Volunteers

Family Trip Volunteers

Family trip volunteers accompany children on special outings, such as trips to Brookfield and Lincoln Park Zoos, Shedd Aquarium, Museum of Science and Industry, Sears Tower, Chicago Botanic Garden, Indiana Dunes, or Wagner Farm.  The First Presbyterian Church of Evanston's bus (capacity: 24) is enlisted for transportation, but we usually need extra drivers and volunteers as well. Family outings occur on Saturdays about once every 6 weeks, from 9 am – @4 pm.Note that any volunteers working with children will be subject to background checks, to ensure the safety of our children. 

Boys’ & Girls’ Club Leaders

Take neighborhood kids on outings.  If you can drive, that’s great.  In warm weather, visit parks, forest preserves or the lakefront.  In cold weather, visit the gym at First Presbyterian Church of Evanston, Evanston Library, Lincoln Park Zoo, sledding hills, or downtown Chicago.  Open to kids 3 years and up.  Mothers with younger children may come along. Note that any volunteers working with children will be subject to background checks, to ensure the safety of our children. 

Office Professionals

If you can maneuver around an excel spreadsheet or read a financial report; if you’re familiar with Windows Servers and Active Directory, or are familiar with setting up workstations and basic networks; or if you have experience directing calls, organizing files and providing the type of work-flow management every office needs, Good News Partners could use your help. Office Professional volunteers help out around the GNP offices from as little as one or two days a month, up to multiple days a week, and are a core part of keeping Good News Partners running.  

Volunteer Contact

If this is something you’re passionate about and would like to be involved with, let us know.