SERVICE - JUSTICE - COMMUNITY

Loyola4Chicago is a program of the office for Community Service and Action in which students provide weekly volunteer service in Chicago during the academic year. 

Students work in service teams at various sites including work with children, immigrants, persons with mental disabilities, and persons experiencing homelessness, among others. Each team is led by a student leader who coordinates meeting times and facilitates the group’s reflection on their service experience.

The aim of Loyola4Chicago is twofold:

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Service with reflection is the best and most direct way that students begin to fulfill the Jesuit educational goal of becoming “persons for others.” Working among the marginalized raises the universal questions of life's meaning and purpose. More than anything, an openness to grappling with the questions that consistent volunteer service inevitably raises is a must. 

Monthly reflections organized by the student leaders consist of informal gatherings among individual groups that may include a dinner, attending a lecture, or even bowling. Any forum that provides opportunity for discussion and fun is welcome and encouraged. A few gatherings each year bring all the Loyola4Chicago groups together and share their experiences through a relaxing, supportive environment that is bound to foster relationships and present continued opportunities to become involved with working for justice through service.

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Signing up for Loyola4Chicago means you are committing to serve at the same time and same place every week while classes are in session. This is an important commitment to make to our community partners. Making that commitment and not following through adversely affects the individuals we serve, the community partners we work with, and the relationship between Loyola and those partners. We ask that you only sign up for Loyola4Chicago if you are willing to make that commitment for at least one semester.

CONTACT SERVE@LUC.EDU IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN VOLUNTEERING.

ALL SITES AND TIMES LISTED BELOW SHOULD BE CONSIDERED TENTATIVE AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE.

"We cannot do everything, and there is a sense of liberation in realizing that. This enables us to do something, and to do it very well."

-- Oscar Romero     

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"We're so blessed to have young, energetic, intelligent students who are making the time to help our young men."

"The entire experience was so positive, and I could tell the residents at Misericordia really looked forward to seeing us every week."

"I just loved that I was able to form a relationship with the boy that I tutored. Every week he would show me his progress reports, and he loved being able to show me that his grades went up. I loved feeling like I had something to do with that and that I was motivating him to do better each week."

"L4C gets students out of the college 'bubble' and helps us see the struggles of others around us; it gives us an opportunity to gain skills and expertise while contributing to those less fortunate."

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Loyola4Chicago Sites

Loyola4Chicago has ended for the 2012-2013 academic year.

L4C Fall 2013 registration will take place September 4-6, 2013. 
Check back throughout the summer for updates on available sites for Fall 2013!  

All times include travel to and from the volunteer site. Click the name of the organization for more information.