National Honor Society Service Options

Organization: / Access Living
Contact: / Rahnee Patrick
Address: / 115 W Chicago
Chicago, IL 60610
Contact Info: / Phone: 312/640-2127
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Website: www.yieldthepower.org
Project: / 16-week leadership/organizing training for youth with disabilities to educate and empower youth with disabilities to become advocates and social activitists.
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Description: / The YIELD THE POWER TO THE YOUTH project is an innovative demonstration grant for youth with disabilities designed to increase the participation of youth with disabilities in mainstream workforce development activities.
Organization: / AIDS Care
Contact: / Justin Hill
Address: / 212 East Ohio Street
Chicago, IL 60657-5638
Contact Info: / Phone: 773/935-4663
Fax: 773/935-4662
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Website: www.aidscarechicago.org
Project: / A variety of potential projects are available around the core issue of providing health care and support to individuals living with AIDS/HIV.
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Description: / Assist those living with HIV/AIDS in Chicago achieve a higher quality of life through housing and care.
Organization: / American Lung Association
Contact: / Janet Gniadek
Address: / 1440 W Washington Blvd
Chicago IL 60607-1878
Contact Info: / Phone: 312/628-0404
Fax: 312/243-3954
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Website: www.lungchicago.org
Project: / The ALA can provide resources and support to help students develop projects that advocate for cleaner air, reduce tobacco use and exposure to second hand smoke, and reverse the asthma epidemic in Chicago.
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Description: / The American Lung Association works to prevent lung disease and promote lung health through research, advocacy, and education. To that end, theALAMC serves an estimated one million Cook County residents diagnosed with asthma, lung cancer, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), emphysema, and other lung diseasesthrough community-based interventions.
Organization / Amnesty International
Contact: / Makella Purdue
Address: / 53 W Jackson Suite 731
Chicago, IL 60604
Contact Info: / Phone: 312/435-6393
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Website: www.amnestyusa.org
Project: / Amnesty provides curriculum and college student teaching assistants to teach human rights curriculum and develop a service project on human rights.
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Description: / Amnesty conducts research and action to prevent and end grave abuses of rights to physical/ mental integrity, freedom of conscience and expression, and freedom from discrimination, while working to promote all human rights.
Organization: / ArchiTreasures
Contact: / Joyce Fernandez
Address: / 1410 N Springfield
Chicago, IL 60651
Contact Info: / Phone: 773/772-4416
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Website: www.architreasures.org
Project: / Students participate in landscaping design projects on school grounds or local parks.
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Description: / Archi-treasures encourages community involvement in the urban landscape by partnering architects and artists with community groups, students, and neighborhood organizations.
Organization: / Book Worm Angels
Contact: / Michael Ban
Address: / 3100 N Sheridan #4B
Chicago, IL 60657
Contact Info: / Phone: 773/528-4786
Fax: 773/477-2207
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Website: www.bookwormangels.org
Project: / Students can organize a book drive and/or read books to elementary school children in the neighborhood.
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Description: / Book Worm Angels is dedicated to children's literacy through the development of regular reading habits among at-risk, low income children in grades K-8.
Organization: / Cathedral Shelter of Chicago
Contact: / Volunteer Coordinator
Address: / 1668 W Ogden
Chicago, IL 60612
Contact Info: / Phone: 312/997-2222 x238
Fax: 312/997-3160
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Website: www.cathedralshelter.org
Project: / Students can work together on projects that provide services for homeless and other individuals.
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Description: / Offers a continuum of care for the homeless, addicted and forgotten of Chicago’s West Side by providing tools for living in a faithful community of support and trust.
Organization / Chicago Coalition for the Homeless
Contact / Julie Dworkin
Address / 1325 S Wabash
Chicago, IL 60605
Contact Info / Phone: 312/435-4548 x24
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Website: www.chicagohomeless.org
Project / Students learn about homelessness in Chicago then participate in a campaign designed to address root causes of homelessness in Chicago.
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Description / The Chicago Coalition for the Homeless is a 22-year old advocacy organization working to address the root causes of homelessness.
Organization / Chicago Cares
Contact / Erin Rasler
Address / 300 W Adams Suite 300
Chicago IL 60606
Contact Info / Phone: 312/780-0800 x122
Fax: 312/780-0801
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Website: www.chicagocares.org
Project / Teachers can contact Chicago Cares to develop a project that connects to classroom learning and addresses various community issues and needs.
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Description / Chicago Cares networks with community organizations througout the city to provide meaningful service opportunities.
Organization: / Chicago Department on Aging
Contact: / Martha Romero
Address: / 30 N LaSalle St #2320
Chicago, IL 60602
Contact Info: / Phone: 312/742-6455
Fax: 312/744-0680
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Project: / Students partner with a senior citizen center in their community and participate in an intergenerational project.
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Organization / Chicago Park District
Contact: / Jessica Soto
Address: / 541 N Fairbanks
Chicago, IL 60611
Contact Info: / Phone: 312/742-4600
Fax: 312/742-5346
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Website: www.chicagoparkdistrict.com
Project: / Teachers use the parks as outdoor classrooms and develop a stewardship relationship to the park with their students.
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Description: / Chicago Park District offers outdoor environmental programs including opportunities to use the parks as outdoor classrooms.
Organization: / Chicago Project for Violence Prevention
Contact: / Candice Cain
Address: / 1603 W Taylor St
Chicago, IL 60612
Contact Info: / Phone: 312/996-1319
Fax: 312/355-0207
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Website: www.ceasefirechicago.org
Project: / Students can organize school or community projects related to the cease fire campaign.
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Description: / The Chicago Project works with community partners to reduce violence in all forms including youth violence, gang violence, family and partner violence, elder and child abuse, and sexual assault and rape.
Organization: / Church World Service
Contact: / Tessa Barnes
Address: / 900 Joire Blvd
Oak Brook, IL 60523
Contact Info: / Phone: 630/990-7441
Fax: 630/990-8277
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Website: www.churchworldservice.org
Project: / Students can participate in a community- or school-led CROP Walk or other hunger activity, participate in the Fall CROP Walk or put together health/education kits.
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Description: / Church World Service is an international aid agency, provide disaster relief, service to refugees, and self-help development projects around the world.
Organization: / Constitutional Rights Foundation
Contact: / Jessica Chethik
Address: / 407 S Dearborn Suite 1700
Chicago, IL 60605
Contact Info: / Phone: 312/663-9057
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Website: www.crfc.org
Project: / The Illinois Youth Summit is an extended program that combines in-class public policy analysis with community service to address issues of violence and public safety with high schools students.
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Description: / Helps young people develop the skills, knowledge, and attitudes necessary through law-related education programs for elementary and secondary students and their teachers to serve their communities and nation as active, responsible citizens.
Organization: / Forest Preserve of Cook County
Contact: / Wayman Ward
Address: / 6100a N Central Ave
Chicago IL 60646
Contact Info: / Phone: 773/631-1790
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Website: www.fpdcc.com
Project: / Students groups can adopt a forest preserve area (grove, trail, lakeshore or stream) and provide maintenance to the site four times each year. Maintenance of natural surface trails, river obstruction removal, invasive species control and trail mapping are just a few of the activities that students can be involved in.
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Description: / Acquire lands containing one or more natural forests for the purpose of protecting and preserving the flora, fauna, and scenic beauties and to restore, restock, protect and preserve the natural forests for the public purposes.
Organization: / Friends of the Chicago River
Contact: / Sasha Kerlow
Address: / 407 S Dearborn Suite 1580
Chicago, IL 60605
Contact Info: / Phone: 312/939-0490 X12
Fax: 312/939-0931
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Website: www.chicagoriver.org
Project: / Friends works with teachers to plan a Chicago River project and how it will be integrated with classroom curriculum.
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Description: / Friends works with teachers to plan a Chicago River project and how it will be integrated with classroom curriculum.Works with school to develop service projects that focus on the Chicago River and its watershed.
Organization: / Friends of the Parks
Contact: / Mary Eileen Sullivan
Address: / 55 E Washington Suite 1911
Chicago, IL 60602
Contact Info: / Phone: 312/857-2757 #13
Fax: 312/857-0656
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Website: www.fotp.org
Project: / Classrooms can "adopt a park" in their neighborhood and conduct various preservation and improvement activities.
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Description: / Preserve, protect and improve parks and foster an ethic of stewardship among individuals.
Organization: / Greater Chicago Food Depository
Contact: / James Callahan
Address: / 4100 W Anne Lurie Pl
Chicago, IL 60632
Contact Info: / Phone: 773/843-5420
Fax: 773/247-4232
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Website: www.chicagosfoodbank.org
Project: / Student groups provide service at the depository as part of a service project. Depository staff is available to meet with classrooms at school.
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Description: / The Greater Chicago Food Depository is a not-for-profit food distribution center working to feed hungry people in Cook County.
Organization: / Hosteling International
Contact: / Megan Johnson
Address: / 24 E Congress Pkwy
Chicago, IL 60605
Contact Info: / Phone: 312/583-2221
Fax: 312/583-2219
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Website: www.hichicago.org
Project: / Students participate in 5 preparation sessions and then prepare and host an evening for international guests at the International Hostel.
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Description: / Help all, especially the young, gain a greater understanding of the world and its people through hostelling.Help all, especially the young, gain a greater understanding of the world and its people through hostelling.
Organization: / Illinois Caucus for Adolescent Health
Contact: / Vivian Barrett
Address: / 28 E Jackson #700
Chicago, IL 60604
Contact Info: / Phone: 312/427-4460 x228
Fax: 312/427-0757
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Website: www.allteenhealth.com
Project: / Students learn about a health policy issue and then participate in a lobbying day in Springfield.
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Description: / Young people and adults work together to achieve health, safety and fairness for everyone in Illinois.
Organization: / Illinois Council Against Hand Gun Violence
Contact: / Kate Williamson
Address: / 223 W Jackson #1106
Chicago, IL 60606
Contact Info: / Phone: 312/341-0939
Fax: 312/341-9770
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Website: www.ichv.org
Project: / Students learn about policy related to hand guns and develop an educational or policy campaign relating to reducing hand gun violence.
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Description: / ICHV works to reduce death and injury due to hand gun violence by educating the public, advocating for policy solutions, and mobilizing people to take action.
Organization / Jewish Vocational Services
Contact: / Marilou Kessler
Address: / 6525 N California
Chicago, IL 60645
Contact Info: / Phone: 773/743-5638
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Project: / Computer students help recent immigrants learn computer skills.
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Organization: / Junior Achievement
Contact: / Michelle A. Carrillo
Address: / 651 W Washington Blvd #404
Chicago IL 60661
Contact Info: / Phone: 312/715-1300 x230
Fax: 312/715-0694
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Website: www.jachicago.org
Project: / The JA High School Heroes program prepares students to teach the JA Elementary School Program in one day to K-3 pupils in a neighboring elementary school.
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Description: / Junior Achievement uses hands-on experiences to help young people understand the economics of life. In partnership with business and educators, JA brings the real world to students, opening their minds to their potential.
Organization: / (Lake Michigan Federation) Alliance of the Great Lakes
Contact: / Stephanie Smith
Address: / 220 S State St #1900
Chicago, IL 60604
Contact Info: / Phone: 312/939-0838 X5
Fax: 312/939-2708
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Website: www.lakemichigan.org
Project: / The Adopt-A-Beach program enables students to create positive change for their local beaches through litter monitoring and problem solving.
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Description: / The Alliance of the Great Lakes works to restore fish and wildlife habitat, conserve land and water, and eliminate toxics in the watershed of America's largest lake through education, research, law, science, economics, and strategic partnerships.
Organization / Leukemia and Lymphoma Society
Contact: / Christie Copeland, Campaign Coordinator
Address: / 651 W Washington Blvd, Suite 400
Contact Info: / Phone: 312/568-7713
Fax: 312/651-7367
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Website: www.lls.org
Project: / Students learn about leukemia and lymphoma and then develop a spare change campaign to raise funds to support research and adocacy by LLS.
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Description: / The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society is the world's largest voluntary health organization dedicated to funding blood cancer research, education, and patient services. The Society's mission: Cure leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin's disease and myeloma, and improve the quality of life of patients and their families.
Organization: / Life Source Blood Services
Contact: / Cheryl Tretter
Address: / 1205 N Milwaukee Ave
Glenview, IL 60025
Contact Info: / Phone: 847/226-7274
Fax: 312/279-2888
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Website: www.itxm.org
Project: / Students particpipate in educational activities and then design and implement a school- or community-based blood drive.
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Description: / Students particpipate in educational activities and then design and implement a school- or community-based blood drive.
Organization: / Little Brothers Friends of the Elderly
Contact: / Christine Bertrand
Address: / 355 N Ashland
Chicago, IL 60607
Contact Info: / Phone: 312/455-1000
Fax: 312/455-9674
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Website: www.littlebrothers.org/chicago
Project: / Little Brothers – Friends of the Elderly offers teachers the opportunity for their students to learn about the positive aspects of aging and volunteering in a supportive and welcoming environment.
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Description: / Little Brothers reaches out to elderly over the age of 70 who live in Chicago and are growing old alone.
Organization: / Memory Bridges Program
Contact: / Mary Cohen
Address: / Re-locating to a downtown location
Contact Info: / Phone: 847/831-3508
Fax: 847/831-3679
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Website: www.memorybridge.org
Project: / The Chicagoland Memory Bridge Initiative (CMBI) educates area public school students about Alzheimer's disease and pairs them with elders living with the disease. Using a unique 12-week after-school curriculum, CMBI staff works closely with teachers and Alzheimer's care facilities to foster positive intergenerational communication and to facilitate relationships between students and people with dementia.
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Description: / The Foundation for Alzheimer’s and Cultural Memory is established for the purpose of promoting communication with and memory preservation for individuals with Alzheimer's disease.
Organization: / MGR Foundation
Contact / Vesna Stelcer
Address: / 6348 N Milwaukee
Chicago IL 60646
Contact Info: / Phone: 773/313-0075
Fax: 773/866-2375
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Website: www.mgrf.org
Project: / MGR Foundation will work with teachers to design projects that meet classroom learning needs. Projects have included environmental programs, working with senior citizens and children, and renovating housing for immigrant families.
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Description: / The mission of MGRF (Marilyn G. Rabb Foundation) is one of commitment to overcoming social and educational barriers and creating innovative programs that positively impact our communities.
Organization: / Mikva Challenge
Contact: / Brian Brady
Address: / 25 E Washington Suite 826
Chicago, IL 60602
Contact Info: / Phone: 312/863-6346
Fax: 312/332-5812
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Website: www.mikvachallenge.org
Project: / Students learn campaign strategies, volunteer with political candidates, serve as election judges or classes participate in Student Voices project.
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Description: / Mikva Challenge gets high school students involved in the nuts and bolts of democracy.
Organization / National Council of Community and Justice
Contact: / Kim Casey
Address: / 27 E Monroe St Suite 400
Chicago IL
Contact Info: / Phone: 312/236-9272
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Website: www.nccj.org
Project: / Students take the lead on developing a project that address the problem of violence. NCCJ also sponsors the “Walk-as-One” event which a school can use as a service project.
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Description: / NCCJ works to transform communities to provide fuller opportunity and to be inclusive and just – through institutional change – by empowering leaders.
Organization: / Play for Peace
Contact: / Ellen Zipprich
Address: / 770 N Halsted #420
Chicago, IL 60622-5972
Contact Info: / Phone: 312/563-7132
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Website: www.playforpeace.org
Project: / Teens lead cooperative games for 6-10 year olds. A team of teen leaders and children represent diverse cultures and form relatinoships to model a peaceful, diverse community. Play for Peace targets Gear Up schools but is open to hearing from other schools.
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Description: / Bring children of conflicting cultures together through play.
Organization: / Project Exploration
Contact: / Kristin Atman, Senior Manager of Science Programs
Address: / 950 E 61st St
Chicago, IL 60637
Contact Info: / Phone: 773/834-7614
Fax: 773/834-7625
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Website: www.projectexploration.org
Project: / Students learn about paleontology and serve as docents and facilitators for Project Exploration at area museums.
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Description: / Project Exploration works to reduce the distance between science and the public, inspires city kids with the wonders of natural science, and connects individuals with authentic science.
Organization: / Renaissance Center
Contact: / Todd Littleton
Address: / 2575 W Lyndale
Chicago, IL 60647
Contact Info: / Phone: 773/645-8900 or 773/734-2862
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Project: / Renaissance Center will work with teachers to develop student projects that address issues of housing and aging.
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Description: / Assist homeless and disabled individuals and their families to find permanent housing in inpendent environments and provide support, referrals, and crisis intervention to assist clients with housing and economic independence toward self-sufficiency.
Organization: / Urban Watch
Contact: / Kirk Anne Taylor
Address: / 1400 S Lake Shore Dr
Chicago, IL 60605
Contact Info: / Phone: 312/665-7442
Fax: 312/665-7433
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Project: / Classrooms on the southeast side conduct surveys of native species in urban green spaces and report their data online. The data provides a baseline for UrbanWatch participants to engage in conservation action projects.
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Description: / UrbanWatch is a citizen-scientist monitoring program offered by The Field
Museum that tracks the condition and extent of urban green spaces
statewide.

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