Bear Family McDonald’s Volunteers!
As a family owned operation, we value family, togetherness, and community no matter where we are! That is why we always try to help and give back to those that we serve our great food too everyday! Our organization is dedicated to having our employees reach out and work with community organizers whenever there is an opportunity!
This year we have set the goal of 1,000 hours of volunteer service! Help us keep track by coming back to this page and seeing how we are doing meeting our goal! If you have a way that we can work with you and your organization to help us reach our 1,000-hour goal, please let us know by filling out the form below and someone from our team will get back to you as soon as possible!
How We Have Helped:
Hospitals
Sherman Hospital (Elgin, IL) – 50 hours minimum for the year
https://www.advocatehealth.com/sherman/patients-and-visitors/volunteer-program/
CDH (Winfield, IL) – 50 hours minimum for the year
https://www.nm.org/patients-and-visitors/volunteer/volunteer-at-cdh-and-delnor
Northwest Community (Arlington Heights) – 4 hour minimum shift, 6 months at least (100 hours)
https://www.nch.org/about-nch/community-services/volunteering?vurl=volunteer
Animal Shelters
Anderson Animal Shelter (South Elgin, IL)
http://www.andersonanimalshelter.org/volunteer
The Buddy Foundation (Arlington Heights, IL)
https://thebuddyfoundation.org/volunteer/
Food Pantry
Food for Greater Elgin (Elgin)
https://app.betterimpact.com/PublicOrganization/23fbfdc4-5949-4e4a-9a4e-c06de0cb34e1/1
Northern Illinois Food Bank (Geneva)
http://solvehungertoday.org/volunteer-opportunities/
Homeless Shelter
PADS of Elgin
http://www.padsofelgin.org/how-you-can-help/
PADS of Dupage County
https://dupagepads.org/solutions/volunteer/#
BEDS Plus (Lagrange)
http://www.beds-plus.org/volunteer.html
Habitat for Humanity (Elgin)
http://www.habitatnfv.org/get-involved/volunteer/individual/
Gigi’s Playhouse – Down Syndrome Achievement Centers
Hoffman Estates – Help support the children during activities by helping set up for and take down decorations for events as well as interacting directly with the children and fundraising.
https://gigisplayhouse.org/volunteer
NSSEO – Northwest Suburban Special Education Organization
Mount Prospect – An organization that supports schools within multiple districts for children with special needs. Get involved through fundraising, special events or direct contact with students. No experience necessary.
http://www.nsseo.org/community/volunteers/
Community Work
Village of South Elgin
City of Elgin
http://www.cityofelgin.org/index.aspx?NID=859
Village of Wheeling
http://www.wheelingil.gov/162/Volunteer-Opportunities
Village of Norridge
http://www.norridgepk.com/general/jobs
Village of Morton Grove
http://mortongroveparks.com/365-2/
Village of Lombard
http://lombardparks.com/volunteer/
Village of Niles
http://www.niles-parks.org/general-info/volunteers
Library
Mount Prospect Public Library
https://mppl.org/about-us/volunteer/
Westchester Public Library
http://westchesterpl.org/youth/volunteering/
Indian Trails Library (Wheeling)
http://www.indiantrailslibrary.org/aboutus/volunteer.html
Gail Borden Library (Elgin)
http://gailborden.info/volunteer
Arlington Heights Memorial
http://www.ahml.info/get_involved/volunteer
Niles Maine Library
https://www.nileslibrary.org/volunteer
Lagrange Public Library
http://www.lagrangelibrary.org/about/support-us/volunteer
Ronald McDonald House
CDH House
https://rmhccni.org/volunteercdh/
Chicago – University of Chicago House
https://rmhccni.org/volunteer-comer/
Chicago – Lurie’s Children Hospital
https://rmhccni.org/volunteer-lurie/
YMCA/YWCA
YWCA (Elgin)
http://www.ywcaelgin.org/site/c.8qLOK6MCLeI0F/b.7961047/k.FA67/Volunteer.htm
YMCA (Lombard)
http://tritownymca.org/support-the-y/volunteer-opportunities/
Special Olympics Illinois
https://www.soill.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Volunteer-Opportunities1.pdf
Boys and Girls Club
Elgin
http://www.bgcelgin.org/individual-volunteers
Girl Scouts of America
Elgin
https://www.girlscoutsni.org/en/for-volunteers/ways-to-volunteer.html
Rockford
Animal Shelter
Noah’s Ark Animal Shelter (Rockford)
http://www.noahsarkanimals.org/
Hospitals
Mercy Hospital
https://mercyhealthsystem.org/volunteers/
Swedish American
https://www.swedishamerican.org/join-our-team/volunteer-opportunities