Caris is a nonprofit pregnancy counseling organization, meeting the needs of women during and after unplanned pregnancy by providing a safe place of healing, hope, and restoration. Through various methods including professional counseling, Connection Groups, and resources to any woman during and after an unexpected pregnancy, regardless of her decision, Caris continues to serve every woman with the grace, acceptance and support she needs for her and her child to thrive.
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Inner City Impact (ICI) creates family-like environments where kids find acceptance, are listened to, and are given the tools they need to redefine themselves and their futures. With two locations, Logan Square and Cicero, ICI offers leadership development, after school programs, sport leagues, and camping trips. ICI empowers kids to rethink their worldview, re-imagine their self-worth, rewrite their future, and receive God's love. Learn how to get involved by clicking the link below.
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Safe Families for Children is a global preventative movement of host families who open their homes to care for children whose parents are struggling. The heart of the Safe Families Ministry at South Park Church is to extend the compassion of Christ by providing safe homes for children whose parents are experiencing a difficult season of life and then voluntarily place their children with our families.
Safe Families is a collaborative effort between area churches, volunteers, and professionals to prevent child abuse and neglect. Volunteers are Host Families, screened and approved volunteers who take in children, Family Friends, providing support with transportation, baby sitting, etc., Resource Friends, providing assistance through goods, services, and prayer, and through donating to the Safe Family Closet.
For more information on donating to The Safe Family Closet click here!
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Solid Rock Carpenters was started in 2005 in response to the Hurricane Katrina disaster.The need was great and the enthusiasm to help was even greater. As a result, individuals and families began to volunteer annually in the Gulf Region, and now over 3,000 friends and family volunteer nationwide throughout the year. Locally, SRC has worked with community leaders, churches and ministries assisting in building and repair projects, including here at South Park Church.
Their resources of volunteers and skilled leadership have been instrumental in providing communities in need with new homes, home restoration, playgrounds, beds for homeless shelters, barns, fences and many other necessary repairs. Throughout the past 11 years, SRC has organized 50 traveling volunteer teams serving those less fortunate.
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Established in 1980, World Relief Chicago (WRC) works in close collaboration with community partners and volunteers to come alongside refugees and immigrants on their journey through cultural adjustment with the goal of assisting refugees in becoming self-sufficient in the United States. They provide a comprehensive resettlement program that includes standard / intensive case management, employment services, immigration legal assistance, English education, and youth services, and also work with a network of human care providers in Chicago to advocate and strengthen social services for refugees living in the city and surrounding suburbs. Volunteers at World Relief Chicago are health advocates, English tutors, classroom volunteers, part of Good Neighbor teams, and so much more!
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