5 Plainfield Nonprofits To Support This Holiday Season

PLAINFIELD, IL — If you’re like many of your Plainfield 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 Plainfield area.

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

• Plainfield Area Interfaith Food Pantry, a volunteer-run food pantry working to "alleviate the distress suffered by needy people in the Plainfield area."
• Ready Set Ride, an organization that assists children with special needs by providing horseback riding services.
• Foundation for Excellence, Plainfield School District 202's nonprofit organization aimed at supporting students and staff by funding grants, scholarships and projects.
• Plainfield Junior Woman's Club, a nonprofit "dedicated to enhancing the lives of others through volunteer service" by allowing women to network toward common goals and personal growth.
• United Way of Will County, a nonprofit that "unites communities and resources to empower people and create positive, sustainable change."