CCI About Us

About Us

Fact Sheet

Our Mission

Since 1991, Chicago Cares has been creating unique volunteer experiences for individuals, businesses and organizations to help combat many of our community’s most urgent needs. Since our inception, Chicago Cares has created, managed, and led 20,000 community service projects, offered Chicagoans more than 275,000 volunteer opportunities, and dedicated 875,000 hours of service to the City of Chicago.

Chicago Cares develops 200 hands-on group volunteer projects each month as well as organizes and leads two large service events - the Celebration of Service in Honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. each January and the Serve-a-thon in June.

Chicago Cares volunteer programs help meet the most pressing needs in education (adult and children), hunger, health and wellness, senior services, and environment and rehabilitation

We invite you to learn more about us by exploring our Web site or contact us to find out how you or your company or organization can become involved with Chicago Cares.

Download the Chicago Cares Fact Sheet