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Our congregation is actively involved in a variety of causes in the Chicagoland area.
Opportunities to Get Involved
Refugee Volunteering and Support
Volunteers from Sukkat Shalom are working with our friends from first Presbyterian Church of Wilmette to welcome and settle a family from Afghanistan.
Connections for the Homeless
Volunteers use the Sukkat Shalom kitchen to prepare and deliver nutritious meals for our neighbors experiencing homelessness.
Family Promise
In partnership with the First Presbyterian Church of Wilmette, volunteers help cook dinner and enjoy a meal with in-need families in our community.
Collection Drive for Migrants
We are collecting items for newly arrived migrant families in Chicago shelters.
Stock the Shelves
Load truck and distribute household items to refugee families.
Community Organizing
Join fellow congregants in conversation about social justice initiatives.
Refugee Volunteering and Support
Through our partnership with HIAS-JCFS, volunteers from Sukkat Shalom are working with our friends from first Presbyterian Church of Wilmette to welcome and settle a family from Afghanistan. Click HERE to sign up.
Connections for the Homeless
As part of our ongoing partnership with Connections for the Homeless, volunteers are needed to provide meals two Sundays a month for unhoused families and individuals at the Margarita Inn. Volunteers are needed to shop for, prepare and package, and deliver 30 meals. The kitchen at Sukkat Shalom will be available for congregants to gather and collaborate to provide home-cooked meals for our neighbors. You can sign up for one or all of the tasks with friends, or you can sign up on your own to meet other congregants. A menu, grocery list, and further information will be provided. Click HERE to reserve a date.
Family Promise
Sukkat Shalom has participated in Family Promise for over a decade, in partnership with First Presbyterian Church of Wilmette. Family Promise is a national organization that serves low-income, unhoused families. The host congregation provides meals and lodging to the participating families for a week at a time. We are looking for individuals/groups to cook dinner for the visiting families. Cooking takes place at the congregation (or a volunteer's home), and then the volunteers serve and share the meal with families at the host congregation. This is a special opportunity for members of Sukkat Shalom (children are welcome to participate!) to engage on a personal level with in-need families. Often, volunteers' children enjoy playtime with visiting families throughout the evening. Click HERE to email for more information.
Collection Drive for Migrants
With the thousands of migrants who are being bussed to Chicago and surrounding suburbs, the Village of Wilmette is coordinating efforts with the City of Chicago. Please do not bring donation items to Sukkat Shalom directly.
Stock the Shelves provides what food stamps won’t and stretched incomes can’t cover by giving Chicago area refugees and their families the household and hygiene supplies they need to lead thriving lives. Striving to close that gap, every fourth Wednesday of the month, Stock the Shelves drives a truck filled with many of the items refugees need to a location in the West Ridge neighborhood of Chicago, where volunteers set up a mini-store stocked with new, unopened items.
Join fellow congregants to advocate for environmental justice issues in the Chicago region. These advocacy efforts are focused on making systemic changes rather than our other social justice activities which are focused on addressing individual needs. For more information, please email board member Eve Williams by clicking here.
To learn more about Sukkat Shalom's Social Justice work, or add your name to the volunteer list, please email: sukkatshalom@sukkatshalom.org.
