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Volunteer

Volunteer with Chicago Lights and join a community that is helping build brighter futures.

Our typical volunteer opportunities are below. For more information, contact us at chicagolights@fourthchurch.org.

Social Service Center

Help our Social Service Center welcome our participants with dignity and respect, as together, we walk alongside adults during some of their greatest times of need.

I used to be a guest at the Social Service Center, and the community is amazing. I always feel wonderful when I’m here. People talk about wanting to do something, so I put my words into action. I now volunteer and help guests in the Food Pantry and organize the clothing Share Shop.”

Hilda, Volunteer, Chicago Lights Social Service Center

Assist at the Food Pantry and Share Shop

Assist participants with shopping during their monthly food pantry and clothing appointments. Help sort, tag, and process all clothing donations. Volunteers are needed Tuesday through Friday from 9:30-11:30 AM.
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Unload Food Trucks

Assist with our bi-monthly Food Pantry delivery from the Greater Chicago Food Depository on the second and fourth Mondays, 8:30 a.m.-11:00 a.m. Volunteers need to be able to lift 40-pound boxes.

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Good Neighbors Field Outreach

Join a small group, including staff, to connect with neighbors experiencing or at risk of experiencing homelessness. Each Tuesday – Friday from 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. we provide snack items, clothing, and hygiene kits to individuals residing on the streets in the neighborhood. Volunteers must be at least 18 years old.
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Group Volunteering

The Chicago Lights Social Service Center also hosts volunteer groups of 10-12 individuals. Experiences can be personalized for the group. Please reach out to Delian Stone at dstone@chicagolights.org / 312.981.3591 ext, 2357.
Interpreters
Volunteers who speak Spanish are needed to partner with us in welcoming and providing our services to clients who speak Spanish, many who are seeking asylum and new to Chicago. Volunteers are needed each Tuesday through Friday from 9:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. at 126 E. Chestnut Street.
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