VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES

Veterans Assistance

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McHenry County Veterans Assistance

667 Ware Rd, Woodstock

815-334-4229

www.co.mchenry.il.us

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Veterans Path to Hope

815-321-4673

805 S McHenry Ave, Suite D, Crystal Lake

veteranspathtohope.org

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Marine Corps League of McHenry County

www.mchenrycountymcl.com

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Veterans of Foreign Wars -  Local VFW's

Woodstock-815-338-5040- www.vfw5040.org

McHenry-815-385-4600- www.vfwmchenry.org

Harvard- 815-943-6733

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Veterans Network Committee of Northern IL

847-875-0159

www.veteransnetworkcommittee.com

VNC Honor Flight, additional Veterans Services
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Looking for Volunteers

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Senior Care Volunteer Network 

42 East St, Suite C, Crystal Lake 

www.scvnmchenrycounty.org 

815-455-3120

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Senior Services Associates

4704 3 Oaks Rd, Crystal Lake 815-356-7457

3519 N Richmond Rd, McHenry 815-344-3555

www.seniorservicesassoc.org

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Independence Health & Therapy 

2028 Seminary Ave

www.independencehealth.org

Woodstock - 815-338-3590

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Catholic Charities - Meals on Wheels

McHenry County Residents call - 815-385-8260 - Meals on Wheels Flyer

Kane County Residents call - 630-338-0999 - Kane Meals on Wheels Flyer

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Salvation Army

290 W Woodstock St, Crystal Lake

815-455-2769

www.centralusa.salvationarmy.org/mchenry/

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McHenry Township Senior Center

McHenry Senior Services

3519 N Richmond Rd, Johnsburg

815-344-3555

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Island Lake Village Hall 

3720 Greenleaf Ave

847-526-8764

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Harvard Community Senior Center

6817 Harvard Hills Rd

815-943-2740

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Hearthstone Communities in Woodstock

840 N Seminary Ave

815-334-6200

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Fair Oaks Health Care Center in Crystal Lake

471 W Terra Cotta Ave

815-455-0550

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Sunrise of Crystal Lake

751 E Terra Cotta Ave

815-444-6600

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Valley Hi Nursing Home

2406 Hartland Rd, Woodstock

815-338-0312

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Crossroads Care Center of Woodstock

309 McHenry Ave

815-338-1700

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Crystal Pines Rehab & Health Care Center

335 Illinois St, Crystal Lake

815-459-7791

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Bickford Assisted Living & Memory Care

717 McHenry Ave, Crystal Lake

815-477-4200

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Fountains at Crystal Lake

965 Brighton Cir W

815-455-8400

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Heritage Woods of Huntley

12450 Regency Pkwy

847-669-5185

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Heritage Woods of McHenry

4609 Crystal Lake Rd

815-344-2690

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The Pointe at Eastgate

101 Eastgate Dr, Algonquin

847-458-2800

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The Cottages of Fox Lake

16 Lilac Ave

847-973-8800

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Big Brothers Big Sisters of McHenry Co

630 N State Rte 31, Crystal Lake

www.bbbsmchenry.org

Serve as Big Brother or Big Sister

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4-H McHenry Co Unit

1102 McConnell Rd, Box 1430, Woodstock

815-338-3737

4-H Website

Volunteers are welcome to assist in providing program guidance, instructing in a subject area, and in a number of other ways. 

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The Alexander Leigh Center for Autism

4100 Veterans Pkwy, McHenry

815-344-2522

alcacenter.org/

Fund-raising and maintenance

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The Challenger Learning Center

720 W Judd St, Woodstock IL 

815-338-7722 

www.challengerillinois.org

Volunteers can work with kids in educational programming. Fun-raising and maintenance. 

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Youth and Family Center of McHenry County

3430 W Elm St, McHenry 

815-322-2357 

Assistance with curriculum planning in social studies and science.

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Main Stay Therapeutic Farm Riding Program

6919 Keystone Rd Richmond 

815-653-9374

 Work with horses

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BraveHearts Therapeutic Riding & Education Center

7319 Maxon Rd Harvard 

815-943-8226

www.braveheartsriding.org

Work with horses, must be older than 12

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Community Action Agency for McHenry County

Head Start Program

100 N Benton St, Woodstock 

815-338-8790

Office work

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Hearthstone Early Learning Center

350 Christian Way, Woodstock 

815-338-1954

www.hearthstonewoodstock.org

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McHenry Area Youth Commission

3519 N Richmond Rd, Johnsburg 

815-344-0001

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Dream Riders

4701 N Oak St, Crystal Lake 

815-788-1020

www.dreamriderstlc.com 

Work with horses

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Northern IL. Center for Autism

824 S Main St, Crystal Lake 

815-893-9031

One on one assistant, an adult vocational coach

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Algonquin-LITH Interfaith Food Pantry

1113 Pyott Rd, Lake in the Hills 

847-854-1904

www.alith-foodpantry.org

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Cary-Grove Food Pantry

8901 Cary-Algonquin Rd, Cary 

847-516-3602

www.cgfoodpantry.org

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Crystal Lake Food Pantry

42 East St

815-455-0961

www.clfoodpantry.org

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FISH of McHenry Food Pantry

3515 N Richmond Rd, Johnsburg 

815-344-4717

www.fishofmchenry.org

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Grafton Food Pantry 


11481 Allison Ct, Huntley


847-495-0922




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Habitat for Humanity of McHenry County

5141 Bull Valley Rd, McHenry

815-759-9002

www.habitatmchenry.org

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Harvard Food Pantry

6817 Harvard Hills Rd

815-943-4909

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Home of the Sparrow

4209 W Shamrock Lane, McHenry 

815-271-5444

www.hosparrow.org

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M.O.R.E. Center - Food Pantry

829 Greenlee St, Marengo

815-568-7950

www.marengomorecenter.org

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McHenry County PADS

1805 S Illinois Rte 31, McHenry

815-759-7284

www.pioneercenter.org

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Northern IL. Food Bank

273 Dearborn Ct, Geneva

630-443-6910

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St. Paul Episcopal Church Diaper Bank

4138 W Orleans St, McHenry

815-385-5437

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Wonder Lake Neighbors Food Pantry

3506 E Wonder Lake Rd 

815-355-5459

www.wlnfp.org

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Adopt-A-Highway Program

McHenry Co. Division of Transportation

815-334-4960

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Land Conservancy of McHenry County 

4622 Dean St, Woodstock

815-337-9502

www.conservemc.org

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Environmental Defenders of McHenry County

110 S Johnson St Ste 106, Woodstock

815-338-0393

www.mcdef.org

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Friends of the Fox River

16N900 Sleepy Hollow Rd, Dundee

815-356-6605

www.friendsofthefoxriver.org

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Watershed Planning

815-338-0393

www.mcdef.org

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McHenry County Conservation District

18410 US-14, Woodstock

815-338-6223

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Warp Corps Outreach - Woodstock

114 N Benton St

815-985-6256

warpcorps.org

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Special Volunteers Needed

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GiGi's Playhouse-McHenry County

5404 w Elm St, McHenry

815-385-7529

www.gigisplayhouse.org

Run events, help children with Down syndrome learn to read, and write thank you notes.

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National Alliance on Mental Illness-McHenry County (NAMI) 

620 Dakota St, Crystal Lake

815-308-0851

Co-lead support groups & classes for mentally ill and their families. Help with fundraising.

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Northern Illinois Special Recreation Association (NISRA)

285 Memorial Dr #102, Crystal Lake

815-459-0737

www.nisra.org

Must commit for an entire season. Programs include bowling, swimming, Special Olympics sports.

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Pioneer Center

4031 w Dayton St, McHenry

815-344-1230

www.pioneercenter.org

Volunteer responsibilities vary for each program.

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Special Olympics

103 Schelter Rd Ste 25, Lincolnshire

847-209-1247

www.soill.org to download a volunteer registration form.

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Jaycees

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Crystal Lake Jaycees

815-356-5252

Algonquin/Lake in the Hills

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Huntley Jaycees

847-802-9280

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Woodstock Jaycees

815-355-4385

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Kiwanis


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Crystal Lake Kiwanis Club

www.kiwaniscrystallake.com

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McHenry Kiwanis Club

www.mchenrykiwanis.org

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Local Lions Clubs

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Algonquin Lions Club

www.lionsclubofalgonquin.org

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McHenry Lions Club

630-809-7633

Email: mchenrylionsclub@gmail.com

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Crystal Lake Lions Club

Email: djlomen@ameritech.net

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Fox River Grove Lions Club

847-366-4378

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Lake Geneva Lions Club

262-903-4557

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Huntley Lions Club

847-980-3203

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Marengo Lions Club

303-678-8000

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Richmond Lions Club

847-395-1039

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Rotary Clubs

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Algonquin-Lake in the Hills

847-809-8508

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Barrington Rotary Club

847-304-5933

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Barrington Breakfast Rotary Club

847-620-4500

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Cary-Grove Rotary Club

847-639-6100 ext. 102

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Carpentersville Morning

224-795-8040

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Crystal Lake

815-459-2685

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Crystal Lake Dawnbreakers

815-455-3000

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Harvard Rotary Club

815-670-3910

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Huntley Rotary Club

858-876-8279

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Lake in the Hills

847-854-3213

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McHenry Rotary

815-451-0644

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Richmond-Spring Grove Area

815-678-4424

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Woodstock Rotary

815-338-7360

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Moose Lodges

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Moose Lodge 1329 Woodstock

815-338-0126

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Moose Lodge 691 Johnsburg

815-385-9770

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Crisis Groups

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CASA of McHenry County

815-363-5920

www.casamchenrycounty.org

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Child Advocacy Center of McHenry County

815-334-9597

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Suicide Prevention for McHenry County

800-765-9999


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Turning Point of McHenry County

815-338-8081


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Health Care

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Family Health Partnership Clinic

401 E Congress Parkway Crystal Lake

779-220-9300

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Northwestern Medicin

10400 Haligus Road Huntley 

224-654-0000

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Mercy Health System

815-943-3989

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Advocate Good Shepard

847-381-0123 ext. 5094

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Hospice & palliative Care of N.E. Illinois

847-659-8166

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CKMC - Cancer Kiss My Cooley "Kisses of Hope" creates special moments and memories for families living with pediatric brain tumors. 

847-659-8166

ckmc.org

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Gaver's Community Cancer Foundation

815-759-8020

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Animal Care

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Animal House Shelter Inc.

847-961-5541

13005 Ernesti Rd, Huntley

www.animalhouseshelter.com

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Assisi Animal Foundation

815-455-9411

www.assisi.org

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Helping Paws Animal Shelter

2500 Harding Ln, Woodstock

815-338-4400

www.helpingpaws.net

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McHenry County Animal Control & Adoption Center

100 N Virginia St, Crystal Lake

815-459-6222

www.petfinder.com

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On Angel's Wings, Inc.

6500 Northwest Hwy Unit 2D, Crystal Lake

815-356-8170

www.onangelswingsinc.org

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Animal Services & Assist. Programs, Inc.

19309 Kishwaukee Valley Rd, Marengo

815-568-2921

Email: chris@asap-usa.org

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Hooved Animal Humane Society- HAHS

10804 McConnell Rd, Woodstock

815-337-5563

www.hahs.org

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Hooved Animal Rescue & Protection Society

244 Oak Knoll Rd, Barrington Hills

847-382-0503

www.harpsonline.org

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