Local Outreach Opportunities
First Free values caring for our neighbors. Below you will find some of the organizations we support and volunteer with. Contact us if you want to get involved with any of the opportunities below.
On December 6th and 7th we are partnering with Care Access, an organization with a mission to connect the community with equitable health research. We will be hosting a senior […]
UPDATED 9/8/24! — In 2021, First Free established a relationship with World Relief, an organization whose mission is to ‘Empower the local church to serve the most vulnerable’. With a […]
UPDATED 9/8/24! — In 2020, former Pastor Jason Abbott met with the principal of Passages Elementary School, Dr. Jeremy Riggs. As Pastor Jason and Dr. Jeremy continued to have conversations […]
UPDATED 9/8/24! — Edgewater and Rogers Park Neighborhoods Care For Real is a food pantry serving the Edgewater neighborhood for 50 years from their storefront at 5339 North Sheridan Avenue. […]
NEW! — Edgewater Neighborhood / Tuesdays Centro Romero is a non-profit community-based organization serving the refugee immigrant population on the northeast side of Chicago. Located at 6216 North Clark Street, […]
We’re collecting diapers. There are just not enough to go around for all the families in Chicago in need. We are working with Immanuel Anglican Church and Care for Real […]
Join with others from First Free who have been building relationships for years with seniors living in the Harry J. Schneider Apartments at 1750 West Peterson Avenue (corner of Ridge […]
You might recall that during the summer of 2021, the elders initiated “Summer Pop-Ups” – an old-school flash-mob-type of event where someone might be going somewhere or doing something and […]
In the 1990’s, First Free member Arloa Sutter noticed that many in our neighborhood were experiencing homelessness. Being obedient and responding to a need, she started serving hot coffee and […]
Do you have ideas for ways that we as a church community can serve our neighbors and share God’s love better? Are you already involved in serving your neighbors in […]