Rogers Park Community Response Team

01/23/2025

Special Meeting: Know Your Rights and Prepare Yourself with Jorge Mujica. This Friday, January 24th at 12pm at Eugene Field Elementary School 7019 N Ashland. Reunión especial: Conozca sus Derechos y Prepárese con Jorge Mujica. Este Viernes 24 de Enero a las 12pm en la Escuela Primaria Eugene Field 7019 N Ashland.

12/12/2021

The Rogers Park Free Store, one of our partner organizations, is holding a holiday silent auction fundraiser!

See below post for information, bid on terrific local gifts with all proceeds going to direct aid for RP neighbors. Be sure to bid by Dec. 20!

Artwork and patches, gift cards and baskets! These are a few of our favorite things offered at the INAUGURAL RPFS HOLIDAY AUCTION!

Please visit our showroom at http://bit.ly/RPFS2021Auction (or through our https://linktr.ee/rp_free_store site) to bid on gifts and goods, with all proceeds going to direct aid for neighbors visiting the Free Store.

Make sure to make your winning bid by DEC. 20, and new items will be added over the week so check back in!

08/29/2021

Thank you to all our wonderful volunteers! We are taking a brief summer break August 30-September 7, 2021 and phone lines will be closed. In the meantime please check out other local resources below:

Food & Home Goods
Chicago Chesed Fund: https://chicagochesedfund.org/
Phone: 847.679.7799 x 110

Food Not Bombs: https://rp-food-not-bombs.company.site
Distribution is typically in Wiley B Park on Sundays

PO Box Collective: https://poboxcollective.us/

Community Kitchen by A Just Harvest: https://ajustharvest.org/
Phone: 773.262-2297

Care for Real: https://careforreal.org/

Emotional/Mental Health Support
Nami Chicago: https://www.namichicago.org
Phone: 883.626.4244


For even more resources visit our website at https://rpcrt.org/

08/17/2021

The Rogers Park Community Response Team would like to acknowledge our neighbors from Afghanistan, who have loved ones experiencing the frightening changes within their country, and our neighbors from Haiti who are witnessing another catastrophic earthquake in their homeland. Our community stands in solidarity with you during this traumatic time and strive to continue connecting each other with local resources. If you need - or know of - any resources that you think will help our community during this time please contact us via the hotline at 773-831-7668.

Rogers Park Community Response Team What is the RPCRT? The Rogers Park Community Response Team is an action-oriented group created in response to the COVID-19 outbreak. RPCRT was created by 49th Ward Alderwoman Maria Hadden in coordination with local service providers and community organizations. We...

05/05/2021

Our neighbor Felipe Vallarta was diagnosed with COVID-19 in mid-April, if you can help support him and his family, you can donate to this GoFundMe his granddaughter set up: https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-felipe-vallarta-recover-from-covid

Felipe Vallarta was diagnosed with COVID-19 in mid-April, just five days before he was scheduled to receive his first dose of the vaccine, his granddaughter said.

03/10/2021

RPCRT is working with Alderwoman Maria Hadden’s office to connect those in need of a ride to a vaccine appointment with those who have a car and can support.

Please visit this link either if you are in need of a ride to a vaccine appointment, or if you have a car and can support this effort with driving people to appointments. If you have any questions, you can call the RPCRT hotline at 773-831-7668 or email us at [email protected]. Thank you!

Rides to Vaccines RPCRT is working with Alderwoman Maria Hadden’s office in the 49th Ward to connect those in need of a ride to a vaccine appointment with those who have a car and can support. If you have a vaccine appointment but need a ride to the vaccine, please click this link and fill out thi...

02/24/2021

This March 1st is COVID Memorial Day. The Floral Heart Project will be laying a floral heart in Chicago to honor the nearly 4,900 Chicagoans who have lost their lives to COVID-19, and to offer overdue closure to the countless who are mourning lost loved ones.

If you wish to have a lost loved one to COVID-19 honored during the laying of a floral heart at Buckingham Fountain you can fill out this form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc3f8FMmv_39cGNcu8UEF2XFTTbm3AdeodchllHiCXuj57Bdg/viewform

You can also donate to help others lay and create hearts:
https://charity.gofundme.com/o/en/campaign/floral-heart-project?fbclid=IwAR13OcQaFmqKzADj9d4lqkVGSK4ZRQm0blhK49Ls4SghG9s-ziG7z0Pj-pA

02/05/2021

This weekend will have below zero temperatures, please stay safe/inside and look out for your neighbors where you can, especially those unhoused at this time.

Here is a link to warming stations in Chicago, please also call the RPCRT hotline at 773-831-7668 for questions or support

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01/11/2021

Governor Pritzker extended the Illinois Eviction Moratorium until February 6, 2021. There are more restrictions on this, however, with legal hoops tenants need to jump through if eviction becomes a concern.

If you or anyone you know are at risk of eviction, please reach out to the RPCRT Hotline 773-831-7668 or you can email us at [email protected]. Please also check out Chicago Tenants Movement, which is doing great work to ensure people in our community are housed.

More info on the extension and new details:

Landlords may not file eviction cases until after February 6, 2021 according to IL Governor J.B. Pritzker's Executive Order that extends this date.

01/08/2021

We hope everyone is able to rest a little at the end of this week. As the winter begins and the eviction moratorium comes to a close, the needs of the Rogers Park community have grown. If you are able to help out for 1-2 hours a week, please reach out to RPCRT to assist as a hotline operator. Calls can be done from home and training is provided. Operators are needed for all languages, and especially for Spanish, French, and English.

To volunteer, please reach out to https://rpcrt.org/join-our-team/, you can also email us at [email protected], message this group on FB, or call our hotline at 773-831-7668.

Please also do not hesitate to call or email RPCRT for any needs, your neighbors are here to support where we can and nobody in our community should feel alone.