Connections for the Homeless
Marielle Meurice: Mariellemeurice2012@u.northwestern.edu
Alaynah Soehlke: alaynahsoehlke2013@u.northwestern.edu
Area: Evanston
Description: Volunteers cook/prepare a breakfast for the residents at Hilda’s Place. After cooking, volunteers sit down and eat with the residents and get to engage in conversation!
The Soup Kitchen: Friday Sack Lunches
Amrita Mattoo: amritamattoo2013@u.northwestern.edu
Meredith Finsand: meredithfinsand2013@u.northwestern.edu
Area: Evanston
Description: This is a group site in which volunteers prepare and serve sack lunches to homeless and hungry individuals in Evanston. Until recently there was no opportunity to provide meals for the homeless on Fridays- with this exciting new site volunteers can help close that gap and help the hungry stay fed!
Inspiration Café
Linda Song: lindasong2007@u.northwestern.edu
Ben Yu: benjaminyu2012@u.northwestern.edu
Chelsea Glenn: chelseaglenn2013@u.northwestern.edu
Area: Chicago
Description: Inspiration Cafe is a restaurant style soup kitchen. Volunteers act as waiters/waitresses and serve guests their breakfast, rather than the traditional soup line. Volunteers get a lot of time to interact with the guests and form relationships.
LIFT Evanston
Sara Brown: (847) 491-6707
Alli Rosen: (847) 491-6707
Kristen Gietzen: (847) 491-6707
Area: West Evanston
Description: LIFT clients and trained student volunteers work one-on-one to find jobs, secure safe and stable housing, make ends meet through public benefits and tax credits, and obtain quality referrals for services like childcare and healthcare. Training is required.
