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Organization Volunteer Opportunities
Organization Contact Phone Number and/or Email Website & Additional Info Alternatives For You Erin Hanna 309-277-0167
ehanna@alternativesforyou.org
https://alternativesforyou.org/ American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
Alexis Ferracuti 815-228-3828
aferracuti@peterferracuti.com
Please contact if interested in volunteering for upcoming events Community Food Basket Marissa Vicich 815-431-0155
info@ottawafoodbasket.org
mjvicich@ottawafoodbasket.org
Friends of Dayton Bluffs Preserve David Manigold 815-488-1010
dmanig@sbcglobal.net
Habitat For Humanity of Lasalle-Bureau-Putnam County Dan Fitzgerald 815-434-2041
Holiday Inn Express Tina Sabia 815-320-2230
tsabia@hmahotels.com
Volunteer Opportunities Page Hegeler Carus Mansion
April Murphy 847-922-8135
April.Murphy@hegelercarus.org
General Tours
Summer Sunset Concert Series
Kids' Day Out
"The Mansion is not Haunted" Haunted Mansion Tour
St. Nicholas and Tannenbaum Fest
Illinois Valley PADS Marissa Temper 815-433-1292
ottawapads@gmail.com
https://ivpads.com/volunteer/ Illinois Valley Volunteer Opportunities Justine Larabee 815-250-4959
Justinelarabee@gmail.com
Trash Pick Ups LaSalle County Medical Reserve Corps Monica Strzalkowski 859-303-2640
mstrzalkowski@lasallecountyil.gov
Community outreach, Opioid 101 classes for first responders, Disaster aid and more LaSalle County Health Dept Emergency Preparedness and Response Specialist Monica
Strzalkowski815-433-3366 Ext. 74316
mstrzalkowski@lasallecountyil.gov
LaSalle County CASA Chris Engelman 815-228-6210
iam4thechild2@yahoo.com
LaSalle County EMA Corban Flynn 815-434-2646
cflynn@lasallecountyil.gov
Field Service Unit and Ground Search and Rescue Teams Lightways Hospice & Serious Illness Care
Chris McCarthy 815-460-3262
cmccarthy@lightways.org
lrobertson@lightways.org
Naplate Volunteer Fire Department Noah Setser 815-830-0603
nsetser0203@gmail.com
Looking for volunteer firefighters who are willing to assist with firefighting, medical aid, and emergency response. Also, looking for people willing to help with fundraising and community engagement. OSF Healthcare Anne Czajkoski annemarie.E.Czajkoski@osfhealthcare.org
Ahasta.H.Hladovcak@osfhealthcare.org
https://www.osfhealthcare.org/saint-elizabeth/giving/volunteer-opportunities/ Ottawa Area Chamber of Commerce Jay McCracken 815-433-0084
j.mccracken@ottawachamberillinois.com
https://www.ottawachamberillinois.com/ Ottawa Canal Association Arnie Bandstra ArniesWoodwork@yahoo.com https://www.facebook.com/OttawaCanalAssociation/ Ottawa Downtown Association Cassi Skoflanc 630-362-1255
skoflanc7@gmail.com
Volunteer Form Ottawa Friendship House Ottawa Friendship House 815-434-0737
friends@ottawafriendship.com
Ottawa First Jay LeSeure 815-488-9275
jayleseure@hotmail.com
4th of July Fireworks Ottawa River Rescue Squad Randall Phelps 815-202-5727
rwphelps.1@netzero.net
Ottawa YMCA Kelly Petterson 815-433-2395 ext. 24
kellypetterson@ottawaymca.org
https://www.ottawaymca.org/support-the-y/volunteer Pleasant View Joelle Patterson 815-587-1053
Joelle.patterson@lulife.org
Reddick Mansion Association Lorraine McCallister 815-433-6100
ljm230@yahoo.com
http://reddickmansion.org/volunteer1.html Rhonda Johnson Photography Rhonda Johnson 815-488-9852
rhondajohnsonphotography1@gmail.com
Contact - Looking for Highway Clean Up Volunteers Round Table DeMolay Advisory Council rtcdemolayottawa@gmail.com www.illinoisdemolay.org Safe Journeys Julie Donahue 815-673-1552 ext. 2261
julied@safejourneysillinois.org
Scouting Museum Mollie Perrot OR Dan Schott 815-431-9353
quiltz77@hotmail.com
d.g.schott@att.net
https://ottawahistoricalscoutingmuseum.org/ Starved Rock Historical and Educational Foundation Mike Toohey 847-337-1812
MikeToohey001@gmail.com
Volunteer at the park
Starved Rock Regional Center for Therapy and Child Development Beth Campeotto 815-434-0857
bethc@starvedrockcenter.org
United Way of ELC / Labor of Love Sally Honiotes 815-433-4003
unitedway@sbcglobal.net
sally@unitedwayelc.org
josie@unitedway.org
http://www.unitedwayelc.org/volunteer/ VITAS Healthcare Rosana Kinsella 815-220-2407
rosana.kinsella@vitas.com
https://www.vitas.com/volunteer/apply-to-be-a-hospice-volunteer
Walk to End Alzheimer's Kayli Lavelle 815-373-5114
klavelle@alz.org
https://act.alz.org/site/TR/Walk2022/IL-Illinois?pg=entry&fr_id=15553
Wallace-Dickey Cemetery Association Donna Nordstrom 815-830-0416
ilwildrice@earthlink.net gen_wallace@outlook.com
https://genwallace.com/index.html Zonta Club Becky Keene 815-252-9962
Beckykeene@hotmail.com
Scholarships, Girls' Tea, Red Stocking, Buckets of Love, Luminary Walk to support domestic violence survivors, and more Event-Related Volunteer Opportunities
Events Contact Phone Number and/or Email Website & Additional Info Fall Festival (September) Abbie Kennedy 815-830-0395
abbiec.gigihill@gmail.com
Festival of Lights Parade (November) Rich Crum 815-433-5000 ext. 220
RichC@heritageharborottawa.com
Floret Events Stephanie Stacy floreteventsllc@yahoo.com Infinity Premere Innovations Dylan Conmy dylanconmy1026@gmail.com Ottawa Visitor Center Donna Reynolds donnar@visitottawail.com Rock the Block (July) Rich Crum 815-433-5000 ext. 220
RichC@heritageharborottawa.com
Run Today for Tomorrow 5K Emily Hardee 815-992-5245
runtodayfortomorrow@gmail.com
Run Today for Tomorrow 5k walk/run for suicide prevention Starved Rock Marathon (May) Robert Hasty 815-228-7253
info@runstarvedrockcountry.com
https://runstarvedrockcountry.net/ Third Fridays (May, June, July, August & September) Amanda Weygand 815-293-7099
openspaceartgallery@gmail.com
https://www.facebook.com/OttawaILArt Wine & Art Walk (November) Rich Crum 815-433-5000 ext. 220
RichC@heritageharborottawa.com
City of Ottawa Volunteer Opportunities
City of Ottawa Contact Phone Number and/or Email Website & Additional Info Boards & Commissions Tami Koppen tkoppen@cityofottawa.org
Volunteer Gardening Tami Koppen tkoppen@cityofottawa.org
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If you have any corrections or any other volunteer opportunities to add to this list, please contact us at c.tucker@ottawachamberillinois.com or 815-433-0084!