Local Volunteer Opportunities

Below is a sampling of the many local organizations that welcome volunteers:

Hospitals

• Evanston Hospital
  2650 Ridge Avenue, Evanston
  (847) 570-2710
• Glenbrook Hospital
  2100 Pfingsten Road, Glenview
  (847) 657-5621
• Highland Park Hospital
  718 Glenview Avenue, Highland Park
  (847) 480-3919
• St. Francis Hospital (Resurrection Health Care)
  355 Ridge Avenue, Evanston
  
  (847) 316-2255
  
• Rush North Shore Medical Center
  9600 Gross Point Road, Skokie
  (847) 677-9600

Hospices

• NorthShore University HealthSystem Hospice Volunteers
  (847) 982-4365
• Midwest Palliative & Hospice Care Center
  (847) 556-1982

 Service Organizations

• CJE SeniorLife
  (773) 508-1064
• Interfaith Housing Center of the Northern Suburbs
  (847) 501-5760
• Jewish Vocational Service
  • Newly arrived refugee and immigrant programs
    (773) 743-5638
  • Professional programs
    (312) 673-3443
  • Microenterprise Loans
    (312) 673-3430
  • Senior aides program
    (312) 673-3428
• Meals at Home
  (847) 251-6827
• North Shore Senior Center
  (847) 784-6052
• United Way of the North Shore
  (847) 999-2990
• Volunteers in Teaching Adults
  VITA tutors volunteer in both the English as a Second Language (ESL) and Learn to Read to Learn (LTRTL) programs.
  (847) 635-1426

Libraries/Museums

• Wilmette Public Library Friends of the Library
  (847) 256-5025; ask for Community Services
• Wilmette Historical Museum
  (847) 853-7666
• Kenilworth Historical Society
  (847) 251-2565
• Block Museum of Art, Evanston
  (847) 491-4852
• Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center, Skokie
  (847) 491-0905
• Kohl Children’s Museum, Glenview
  (847) 832-6892
• Mitchell Museum of the American Indian, Evanston
  (847) 475-1030

Performing Arts

• Centre East
  (847) 679-9501 x3101
• The Saints (volunteer ushers for Chicago-area arts events)
  (773) 529-5510