Are you interested in volunteering and outreach? Please consider joining one of the following events organized by the Stat/CAM Community & Outreach Committee. These events are a great chance to volunteer in the local community and get to know faculty, staff, and students in Stat and CAM through these group events.
For more information, please contact the organizers:
- Nathan Waniorek [waniorek@uchicago.edu]
- Annie Xie [xxie6@uchicago.edu]
- Elias Boshara [ejboshara@uchicago.edu]
Calendar of Volunteer Group Events
Click on the calendar event for the sign-up link
[[ link to a google calendar -- we will send the link ]]
Community Partners and Volunteer Organizations
Our past and current volunteer events include group volunteer days with the following organizations:
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The Ronald McDonald House †
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The Greater Chicago Food Depository †
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The Cook County Forest Preserves †
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The Night Ministry
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Habitat for Humanity Chicago
† Indicates that we have organized group volunteer days with these organizations.
Past Events
October 14, 2023: Park Service Day (Cook County Forest Preserves)
November 10, 2023: Ronald McDonald House night
We made five-spice chicken and brownies for 25 residents at the Ronald McDonald House.
November 16, 2023: The Night Ministry
February 16, 2024: Ronald McDonald House night
February 22, 2024: The Night Ministry
April 1st, 2022: Ronald McDonald House meal nights
- Ronald McDonald House Charities
- Ronald McDonald House Meals from the Heart
We prepared a chicken pesto dinner with caprese salad and fruit for 10 families staying at the Comer house.
April 17 2022: Ronald McDonald House meal nights
We prepared an Easter Sunday dinner with roast chicken and carrots, sweet potato casserole, a roast vegetable medley, spring salad, and dessert for 10 families staying at the Comer house.
April 23, 2022: Repack day at the Greater Chicago Food Depository
We helped repack oranges for the Greater Chicago Food Depository, which is a food bank that provides food to over 700 partners in Cook County.
May 1, 2022: Meals from the Heart at the RMH
- Ronald McDonald House Charities
- Ronald McDonald House Meals from the Heart
We prepared a coconut chickpea stew and thai sticky rice for 15 families staying at the house.
May 14, 2022: Ecological Stewardship Day/Chicago River Day with the Cook County Forest Preserves (at Egger's Grove)
Volunteers helped maintain and clean the Egger's Grove park by pulling invasive garlic mustard.
October 1, 2022: Ecological Stewardship Day at Arie Crown Forest
Volunteers helped cut, clear, and burn dead branches and dry brush to prepare for replanting native species.
October 7, 2022: Ronald McDonald House night
- Ronald McDonald House Charities
- Ronald McDonald House Meals from the Heart
We prepared and served chicken enchiladas with a tex mex salad and fruit to families staying in the house.
October 15, 2022: Ecological Stewardship Days at Cap Sauer's Holdings
We helped cut, clear, and burn honeysuckle, an invasive plant species in Cap Sauers Holdings. Our work helps maintain the forest preserve and provides native plants more room to grow.
October 28, 2022: Ronald McDonald House night
- Ronald McDonald House Charities
- Ronald McDonald House Meals from the Heart
We prepared and served a beef stew and salad to families staying in the house.
November 11, 2022: Ronald McDonald House night
- Ronald McDonald House Charities
- Ronald McDonald House Meals from the Heart
We prepared and served a chicken artichoke casserole to 20 residents at the Ronald McDonald house.
January 13, 2023: Ronald McDonald House night
- Ronald McDonald House Charities
- Ronald McDonald House Meals from the Heart
We prepared and served turkey meatballs and rice-pilaf to ten families staying at the Ronald McDonald House with children at the Comer Children's Hospital.
January 22, 2023: The Night Ministry
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Health Outreach Bus with the Night Ministry
We prepared 50 bagged meals and delivered them to the Night Ministry's Health Outreach Bus at Division and California. There, we served the unhoused and impoverished who rely on the outreach bus for food.
April 9, 2023: The Night Ministry
April 28, 2023: Ronald McDonald House night
May 13, 2023: Park Service Day (Cook County Forest Preserves)
- Egger's Grove (Eggers Woods Forest Preserve S Ave)