Building Strong Communities Together.
Coppin Community Center is a social-service nonprofit at Coppin Memorial AME Church in the Washington Park neighborhood on Chicago’s South Side.
Its vision is a healthy, safe, empowered community. Its mission is to develop youth, support adults and transform the quality of life for all people.
Get Involved
Developers of Youth, Supporters of Adults, Builders of Community.
Volunteer
We have only one part-time paid staff member and rely on dozens of volunteers each week. Call us at 773-667-5881 or introduce yourself during one of our food programs to learn about how you can help.
As an Individual: During our regular food program times, unless you have a special skill to offer!
As a Group: We regularly host volunteer days for groups, especially from the University of Chicago. At times good for you!
As a Leader: Currently our programs need leaders to grow. As a program leader, you leverage our volunteers, building, and partners to help dozens of neighbors weekly. Are you good at organizing people and programs, and can you volunteer for about a day over the course of every week?
Donate
Mail a check payable to "Coppin Community Center" to: 5627 South Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Every year, Coppin Community Center leverages just a few thousand dollars to share a half-million dollars’ worth of free food. In enabling us to continue making our small budget, you enable us to deliver our large food program. Donate a little (or a lot!) today so we can help a lot!
Donations can be tax-deductible as we are 501(c)(3).
Fundraise
Amazon Smile. Whenever you shop on Amazon, start by going to smile.amazon.com. Then continue as normal. 0.5% of your purchase will go to us! You must select us as your charity here (smile.amazon.com › Your Account › Change Your Charity).
Facebook Fundraisers. On your birthday (or just because!), invite your friends to donate to us. With a note about how Coppin is special to you, you can draw many of your friends to chip in. Start at facebook.com/fundraisers
Leadership
Coppin Community Center is administered by a volunteer Chariman, Frankye Parham.
Coppin Community Center is backed and governed by a new, hard-working board of directors from across the Chicagoland area. Coppin Community Center is 501(c)(3) nonprofit community- and social-service organization.
Contact Us
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