Cradles to Crayons

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Children & Youth
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Homeless & Housing

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2500 W Bradley PlaceChicago, IL 60618 United States

Website:

https://www.cradlestocrayons.org/chicago/

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End Clothing Insecurity - Become a Station Support Volunteer with Cradles to Crayons!

Flexible Schedule | Chicago, IL 60618

Do you love working with people? Are you interested in becoming more involved with our mission to end clothing insecurity? If so, becoming a station support volunteer may be right for you! A Station Support volunteer is responsible for aiding the Group Volunteer Leader or other staff member at a volunteer station during a volunteer shift. The Station Support Champion position requires at least 1 month of prior service as a Champion volunteer and will require training by Cradles to Crayons staff. This position may include these responsibilities: Answering volunteer questions Getting station supplies during the shift Helping to change and replace red barrel bags (items that do not meet quality standards that will be recycled with Chicago Textile Recycling). This requires bending, lifting bags of up to 20 pounds, and placing them into a designated bin. Helping the staff member to reset the station at the end of the shift. This is a regular volunteer position that commits to once weekly or twice monthly volunteering at the same day and time. In order to become a regular volunteer, you will need to complete 3 standard volunteer shifts first. If you indicate interest via VolunteerMatch, we will contact you with next steps to get started.

Date Posted: 2024-09-04
End Clothing Insecurity - Become a Production Support Volunteer with Cradles to Crayons!

Flexible Schedule | Chicago, IL 60618

Help us quality check, sort, organize, and package donations of clothing and essential items that will be distributed to children in Chicagoland free of charge! A Production Support Champion is responsible for working in an assigned station to help with production needs - i.e. doing the volunteer activity of our various stations such as Clothing Sort, Sizing, Outfits, SUPs (Socks, Underwear, Pajamas) and Bulk Bagging. This is a regular volunteer position that commits to once weekly or twice monthly volunteering at the same day and time. In order to become a regular volunteer, you will need to complete 3 standard volunteer shifts first. If you indicate interest via VolunteerMatch, we will contact you with next steps to get started.

Date Posted: 2024-09-04
End Clothing Insecurity - Become a Partner Order Specialist Volunteer with Cradles to Crayons!

Flexible Schedule | Chicago, IL 60618

Help us prepare orders of essential items for our partners to pick up free of charge! A partner order specialist volunteer is responsible for being the first point of contact for agencies who have scheduled a pick-up of the order they have placed with Cradles to Crayons. In between pick-ups, the secondary responsibility will include packing orders in the queue to be ready for pick-up at a later date. This position may include these responsibilities: Answering the door as partners arrive for their orders, locating the orders in warehouse and helping to load the partner’s vehicles. Informing the partner that they can also browse and select items from the "partner shelf", which is stocked with various essential items not found in the typical core product offerings at C2C. "Shopping" for our partner orders - preparing items for pickup by our partners. This job requires standing, bending, and lifting up to 20 pounds.

Date Posted: 2024-09-04

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Mission Statement

Cradles to Crayons (C2C), founded in 2002, provides children from birth through age 12, living in homeless or low-income situations, with the essential items they need to thrive--at home, at school, and at play. We supply clothing, shoes, diapers, school supplies, and more, free of charge. Our vision is that one day all children will have the essentials they need to thrive.

Description

Two in 5 kids in the United States are currently facing Clothing Insecurity, going without basic essentials like pants, shoes, diapers, and school supplies during their critical development years. Three of the top 10 reasons kids miss school are rooted in Clothing Insecurity-just one example of the significant short- and long-term social and economic costs when these needs go unmet. Cradles to Crayons keeps Clothing Insecurity at the core of our mission and is the only large-scale nonprofit organization to focus on this resource gap. Since its founding, Cradles to Crayons has distributed more than three million customized packages of essentials to children in Massachusetts, Greater Philadelphia, Chicagoland, and nationally, through Giving Factory Direct-a first-in-kind online product donation platform launched in 2021.

Volunteers help to quality check, sort, and organize donations of essential items - such as clothing, shoes, books, school supplies, winter accessories, hygiene items, and more. We welcome volunteers as young as 5 years old with a parent/guardian to volunteer.

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by Pooja M. (2018-02-20 09:18:57.0)

- Effective and managed work environment. - Kind and supportive team.

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