Volunteering and giving back to the community are powerful ways to make a positive impact, not only on the lives of others but also on our own sense of fulfillment and connection. At Northern Illinois Parents, we understand the importance of finding the right way to contribute, which is why we’ve created a comprehensive directory to help you discover meaningful opportunities to give back. Whether you’re looking to volunteer your time, donate goods, or support local charities, this directory provides a curated list of ways you can help those in need and strengthen our community. We hope this resource makes it easier for you to find the perfect way to get involved and make a difference.
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Child Advocacy Center of McHenry County
Address: 1 S. Virginia Street, Crystal Lake, IL 60014
Phone: (815) 334-9597
Website: https://mchenrycac.org/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100064532359463
Instagram: N/A
Family Health Partnership Clinic
Address: 401 E. Congress Pkwy., Crystal Lake, IL 60014
Phone: (779) 220-9300
Website: http://www.hpclinic.org/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FamilyHealthPartnershipClinic
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fhpclinic/
Home of The Sparrow
Address: 1991 Duncan Place, Woodstock, IL 60098
Phone: (815) 271-5444
Website: www.hosparrow.org
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/homeofthesparrowillinois/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/homeofthesparrowinc/
Independence Health & Therapy
Address: 2028 N. Seminary Ave., Woodstock, IL 60098
Phone: (815) 338-3590
Website: http://www.independencehealth.org/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/IndependenceHT
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/independenceht/
Informed Choices Pregnancy & Parenting
Address: 610-1 Crystal Point Dr., Crystal Lake, IL 60014
Phone: (815) 455-0965
Website: http://www.informedchoices.org/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/informedchoicestricounty
Instagram: N/A
Keeping Families Covered
Address: 4138 W. Orleans St, McHenry, IL 60050
Phone: (815) 385-5437
Website: keepingfamiliescovered.org
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/keepingfamiliescovered
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/keepingfamiliescovered/
Kids in Need of McHenry County
Address: 4410 IL-176 Unit #12 Crystal Lake, IL 60014
Phone: 815-310-5437
Website: https://kinmc.org/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KidsInNeedofMcHenryCounty
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kidsinneedmc/
Main Stay Therapeutic Farm, Inc
Address: 6919 Keystone Rd., Richmond, IL 60071
Phone: (815) 653-9374
Website: http://www.mainstayfarm.org/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MainStayTFarm
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mainstayfarm/
Rockin The Spectrum
Address: 829 S Virginia Rd, unit D, Crystal Lake, IL 60014
Phone: (224) 538-9736
Website: www.rockinthespectrum.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rockinthespectrum3
Instagram: N/A
Stairway to Prosperity
Address: remote in McHenry County
Phone: (815) 354-0235
Website: www.stairwaytoprosperity.org
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/prosperityforyoungadults
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/prosperityforyoungadults/
Toys for Tots – McHenry County, Illinois
Address: McHenry County
Phone: N/A
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/T4TMcHenryCounty
Instagram: N/A
Youth & Family Center of McHenry County
Address: 1011 N Green St., McHenry, IL 60050
Phone: 815-322-2357
Website: https://yfc-mc.org/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/yfcmchenrycounty
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yfcmchenrycounty/
1st Way Life Center
Address: 3714 Fairview Ave., Johnsburg, IL 60051
Phone: (815) 385-2999
Website: https://www.1stwaymchenry.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/1stWayPRC
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/1st_way_life_center/
Alexander Leigh Center for Autism (ALCA)
Address: 4100 Veterans Pkwy., McHenry, IL 60050
Phone: (815) 344-2522
Website: www.alcacenter.org
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AlexanderLeighCenterForAutism/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alcaautismcenter/
Association for Individual Development (AID)
Address: 5342 W. Elm St., McHenry, IL 60050
Phone: (847) 931-2340
Website: http://www.aidcares.org/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AIDcares
Instagram: N/A
Big Brothers Big Sisters of McHenry County
Address: 630 N. IL Route 31, Crystal Lake, IL 60012
Phone: (815) 385-3855
Website: https://bbbsmchenry.org/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bbbsmchenry/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bbbsamerica/
Blessing Barn
Address: 8310 Railroad St, Crystal Lake, IL 60012
Phone: (815) 382-0206
Website: www.blessingbarn.org
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BlessingBarn
Instagram: N/A
BraveHearts Therapeutic Riding & Educational Center
Address: 7319 Maxon Rd., Harvard, IL 60033
Phone: (815) 943-8226
Website: braveheartsriding.org
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BraveHeartsRiding/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/braveheartsriding/
CARE Center, A Satellite of Northwest Center Against Sexual Assault
Address: 4508 W. Prime Pkwy, McHenry, IL 60050
Phone: (815) 671-4004
Website: www.nwcasa.org
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NorthwestCASA
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/northwest_casa/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y%3D
CASA of McHenry County
Address: 382 West Virginia Street, Crystal Lake, IL 60014
Phone: 779-994-4398
Website: https://www.casamchenrycounty.org/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CASAMcHenryCounty
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/casamchenrycounty/
Celebrate Recovery at Evangelical Free Church of Crystal Lake
Address: 575 E Crystal Lake Ave, Crystal Lake, IL 60014
Phone: (815) 459-1095
Website: www.efccl.org
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EFCCL/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/efccl/
Child Advocacy Center of McHenry County
Address: 1 S. Virginia Street, Crystal Lake, IL 60014
Phone: (815) 334-9597
Website: https://mchenrycac.org/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100064532359463
Instagram: N/A
Clearbrook West
Address: 6500 Northwest Hwy, Unit 2A, Crystal Lake, IL 60014
Phone: (815) 893-0828
Website: www.clearbrook.org/west
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/clearbrook
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/clearbrook_il
Crystal Lake Teen Center-The BREAK
Address: 6292 Northwest Highway, Crystal Lake, IL 60014
Phone: (779) 220-4080
Website: www.clbreak.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheCLBreak/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theclbreak/
Family Health Partnership Clinic
Address: 401 E. Congress Pkwy., Crystal Lake, IL 60014
Phone: (779) 220-9300
Website: http://www.hpclinic.org/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FamilyHealthPartnershipClinic
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fhpclinic/
Free Guitars for Future Stars
Address: P.O. Box 1781, Woodstock, IL 60098
Phone: (815) 975-7989
Website: https://fg4fs.org/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/fg4fs
Instagram: N/A
GiGi’s Playhouse
Address: 5404 W. Elm St. Suite A, McHenry, IL 60050
Phone: (815) 385-7529
Website: https://gigisplayhouse.org/mchenry/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/gigismchenryCo
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gigisplayhousemchenry/
Greater Family Health
Address: 3901 Mercy Dr., McHenry, IL 60050
Phone: (844) 599-3700
Website: http://www.greaterfamilyhealth.org/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GreaterFamilyHealth
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/greaterfamilyhealth/
Habitat for Humanity of McHenry County
Address: 907 Front St., McHenry, IL 60050
Phone: (815) 759-9002
Website: habitatmchenry.org
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/habitatmchenry
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/habitatmchenry/
Home of The Sparrow
Address: 1991 Duncan Place, Woodstock, IL 60098
Phone: (815) 271-5444
Website: www.hosparrow.org
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/homeofthesparrowillinois/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/homeofthesparrowinc/
Independence Health & Therapy
Address: 2028 N. Seminary Ave., Woodstock, IL 60098
Phone: (815) 338-3590
Website: http://www.independencehealth.org/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/IndependenceHT
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/independenceht/
Informed Choices Pregnancy & Parenting
Address: 610-1 Crystal Point Dr., Crystal Lake, IL 60014
Phone: (815) 455-0965
Website: http://www.informedchoices.org/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/informedchoicestricounty
Instagram: N/A
Keeping Families Covered
Address: 4138 W. Orleans St, McHenry, IL 60050
Phone: (815) 385-5437
Website: keepingfamiliescovered.org
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/keepingfamiliescovered
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/keepingfamiliescovered/
Kids in Need of McHenry County
Address: 4410 IL-176 Unit #12 Crystal Lake, IL 60014
Phone: (815) 310-5437
Website: https://kinmc.org/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KidsInNeedofMcHenryCounty
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kidsinneedmc/
Last Chance House
Address: 244 Second St., Crystal Lake, IL 60014
Phone: (815) 893-0712
Website: http://www.lastchancehouse.org/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thelastchancehouse
Instagram: N/A
Main Stay Therapeutic Farm, Inc
Address: 6919 Keystone Rd., Richmond, IL 60071
Phone: (815) 653-9374
Website: http://www.mainstayfarm.org/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MainStayTFarm
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mainstayfarm/
McHenry County Continuum of Care (CoC)
Address:
Phone: N/A
Website: http://www.mchenrycountyhomeless.org/
Facebook: N/A
Instagram: N/A
McHenry County Suicide Prevention Task Force
Address: 620 Dakota St., Crystal Lake, IL 60012
Phone: (815) 526-8243
Website: http://www.mchenrycountysptf.org/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MCSPTF
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mcsptf/
NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Health)/McHenry County Suicide Prevention Task Force
Address: 620 Dakota Street, Crystal Lake, IL 60012
Phone: (815) 526-8243
Website: https://namimch.org/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NAMIMcHenryCounty
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nami_mchenrycounty/
New Directions Addiction Recovery
Address: 14411 Kishwaukee Valley Rd., Woodstock, IL 60098
Phone: (779) 220-0336
Website: http://www.ndars.org/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NewDirectionsAddictionRecoveryServices
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/newdirectionsars/
Options & Advocacy for McHenry County
Address: 365 Millennium Drive Suite A, Crystal Lake, IL 60012
Phone: (815) 477-4720
Website: https://www.optionsandadvocacy.org/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/optionsandadvocacy
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/optionsandadvocacy/
PFLAG McHenry
Address: 5603 Bull Valley Rd, McHenry, IL 60050
Phone: (630) 415-0622
Website: www.pflagillinois.org
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PflagMcHenryIllinois
Instagram: N/A
Pioneer Center for Human Services
Address: 4031 Dayton St., McHenry, IL 60050
Phone: (815) 344-1230
Website: www.pioneercenter.org
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pioneercenterforhumanservices/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pioneercenter58/
Rockin The Spectrum
Address: 829 S Virginia Rd, unit D, Crystal Lake, IL 60014
Phone: (224) 538-9736
Website: www.rockinthespectrum.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rockinthespectrum3
Instagram: N/A
Safe Families for Children
Address: N/A
Phone: (773) 653-2200
Website: www.safe-families.org
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SFFCnational
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/safefamiliesforchildren/
Stages of Transformation, Inc
Address: 820 McArdle Dr., Unit C Crystal Lake, IL 60014
Phone: (815) 382-3925
Website: http://www.stagesoftransformation.org/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/stagesoftransformation
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stagesoftransformation/
Stairway to Prosperity
Address: remote in McHenry County
Phone: (815) 354-0235
Website: www.stairwaytoprosperity.org
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/prosperityforyoungadults
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/prosperityforyoungadults/
Thresholds
Address: 2030 N. Seminary Ave., Woodstock, IL 60098
Phone: (815) 338-8324
Website: http://www.thresholds.org/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ThresholdsChicago
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thresholdschi/
Toys for Tots – McHenry County, Illinois
Address: McHenry County
Phone: N/A
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/T4TMcHenryCounty
Instagram: N/A
United Way of Greater McHenry County
Address: 4508 Prime Parkway, McHenry, IL 60050
Phone: (815) 363-1377
Website: https://www.uwmchenry.org/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/unitedwaymchenry
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/unitedwaymchenrycounty/
WARP CORP
Address: 114 N Benton St, Woodstock, IL 60098
Phone: (815) 985 6256
Website: www.warpcorps.org
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WarpCorps/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/warp_corps/
Youth & Family Center of McHenry County
Address: 1011 N Green St., McHenry, IL 60050
Phone: (815) 322-2357
Website: https://yfc-mc.org/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/yfcmchenrycounty
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yfcmchenrycounty/
Big Brothers Big Sisters of McHenry County
Address: 630 N. IL Route 31, Crystal Lake, IL 60012
Phone: (815) 385-3855
Website: https://bbbsmchenry.org/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bbbsmchenry/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bbbsamerica/
Catholic Charities, Diocese of Rockford
Address: 5141 W Bull Valley Rd, McHenry, IL 60050
Phone: (815) 344-6956
Website: www.catholiccharities.rockforddiocese.org
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DioceseofRockford
Instagram: N/A
CHP Harvard Health Center- Community Health Partnership of Illinois
Address: 62 N Ayer St., Suites A & B Harvard, IL 60033
Phone: (815) 943-4339
Website: http://www.chpofil.org/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CHPofIll
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chp_of_illinois/
Crystal Lake Teen Center-The BREAK
Address: 6292 Northwest Highway, Crystal Lake, IL 60014
Phone: (779) 220-4080
Website: www.clbreak.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheCLBreak/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theclbreak/
Family Health Partnership Clinic
Address: 401 E. Congress Pkwy., Crystal Lake, IL 60014
Phone: (779) 220-9300
Website: http://www.hpclinic.org/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FamilyHealthPartnershipClinic
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fhpclinic/
GiGi’s Playhouse
Address: 5404 W. Elm St. Suite A, McHenry, IL 60050
Phone: (815) 385-7529
Website: https://gigisplayhouse.org/mchenry/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/gigismchenryCo
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gigisplayhousemchenry/
Habitat for Humanity of McHenry County
Address: 907 Front St., McHenry, IL 60050
Phone: (815) 759-9002
Website: habitatmchenry.org
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/habitatmchenry
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/habitatmchenry/
Home of The Sparrow
Address: 1991 Duncan Place, Woodstock, IL 60098
Phone: (815) 271-5444
Website: www.hosparrow.org
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/homeofthesparrowillinois/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/homeofthesparrowinc/
Independence Health & Therapy
Address: 2028 N. Seminary Ave., Woodstock, IL 60098
Phone: (815) 338-3590
Website: http://www.independencehealth.org/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/IndependenceHT
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/independenceht/
Keeping Families Covered
Address: 4138 W. Orleans St, McHenry, IL 60050
Phone: (815) 385-5437
Website: keepingfamiliescovered.org
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/keepingfamiliescovered
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/keepingfamiliescovered/
Kids in Need of McHenry County
Address: 4410 IL-176 Unit #12 Crystal Lake, IL 60014
Phone: (815) 310-5437
Website: https://kinmc.org/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KidsInNeedofMcHenryCounty
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kidsinneedmc/
Main Stay Therapeutic Farm, Inc
Address: 6919 Keystone Rd., Richmond, IL 60071
Phone: (815) 653-9374
Website: http://www.mainstayfarm.org/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MainStayTFarm
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mainstayfarm/
NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Health)/McHenry County Suicide Prevention Task Force
Address: 620 Dakota Street, Crystal Lake, IL 60012
Phone: (815) 526-8243
Website: https://namimch.org/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NAMIMcHenryCounty
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nami_mchenrycounty/
New Directions Addiction Recovery
Address: 14411 Kishwaukee Valley Rd., Woodstock, IL 60098
Phone: (779) 220-0336
Website: http://www.ndars.org/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NewDirectionsAddictionRecoveryServices
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/newdirectionsars/
Northern Illinois Special Recreation Association (NISRA)
Address: 285 Memorial Dr., Crystal Lake, IL 60014
Phone: (815) 459-0737
Website: www.nisra.org
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NISRA.org
Instagram: N/A
Options & Advocacy for McHenry County
Address: 365 Millennium Drive Suite A, Crystal Lake, IL 60012
Phone: (815) 477-4720
Website: https://www.optionsandadvocacy.org/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/optionsandadvocacy
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/optionsandadvocacy/
PFLAG McHenry
Address: 5603 Bull Valley Rd, McHenry, IL 60050
Phone: (630) 415-0622
Website: www.pflagillinois.org
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PflagMcHenryIllinois
Instagram: N/A
Pioneer Center for Human Services
Address: 4031 Dayton St., McHenry, IL 60050
Phone: (815) 344-1230
Website: www.pioneercenter.org
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pioneercenterforhumanservices/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pioneercenter58/
Refuge for Women Chicago
Address: 620 Dakota St, Crystal Lake, IL 60012
Phone: (224) 357-0078
Website: www.refugeforwomen.org/chicago
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/refugeforwomenchicago
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/refugeforwomen_chicago/
Rockin The Spectrum
Address: 829 S Virginia Rd, unit D, Crystal Lake, IL 60014
Phone: (224) 538-9736
Website: www.rockinthespectrum.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rockinthespectrum3
Instagram: N/A
Safe Families for Children
Address: N/A
Phone: (773) 653-2200
Website: www.safe-families.org
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SFFCnational
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/safefamiliesforchildren/
Stages of Transformation, Inc
Address: 820 McArdle Dr., Unit C Crystal Lake, IL 60014
Phone: (815) 382-3925
Website: http://www.stagesoftransformation.org/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/stagesoftransformation
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stagesoftransformation/
Stairway to Prosperity
Address: remote in McHenry County
Phone: (815) 354-0235
Website: www.stairwaytoprosperity.org
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/prosperityforyoungadults
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/prosperityforyoungadults/
Toys for Tots – McHenry County, Illinois
Address: McHenry County
Phone: N/A
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/T4TMcHenryCounty
Instagram: N/A
United Way of Greater McHenry County
Address: 4508 Prime Parkway, McHenry, IL 60050
Phone: (815) 363-1377
Website: https://www.uwmchenry.org/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/unitedwaymchenry
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/unitedwaymchenrycounty/
Youth & Family Center of McHenry County
Address: 1011 N Green St., McHenry, IL 60050
Phone: (815) 322-2357
Website: https://yfc-mc.org/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/yfcmchenrycounty
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yfcmchenrycounty/
