​5 Frankfort Nonprofits To Support This Holiday Season

FRANKFORT, IL — If you’re like many of your Frankfort neighbors, you may spend a good part of the holiday season with your credit card in hand buying gifts for family and friends. Coming up soon is a chance to give back to the local community.

Giving Tuesday, which in 2024 falls on Dec. 3, is a day dedicated to supporting nonprofit and community groups. Since 2012, nonprofits worldwide have used the Tuesday after Thanksgiving to galvanize fundraising, rally volunteers and add momentum to their causes.

Maintaining funding is a constant challenge for many nonprofits that fill gaps and meet other needs in the Frankfort area.

Here are five local nonprofits to consider getting behind on Giving Tuesday:

1. Operation Playground, PO Box 144, in Frankfort. A local organization committed to developing and improving the facilities and programs for Frankfort residents.

2. United Way of Will County, 54 N. Ottawa St., Suite 300, Joliet. Serves all of Will County; the mission is to fight for "the economic mobility, education, and health and wellness of every person in Will County."

3. Trinity Services, Inc., 301 Veterans Parkway, New Lenox. Founded in 1950, Trinity Services is a nonprofit that provides the highest quality person-directed services and supports to people with disabilities and mental illness.

4. Guardian Angel Community Services, 168 N. Ottawa St., Joliet. Offers an Exchange Club center, foster care, partner abuse intervention program, sexual assault service center and several other programs.

5. Friends of Frankfort Public Library, 21119 S. Pfeiffer Road, Frankfort. Provides community support for the Frankfort Library in the form of funding for equipment and programs.