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Volunteer Opportunities with The Chicago Help Initiative

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This powerful documentary film gives voice to Chicagoans experiencing homelessness while capturing the work of the Chicago Help Initiative and its partners. Email dfraser@chicagohelpinitiative.org for ways to view the documentary. Watch the trailer.

CHI hosting a supper, fellowship and resources for individuals furloughed or layed-off during this government shutdown.

To assist individuals hit by both the government shut down, and more recently the layoffs, CHI and several of our partners are hosting a supper for those affected.

It will be at:

Irving Park Lutheran Church,
3938 W. Belle Plain
5:00 to 6:45 Tuesday, 10/21

There is a parking lot adjacent.

We will serve a hearty supper with time for fellowship with people in a similar situation.

We will have information on food pantries, sliding scale medical clinics, community meals and employment resources.

If you have resources, information or skills that could be helpful, please let us know.

If you’d like to volunteer, please let us know.

If you know someone who could use the company and help, please let them know.

If you have a network of people that can promote this and connect more people to it, please send it out.

But most of all, if you are coming, please let us know. It would be really sad if we didn’t make enough dinner!!

Thank You! For supporting this and for supporting all the efforts we do together!








Thank you to our partners and sponsors!

AIRE
AT&T
Café Baci
Eli's Cheesecake
Gene & Georgetti
Greek Kitchen
Hyatt Centric
Northwestern Medicine
SCB
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Marc Schulman, President of Eli's Cheesecake and longtime restaurant partner and sponsor of The Chicago Help Initiative speaks about the positive impact CHI makes in people's lives.

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Over 85% of the people we serve are unemployed.

Nobody should go hungry. With the Chicago Help Initiative, you don’t have to.”

Bruce