Tag: Community Service
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Community Service opportunities at Liberation Library
Looking for literary ways to give back this holiday season? Look no further than CALL’s own Community Service committee!
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Community Service Committee Annual Report – 2024-25
In 2024-2025, the Community Service Committee was chaired by Leah Whitesel. The members of the committee were Jim Fortsas, Kristen Naik, and Julie Melvin. Volunteer Opportunities We successfully coordinated the following three volunteering opportunities from September 2024 to March 2025: September 2024: Montrose Beach Clean Up with the Alliance for the Great Lakes November 2024: …
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CALL goes to Cradles to Crayons
Three CALL members volunteered at Cradles to Crayons on March 15, helping to sort and organize clothing donations.
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CALL Goes to the Friendship Center
Five CALL members volunteered at The Friendship Center on Nov. 2. The Friendship Center is a full-choice food pantry serving neighborhoods on the northwest side of Chicago. The Center also provides dog and cat food, as well as other pet supplies. CALL volunteers sorted donations to stock the pantry and helped prepare for The Friendship…
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Volunteering at Greater Chicago Food Depository 2023
Eight CALL volunteers, including two Kent Law School students, kicked off community service events in 2023 by volunteering at the Greater Chicago Food Depository (GCFD) on January 21, 2023. The GCFD supplies food to local food pantries, soup kitchens, and shelters.
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Community Service Beach Clean Up
In conjunction with the September CALL Business Meeting, the Community Service Committee coordinated a beach cleaning event. CALL members Don Mac Gregor, Carrie Port, Mike McMillan, and Jack Door (pictured here) participated in an Adopt-a-Beach event at Montrose Beach coordinated through the Alliance for the Great Lakes.
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CALL Volunteers Help GCFD to Wrap up 2021
The Greater Chicago Food Depository (GCFD) is Chicago’s food bank and partners with over 700 local agencies and food assistance programs, including pantries, soup kitchens and shelters for children, older adults and veterans to fight hunger. They rely on volunteers to repackage bulk amounts of food into smaller, shareable quantities that can be distributed throughout…
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Committee Roundup: Community Service Montrose Beach Cleanup
October 9th was a beautiful sunny day in Chicago. On that day eight CALL volunteers assembled at Montrose Beach with our garbage bags and rubber gloves and got down to business collecting trash. And there was plenty of garbage to be found, unfortunately. As we walked along the waterfront, everything from food wrappers and pieces…
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Volunteer Day at Greater Chicago Food Depository
On Saturday, March 9, 2019, the Community Service Committee organized a trip to the Greater Chicago Food Depository with nine volunteers, to help repack bulk fruit for distribution to local shelters, soup kitchens and food pantries. At the February 2019 Business Meeting, CALL’s Community Service Committee collected $249 in cash donations for the Chicago Coalition for the Homeless…
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CALL Community Service Committee 2017-2018 Annual Report
Co-Chairs: Jamie Sommer & Julie Swanson Members: Carrie Port, Pat Sayre-McCoy, Patricia Scott, Sarah Andeen Board Liaison: Scott Vanderlin A summary of community service activities follows:
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