5 Western Springs Nonprofits To Support This Holiday Season

WESTERN SPRINGS, IL — If you’re like many of your Western Springs 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 Western Springs area.

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

1. Western Springs Friends of the Parks Foundation, 4400 Central Ave., formed in 1998 "soliciting, receiving and allocating financial and other resources to fund or enhance capital projects at one or more of the 12 parks in Western Springs."
2. Western Springs Foundation for Educational Excellence, 4225 Wolf Road, "seeking to enhance the education of District 101 students."
3. Western Springs Historical Society, 914 Hillgrove Ave., "an all-volunteer organization that strives to instill an appreciation of the village’s past in residents of all ages and promotes the preservation of the cultural, economic, and aesthetic heritage of Western Springs."
4. Theatre of Western Springs, 4384 Hampton Ave., with a mission "to entertain, to educate, to explore, and to inspire a community of all ages through the performing arts."
5. Growing Hope Globally, 4479 Central Ave., calling itself a "Christian response to hunger," which says, "We link the grassroots energy and commitment of rural communities in the U.S. with the capability and desire of smallholder farmers in developing countries to grow lasting solutions to hunger."