North Chicago Community Partners Program
Interested in volunteering?
Please fill out this NCCP Waiver and Background Check form and return it to Bill Dlugokienski at the Gates Center Office.
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Lake Forest College students, faculty, and staff volunteer at North Chicago elementary schools as part of the Boys and Girls Club afterschool programing.
The College is now in the third year of an inspiring collaboration with the Gorter Family Foundation to help achieve broad, long-term community improvements in nearby North Chicago. Called North Chicago Community Partners (NCCP), the collaboration is working in and with North Chicago public schools, and has already produced valuable results.
Lake Forest College travels to elementary schools in North Chicago twice a month. This after school volunteer program is made up of different groups of students every week. Volunteer your group of friends or student organization to volunteer two hours of your time to mentor children and lead educational and athletic activities. Transportation is provided for the Thursday trips.
The committee meets monthly with the NCCP leadership team, and if you would like to learn more about our collaboration, register your class or organization, or individually volunteer your services, please contact Bill Dlugokienski, Director of the Gates Center for Leadership and Personal Growth at dlugelokienski@lakeforest.edu.
Committee Members (in alphabetical order):
Bill Dlugokienski, Director of the Gates Center for Leadership and Personal Growth
Doug Eck, Associate Director of Residence Life
Jennifer Grumhaus, Executive Director of North Chicago Community Partners
Lisa Hinkley, Director of Career Advancement
Christina Jones, Director of Community Engagement for North Chicago Community Partners
Professor Lou Lombardi, Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Center for Ethics
Jeremy Moore, Residence Director
Sharonda Pugh, Assistant Director of the Office of Intercultural Relations
Professor Rachel Ragland, Associate Professor of Education
Irene Ratliff, Director of Communications and Marketing
Jackie Slaats, Director of Athletics
Professor Rand Smith, Associate Dean of the Faculty/Director of the Center for Chicago Programs
Tim State, Associate Vice President for Alumni Relations
Professor Emilie Sweet Amrein, Assistant Professor of Music
Tam Tills, Head Women’s Basketball Coach
The Gorter Family Foundation is led by Jim Gorter, life trustee of the College; David Gorter ’80, current trustee and chair of the Property & Operations Committee; and other family members.
