Food
Common Pantry meets the emergency needs of its local community by providing healthy food, kinship and support to help overcome poverty-related challenges. The vision of the Common Pantry is to strengthen the capacity to provide food and services for the overall well-being of its clients. It takes a strategic, forward-thinking approach to reduce hunger and address the root causes of poverty, infusing compassion into everything it does.
Food, Housing/Shelter, Immigration Assistance, Job Services, Legal Aid, Medical, Health Care, Medication / 635 views
Redeeming Grace Food Pantry is affiliated with the Greater Chicago Food Depository and it distributes food to the community on Saturdays from 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Food / 839 views
The Irving Park Community Food Pantry is dedicated to feeding people in its community who are in need and providing education on hunger-related issues.
Brave Space Alliance is the first Black-led, trans-led LGBTQ+ Center located on the South Side of Chicago, dedicated to creating and providing affirming, culturally competent, for-us by-us resources, programming, and services for LGBTQ+ individuals on the South and West sides of the city. It strives to empower, embolden, and educate through mutual aid, knowledge-sharing, and the creation of community-sourced resources as it builds toward the liberation of all oppressed peoples.
Crisis, Education, Food, HIV/AIDS, Job Services, LGBTQ+, Mentoring/Tutoring, Support Groups / 658 views
Food, Veteran Services / 746 views
The Recovery Program is a 4-phase program designed to help men addicted to drugs and/or alcohol escape those addictions. It is our aim to assist these men in being transformed into successful, recovered, productive members of the community. The curriculum for the Recovery Program includes Bible studies, addiction recovery classes, and one-on-one meetings with a certified counselor. Guests are also aided in developing their resumes and preparing for interviews as they enter the later phases of the program. Literacy classes as well as GED preparation and testing are also available if needed. Oliver Gospel is focused on a recovery relevant, biblical-based program to help facilitate life transformation. The ultimate aim is to see the participants find jobs that enable them to find a stable place to live and lead self-sustaining, responsible lives. A man is only considered a graduate of the Recovery Program when he has:
Education, Food, Housing/Shelter, Job Services, Recovery / 903 views