness\, Providing Shelter\, Accepting People\, Finding Home\nCornerstone Community Outreach (CCO) is a Chicago homeless shelter and non-profit 501-c3 organization. We have a longstanding commitment to providing shelter and finding homes for Chicago families and individuals who are experiencing homelessness.\nLocated in Uptown\, Chicago\, our programs provide shelter for single women\, single men\, intact families\, and single parent/guardian families. On-site services also include casework\, three meals a day\, a food pantry\, and a “free” store with donated clothes\, baby\, and household items. \nChipride Volunteering Mission: Chipride Volunteering connects Chicago’s diverse LGBTQ+ community and allies through unified volunteerism. We strive to create a more inclusive city by centralizing opportunities that support a variety of nonprofits\, fostering connection and driving positive change at a local level.
URL:https://chipride.org/event/chipride-volunteering-cornerstone-community-outreach-event-2/
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SUMMARY:ChiPride Volunteering + Friends of the Forest Preserves - LaBagh Woods
DESCRIPTION:ChiPride Volunteering + Friends of the Forest Preserves – LaBagh Woods \n\nWhen: Sunday\, October 18th\, 2026 \nTime: 10:00 am – 1:00 pm \nLocation: LaBagh Woods – N. Cicero Ave.\, N of W. Foster Ave.\, Chicago\, IL 60630 \nTotal Spots Available: 20 \n  \nDescription: Join LGBTQ+ and Ally Volunteers as we partner with Friends of the Forest Preserves on Chicago’s Northwest Side! Volunteers will perform a variety of tasks that will include removing invasive species\, seed collecting\, and potentially helping to care for some native plant areas.  \nVolunteers should wear weather appropriate attire suitable for working in a forest setting. We suggest these additional items: \n\nInsect repellant\nSunscreen\nHat and/or sunglasses\nWater and snacks to stay hydrated and energized\n\nFriends of the Forest Preserves will provide all work items on site (gloves\, trowels\, clippers\, etc.) \nWhen you enter the LaBagh Woods Forest Preserve entrance off N. Cicero Ave.\, follow the drive and look for signs directing “volunteers” to the appropriate location. \n  \n  \nFriends of the Forest Preserves Mission: Long before there was a Cook County\, this region where tallgrass prairie meets eastern forest was home to a breathtaking mosaic of landscapes. By the turn of the 20th century\, with a great city growing here\, civic leaders like Dwight Perkins and Jens Jensen recognized that it was essential to preserve these native landscapes for people to enjoy for centuries to come. They worked for years to establish the nation’s first – and now largest at 70\,000 acres – forest preserve district.  \nIn more recent history\, the forest preserves have encountered a great deal of abuse and neglect. Invasive brush turned thousands of acres into impassible thorn thickets\, preserve land was sold\, and trash littered the landscape. A new group of civic leaders\, people just like you\, formed Friends of the Forest Preserves in 1998 to rescue these treasured lands. We knew that in order to maintain these vast rewards and ensure they’re here for all of us to enjoy\, we’d have to work just as hard as the visionary citizens who protected them more than a century ago. \nToday\, we protect\, promote\, and care for the forest preserves to ensure they thrive for us and for future generations. Great civic leaders started the forest preserves over 100 years ago and now\, it’s our turn to be those great civic leaders that ensure the preserves are here and healthy for the next 100 years. \n  \nChipride Volunteering Mission: Chipride Volunteering connects Chicago’s diverse LGBTQ+ community and allies through unified volunteerism. \nWe strive to create a more inclusive city by centralizing opportunities that support a variety of nonprofits\, fostering connection and driving positive change at a local level. \n 
URL:https://chipride.org/event/chipride-volunteering-friends-of-the-forest-preserves-labagh-woods-2/
LOCATION:LaBagh Woods – Friends of the Forest\, N. Cicero Ave.\, N of W. Foster Ave\, Chicago\, IL\, 60630\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20261024T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20261024T140000
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SUMMARY:ChiPride Volunteering + Tree House Humane Society
DESCRIPTION:ChiPride Volunteering + Tree House Humane Society \n  \nWhen: Saturday\, October 24th\, 2026 \nTime: 10:00 am – 2:00 pm  \nLocation: 7225 N Western Ave\, Chicago\, IL 60645 \nTotal Spots Available: 15 \nDescription: Join LGBTQ+ and Ally Volunteers as we partner with the Tree House Humane Society! Volunteers will help build cat shelters for Tree House’s incredible Community Cats program. These shelters will provide a place for cat colonies across the city to reside. Volunteers will also help complete a number of varied tasks to support Tree House including landscaping\, van washing and myriad other tasks throughout the shelter.  \nThere will also be some kitty play time at the end of our work time. \n  \nTree House Humane Society Mission: Tree House Humane Society envisions a world in which every cat thrives. Tree House empowers communities of caregivers to protect\, nurture\, and support new solutions so no cat suffers. \n  \nChipride Volunteering Mission: Chipride Volunteering connects Chicago’s diverse LGBTQ+ community and allies through unified volunteerism. \nWe strive to create a more inclusive city by centralizing opportunities that support a variety of nonprofits\, fostering connection and driving positive change at a local level.
URL:https://chipride.org/event/chipride-volunteering-tree-house-humane-society-4/
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SUMMARY:ChiPride Volunteering + Care For Real
DESCRIPTION:ChiPride Volunteering + Care For Real \n \nWhen: Saturday\, November 21st\, 2026 \nTime: 8:30 am – 12:15 pm \nLocation: Care For Real\, 5840 N Broadway\, Chicago\, IL 60660 \nTotal Spots Available: 10 \n\nDescription: Join other LGBTQ+ and Ally volunteers as we assist Care For Real with food distribution at their pantry on the Saturday before Thanksgiving! You may be packing carts of food\, bringing food to clients\, packing bags\, or stocking shelves. Distribution involves lifting bags and boxes that may weigh up to 30 lbs. Please wear closed-toe shoes. \n\nLocation\, Parking\, and Public Transportation: There is no on-site parking at our location. Street parking is available but can be limited. We recommend arriving early to allow time to find parking. Our location is easily accessible via public transportation.   \n\nCare For Real Mission: Care for Real’s mission is to foster a healthy and equitable community by helping neighbors and families overcome food insecurity with dignity. Through locations in Edgewater and Rogers Park\, CfR provides food\, clothing\, pet food\, referral\, and additional services with compassion to improve the health and well-being of low-income residents to foster a stronger\, healthier\, equitable\, and more stable community. \nChipride Volunteering Mission: Chipride Volunteering connects Chicago’s diverse LGBTQ+ community and allies through unified volunteerism. We strive to create a more inclusive city by centralizing opportunities that support a variety of nonprofits\, fostering connection and driving positive change at a local level.
URL:https://chipride.org/event/chipride-volunteering-care-for-real-4/
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