Cluster Tutoring

The mission of Cluster Tutoring is to help students realize their potential through the power of learning in an environment that strengthens the student, the tutor, and the community. The organization provides a high-quality learning environment for over 100 elementary and high school students from Chicago's Austin community, as well as a richly rewarding experience for its volunteer tutors. http://www.clustertutoring.org/

Fair Oaks Presbyterian Church

Called to Proclaim, Nurture and Serve, Fair Oaks Presbyterian Church (FOPC) welcomes all people to worship with our faith community.  Fundraising for the youth ministry at FOPC strives to create a Christ centered, warm, affirming and inclusive environment rooted in the reformed tradition, that empowers each individual to teach, serve, worship, play and learn as we honor God in today’s world.  Each year the senior high students travel to a different location for a mission trip that teaches students about hands on service. www.fairoakspres.org

First United Church Nursery School

First United Church Nursery School is a community of families and teachers that share in the experience of teaching, inspiring and guiding young children.  The nursery school program supports the development of the child through an early educational experience based on play. www.firstunitedschool.com

L’Arche Chicago

L’Arche communities in the United States provide homes and workplaces where people with and without intellectual disabilities live and work together as peers, created inclusive communities of faith and friendship, and transform society through relationships that cross social boundaries.  https://www.larchechicago.org/about

Good Shepherd Lutheran Church

Embracing the diversity of God’s creation and celebrating our oneness in Christ. www.goodshepherdlc.org

Heritage Chorale

The purpose of the Chorale is threefold:  (1) to perform choral masterworks in many different styles and from many periods of music history; (2) to provide a setting in the Oak Park-River Forest area where local artists and composers can be heard; (3) to sing a repertoire that includes the rich musical diversity of cultures, composers, and instruments from around the world in juxtaposition with the cultural and musical wealth we enjoy in our own land. www.heritagechorale.com

Oak Park Area Lesbian and Gay Association

OPALGA’s mission is to improve the quality of life and to empower lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) residents of the area through communication, education, participation, celebration and understanding, thereby incorporating our unique strengths and values into everyday life. OPALGA strives to foster a communitywide understanding of the issues that LGBT people face through direct outreach and interaction with local communitywide organizations. www.opalga.org

Oak Park Regional Housing Center

The Oak Park Regional Housing Center offers free apartment referral services, and rental counseling to building owners. They work to counteract steering and to promote pro-integrative choices through affirmative marketing. They market Oak Park as a community for all races, attracting people who respond to and strengthen that kind of climate. The OPRHC promotes Oak Park as open to all and educates minority home seekers on their fair housing rights. https://oprhc.org/

Pilgrim Community Nursery School

A private, nonprofit nursery school serving Oak Park, Illinois and surrounding communities. We welcome children of all races, religions, ethnic backgrounds, and economic situation and seek a student body that represents the rich diversity of the greater Oak Park area. Our primary focus is a professionally prepared play environment that facilitates the physical, cognitive, social and emotional growth of each child. We strive to encourage each child’s uniqueness as well as his/her responsibility to get along with others. www.pilgrimschool.net

Pilgrim Congregational Church Youth Group

To instill and promote Christian values and beliefs in teens and young adults through service, involvement in the church, and having fun together.

Lux Cantorum Chicago

Lux Cantorum is a unique sacred choral ensemble with a rich spiritual tradition and an ever-expanding repertoire. For more than 65 years, LCC has enlightened, educated and entertained the people of Chicago and the world. LCC was founded in 1947 as Lutheran Choir of Chicago, and has evolved into a select group of performers from different spiritual backgrounds who share a common desire to make joyful music. https://luxcantorum.org

South East Oak Park Community Organization

SEOPCO works to create a positive identity for South East Oak Park and to empower its citizens to act on behalf of their neighborhood. http://www.seopco.org/

Grace Lutheran Church & School

Grace is a congregation steeped in rich tradition, firmly grounded in the unending, unchanging promises of God through Jesus Christ. As a liturgical church, we would be accurately described as “traditional.” Our beautiful worship space reflects generations of God’s people who have reliably found God present for them in the gifts of Word and sacrament.  

Being traditional, however, does not mean that Grace dwells on the past. The God who has been present here throughout the generations is the same living, active God who calls us together anew. We have a passion for God’s people living together in Christ, as we love, grow, and serve one another and the world in the name of our risen Lord. We are deeply committed to worshipping God in truth and faithfulness, and to serving this world and its people with love and care in Jesus’ name.  http://www.graceriverforest.org/

Pilgrim Congregational Church, United Church of Christ

Pilgrim Congregational Church, United Church of Christ, welcomes neighbors and friends to participate in the full life of this progressive Christian church. We are committed to radical hospitality, passionate worship, intentional spiritual development, risk-taking mission and service, and extravagant generosity. Our mission is to share God’s love, reaching out to one another and into our wider community. We are becoming a faith community with ever deepening spiritual connections. We are intentionally inclusive and increasingly diverse, visible in and engaged with the wider world. You are welcome here. www.pilgrimoakpark.org

The Children’s School

Our mission is to nurture students' innate curiosity and love of learning through democratic practice, emergent curriculum, and hands-on projects, helping students become lifelong problem-solvers and engaged citizens.  Take a look through our website and visit our campus. Learn more about the philosophy of progressive education, about the projects in our classrooms, and about who we are as a community of learners.  https://www.thechildrensschool.info/

St. Christopher’s Episcopal Church

We seek unity with God and one another in Christ through solemn and joyful worship; vital and supportive community; formative Christian Education; and the sharing, through outreach, of our diverse gifts. All of us in this day and age - regardless of diversity of age, race or culture - need a place of rest and spiritual renewal. St. Christopher's is such a place. Offering the beauty of traditional prayers and liturgy in an architectural space that edifies the eye and soul, worship here seeks to draw us into the mystery of God. https://www.stchristophersoakpark.org/

Rotary Club of Oak Park-River Forest

The Rotary Club of Oak Park-River Forest supports the goals, programs and projects of Rotary International and the Rotary Foundation through humanitarian service. OPRF Rotary is celebrating 102 years of service to our community and the world. https://oprfrotary.clubexpress.com/content.aspx?page_id=0&club_id=570042

Oak Park Friends School

Our vision at OPFS is to be a Village to all families that walk through our doors by:

• Caring for children in a nurturing way that honors their individual gifts

• Providing incredible opportunities for children to learn and express themselves

• Creating a culture of learning for both children and our staff

• Building a community through our students, families, and staff

Our core values align with the Quaker principles of SPICES – Simplicity, Peace, Integrity, Community, Equality, and Stewardship. http://www.opfs.org/home.html

Chicago Latvian Dance Group Mantinieki

The Mission of the Chicago Latvian Folk Dance Group Mantinieki is to promote Latvian heritage and culture through the art of traditional and modern folk dancing. To learn more about Mantinieki and to view photos and videos of our group, please visit us at our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/mantinieki

League of Women Voters

The League of Women Voters of Oak Park and River Forest, a grassroots political organization, encourages the informed and active participation of citizens in government, works to increase understanding of major public policy issues, and influences public policy through education and advocacy. http://www.lwvoprf.org/

River Forest Kiwanis Club

Kiwanis is a global organization of local clubs whose volunteers and members are dedicated to improving the world, one child and one community at a time. Our local Kiwanis Club of River Forest and Oak Park is a self-governed, nonprofit organization that welcomes members of the community like you to join. http://www.kiwanisclubrfop.org/home/about