The Children's Giving Project

08/22/2018

Tomorrow, starting at 9am, The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation will be boosting Donors Choose projects by 50%. For example, your $20 donation will become $30. There is no limit to how much they will boost! Pretty awesome!!! Please share with those who support public education!

DonorsChoose.org

08/19/2018

Don't forget to support your public school teachers across the city this year. Choose your school, teacher and project through this really cool website!!!

DonorsChoose.org

04/19/2017

Though the recent cold and rain makes it hard to believe, spring truly is just around the corner. Winter is finally relinquishing its icy grip and it’s time to clean up the old leaves and debris that have accumulated over the last five months.

02/09/2017

Come join in the fun at the Volunteer Expo at the Peggy Notebaert Museum on February 26 from 10-4pm. Sign up on the website:
http://chicagovolunteerexpo.com/

09/16/2012

Kids are having an art/lemonade/bake sale to benefit the Chambered Nautilus and Greyhounds Only on the corner of Farwell and Glenwood today from 11:30am to 2pm! Come check out our wares!

06/28/2012

A brief update from the CGP!

05/17/2012

On Saturday June 23rd, thousands of Chicagoans will walk to help end hunger at the 27th Annual Hunger Walk. The Children's Giving Project will be there too! Come join us! Our team is called The Children's Giving Project and our password is "goteam." Please consider joining us or donating to the cause!
Where: Soldier Field
When: Saturday June 23, 2012 Registration 7 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. Step-Off

27th Annual Hunger Walk

05/02/2012

The Children's Giving Project will be hosting a lemonade stand and cookie sale on Sunday May 6th on the corners of Glenwood and Farwell In Rogers Park from 10am-2pm. Please come by to say "Hi", grab a treat and some lemonade. Proceeds to benefit North Park Village Nature Center and Heifer International!

05/02/2012

The Children's Giving Project will be meeting at Care For Real on Saturday May 5th, at 1pm for a tour of their facilities. You can show up a bit earlier to see them in action. RSVP here please so we may give them a final number!!!
http://www.careforreal.org/

Care for Real is Edgewater's Food Pantry. CfR, an independent non-profit agency, has provided food and clothing on the north side of Chicago for 40 years.

04/20/2012

Just a reminder: Tomorrow is Spring Clean-up in Chicago. Most wards around the city and the parks are having clean-ups! Help clean up your ward or local park!!!
http://www.ward49.com/site/epage/132682_322.htm

This Saturday, April 21st, hundreds of 49th Ward residents will fan out across the neighborhood, picking up trash, cutting down weeds and planting flowers. We'll meet at 9:00 a.m. for coffee and rolls at the 49th Ward Service Office, 7356 N. Greenview (at Jarvis) and head out into the neighborhood ...

04/20/2012

Our food drive has winded down and we will be turning in our donations and taking a tour of Care For Real on May 5th at 1pm! Let us now if you'll be joining us! http://www.careforreal.org/contact.shtml

Care for Real is Edgewater's Food Pantry. CfR, an independent non-profit agency, has provided food and clothing on the north side of Chicago for 40 years.

04/10/2012

http://www.earthdaychicago.com/

Friends of the Parks in Chicago will be having Chicago Parks cleanups on April 21st. Find your park and register. Your Alderman may also be having a cleanup on that day as well. Check it out. If you would like to join The Children's Giving Project, we will be at the 49th Ward doing some cleanup!!!

presents Friends of the Parks 23rd Annual Earth Day Parks & Preserves Clean-upSaturday, April 21, 2012, 9 a.m. - Noon