Category: Fifty for 50

The Greater Chicago Food Depository is a non-profit agency that accepts food donations from companies and governmental agencies and distributes it to member agencies. These

Open Books is an award-winning nonprofit social venture that operates an extraordinary bookstore, provides community programs, and mobilizes passionate volunteers to promote literacy in Chicago

Twenty seven years ago I read about the National Runaway Switchboard in a DePaulia article and decided to volunteer. They run a crisis intervention hot-line

The New Chicago Brewing Company is start-up that will be a part of the sustainable enterprises with in The Plant. They say that “Nothing leaves

Blue Star Families is a non-partisan, non-profit organization, created by real military families. We are committed to supporting one another through the unique challenges of

I Am Logan Square is a non profit organization that promotes and increases awareness of the arts while enhancing cultural development in Chicago’s vibrant Logan

The Plant Chicago is a vertical farm and food business incubator that is located in the old Peer Foods Building in the Chicago Stock Yards.

This morning I headed to the Chicago Bridgeport VFW Post 5079 to help sort donated items, pack the items and seal packages for the Chicago

In April a friend told me about Found Chicago a dog rescue shelter in her neighborhood and after some checking I decided to try and

Today I volunteered for the Old Town School of Music 14th Folk and Roots Festival. I went to the first F & R festival and

This morning I left early and headed to volunteer for the Old Town 62nd Art Fair. It was a chilly and rainy morning and I

Last night I worked the on air pledge drive for WTTW Channel 11 in Chicago. My neighbor let me use his car to drive up