Harper College

Local Volunteer Organizations

Turn your passion into action.

Harper strives to provide students with opportunities to serve in the local community and beyond. By providing these opportunities to be part of something that is bigger than oneself, we aim to instill the idea of lifelong active citizenship in the students of Harper College.

Interested individuals or groups are welcome to contact the below organizations for volunteer opportunities.

Also reference: handsonsuburbanchicago.org 

Resource Type Organization Name Organization
Telephone Number
Athletics/Sports Arlington Heights Youth Athletic Association 847.870.0081
Adult/Children Disabilities Northwest Special Recreation Association 847.392.2848 ext. 233
Adult/Children Disabilities Little City Foundation 815.955.1401
Art/Theatre Prairie Center Arts Foundation 847.776.3560
Child Care IL Action for Children 312.823.1100
Child Care Children's Advocacy Center of North and NW Cook County 847.885.0100
Child Care Children's Home and Aid Society of IL-Community Child Care Center of Palatine 847.991.1030
Child/Young Adult Care OMNI Youth Services 847.353.1536
Child/Educational Care City Year Chicago 312.216.7212
Child/Disabilities Care Gigi's Playhouse 847.885.7529
Child/Disabilities Care Palatine Park District/I Compete Youth Program 847.496.6303
Child/Family Care Rainbow For All Children 847.952.1770 ext. 312
Child/Family Care Palatine Township Community Outreach Palatine 847.358.6161
Child/Girl Scouts Girl Scouts of Greater Chicago & NW Indiana 224.207.9250
Clothing Salvation Army - Elgin Corps and Community Center 847.741.2304
Clothing The Salvation Army Metropolitan Division Headquarters 773.205.3502 or 773.205.3532
METVolunteer@usc.salvationarmy.org
Dental Harper Dental Clinic 847.925.6534
Dental Northwest Community Mobile Dental Clinic 847.358.6700
Disabilities Alzheimer's Association 800.272.3900
Disabilities Special Olympics IL-- Lincolnshire N.A.
Domestic Violence Northwest Center Against Sexual Assault (Northwest CASA) 847.806.6526 ext. 19
Domestic Violence WINGS 847.519.7820 ext. 216
Domestic Violence Between Friends 847.818.8900
Drug Abuse Health Ignite Hope 847.630.2255
Educational National MS Society 312.423.1139
Educational Plum Grove Junior High School 847.963.7605
Educational The Greater Wheeling Area 224.800.1539
Educational Ladder Up 312.630.0288
Educational Community Education: District 214 Arlington Heights 847.718.7799
Educational Harper Educational Foundation 630.473.8183
Educational JPRC (Job Placement @ Harper) 847.925.6400
Educational/Child Care Best Buddies 312.828.9313
Educational/Disabilities Partners for Our Communities 847.496.6303
Family/LGBTQ Care Parent, Families, & Friends of Lesbians & Gays of Northern IL 630.415.0622
Food/Shelter/Clothing Americorps N.A.
Food/Shelter/Clothing Community Threads 847.358.3710
Food/Shelter/Clothing Feed My Starving Children 847.984.3849
Food/Shelter/Clothing G.R.E.A.T.( Good Reading Event At TJ) Hoffman Estates 847.963.8272
847.705.6247
Food/Shelter/Clothing Habitat for Humanity ( North fox valley) Carpentersville 630.940.8137
Food/Shelter/Clothing Home of the Sparrow 815.271.5444 ext. 244
Food/Shelter/Clothing Heartland Alliance and Care Services - Ending Poverty 773.894.2427
Food/Shelter/Clothing The Night Ministries (Homeless Youth Services, Chicago) 773.506.6004
Food/Shelter\Clothing Northwest Compass 847.392.2344 ext. 412
Government AARP Foundation TaxAide 847.398.6265
Government Kiwanis Club of Palatine N.A.
Health Society for the Preservation of Human Dignity (PHD) Inverness 847.359.4967
Housing Fellowship Housing 847.380.8867
Housing Faith Community House 847.342.0846
Housing The Harbour 847.297.8540
general@theharbour.org
Housing Housing Forward 708.338.1724 ext. 220
Housing Habitat for Humanity (North Fox Valley) Carpentersville 630.940.8137
Immigration National Immigrant Justice Center Chicago 312.660.1300
Immigration Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights 312.332.7360
Immigration HIAS Chicago 312.357.4666
Immigration Hispanic American Community Education and Services (HACES) 847.244.0300 ext. 213
Legal Legal Assistance Foundation 312.347.8338
Legal Life Span Center for Legal Services 877.863.6338
Medical Muscular Dystrophy Association 312.260.5981
Medical Amita Health St. Alexis Medical 847.252.5469
Medical Access to Care 708.531.0680
Medical Access Community Health Network 847.342.1554
Medical Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital Barrington 847.842.3192
Medical AIDS Foundation of Chicago 312.334.0929 ext.397
Medical Alexander Leigh Center 847.922.3470
alcavolunteer@gmail.com
Medical Alzheimer's Association, Greater IL Chapter 847.933.2413
Medical American Cancer Society 630.932.1157
Medical American Red Cross 312.729.6222
Medical Heartland Hospice Palatine 847.241.5016
Medical Public Health N.A.
Medical Sweat for Tiny Hearts 847.780.4869
sweat@savingtinyhearts.org
Medical AMITA Health-Alexian Brothers 847.437.5500 ext. 4766
Medical Advocate Lutheran General Hospital 847.723.6194
Medical Hope Palliative and Hospice Care 847.803.0400
Medical JOURNEYS | The Road Home 847.963.9163 ext. 121
volunteer@journeystheroadhome.org
Medical Northwest Community Healthcare 847.618.4455
Mental Health The Josselyn Center 847.441.5600
Mental Health Kenneth Young Center - Outpatient 847.524.8800 ext. 182
Mental Health Alexian Brothers Center for Mental Health 847.952.7460
Mental Health Hoffman Estates Dept. of Health and Human Services 847.781.4866
Mental Health Lutheran Social Services 847.640.7954
Mental Health Northwest Community Hospital 847.618.5500
Multiple Services Catholic Charities 312.655.7700
Multiple Services Palatine Township 847.358.6140
Multiple Services Wheeling township 847.259.7730 ext. 39
Multiple Services Elk Grove Township 847.437.0300
Multiple Services Schaumburg Township 847.884.0030
Multiple Services Village of Mount Prospect 847.870.5680
Multiple Services Arlington Cares 847.368.5791
Multiple Services Willow Creek Care Center 224.512.2600
Multiple Services Palatine Opportunity Center 847.776.9500
palatineopportunitycenter@gmail.com
Multiple Services Holy Family Catholic Community 847.907.3400
Multiple Services Travelers Aid Chicago (with Heartland Alliance) 773.894.2427
tacvolunteer@heartlandalliance.org
Multiple Services The Bridge Youth & Family Services 847.485.3083
Multiple Services Palatine Park District 847.496.6212
Museum Elk Grove Historical Museum 847.439.3994
Museum Morton Grove Historical Society 847.965.0203
Museum Naper Settlement Museum 630.420.6010
nsvolunteer@naperville.il.us
Nature/Environment Barrington Area Conservation Trust 847.387.3149
Nature/Environment Poplar Creek Prairie Stewards 847.975.4712
Other Bike Palatine Club 847.358.0948
Other Friends of Cycling Elk Grove 630.473.8183
Other Northwest Suburbs Organizing for Action 847.991.1863
Other Palatine Emergency Management Agency 847.359.9056
Other Prairie Center for the Arts 847.923.3608
Other St. Hubert Job & Networking N.A.
Other Unearth the World 612.590.0812
Other United Way of Metropolitan Chicago 312.906.2350
Pets/Animals Almost Home Foundation 630.776.3822
Pets/Animals Buddy Foundation 847.290.5806
Pets/Animals Chicagoland Dog Rescue Schaumburg 847.290.6458
info@chicagolanddogrescue.org
Pets/Animals Mercy for Animals 773.971.3895
Pets/Animals Second City Canine Rescue 847.807.5364
volunteer@sccrescue.org
Pets/Animals Fetching Tails Foundation 847.220.8595
Info@fetchingtailsfoundation.org
Senior Citizens Addolorata Villa N.A.
Senior Citizens Arlington Heights, Senior Center 847.253.5532
Senior Citizens Barrington Area Council on Aging (BACOA) 847.381.5030
info@bacoa.org
Senior Citizens Center for Disability and Elder Law 312.376.1880
volunteer@cdelaw.org
Senior Citizens Clearbrook 847.385.5016
Senior Citizens Emeritus at Prospect Heights 262.757.1643
Senior Citizens Friendship Village 847.884.5539
Senior Citizens ManorCare Northbrook 847.795.9700
Senior Citizens Palatine Township Senior Citizens Council 847.991.1112
Senior Citizens Seasons Hospice 847.867.0956
Senior Citizens Solstice Senior Living 847.991.4700
palatinevld@solsticeseniorliving.com
Senior Citizens Heartland Hospice 847.272.7338
Women Northwest Suburbs Organizing for Action (NWSOFA) 847.991.1863
Women League of Women Voters Palatine Area 224.655.2485

If you would like assistance email engage@harpercollege.edu or call 847.925.6242.

Last Updated: 1/28/26