Volunteering at the Clubs

Volunteer at the Union League Boys and Girls Club Share your passion. Share your time. Volunteering at the Clubs is fun and rewarding for you and the kids. Choose your day, your time and your activity.

The areas that our Clubs offer everyday can be broken down into these simplified categories. Tutoring/Mentor one or several of our youth at the Clubs in School, music or:

Education and Career Development
Tutoring/homework help, working on computers, reading with a child, working in our career/college prep labs to help youth build resumes, apply to college or plan a career

Health and Life Skills
Violence Prevention, Smart Girls, Drug/Alcohol Education, Health and Nutrition Education

Arts & Crafts
Sign up to help the Art Instructor a few times a week! Your business may even be able to help by collecting simple things, such as paper towel holders, old newspapers, etc which they may need to complete a project and then you and your fellow co-workers can join the kids as they make it. We have an art project everyday, so stop in if you are feeling crafty!

Sports & Fitness
There is always a need for a volunteer coach/instructor, referee, or a positive role model who wants to start a new activity at the Club of their choice with Club Director approval.

Technology Lab
Volunteer as a helper in the Technology Labs and assist the youth with technology projects ranging from basic homework to digital photography.

Many more opportunities exist. If you don't see the opportunity on this website, e-mail us and we’ll help you.


Positions above are available for individuals at our four Club locations

Club One (In the Pilsen Neighborhood)
2157 W. 19th Street, Chicago, IL, 60604
M-F 1:30pm - 6:30pm

Talcott Club
625 N. Wolcott Avenue
M-F 1:30pm - 6:30pm

Lafayette Club (In the Humboldt Park Neighborhood)
2714 West Augusta Blvd
M-F 1:30pm - 6:30pm

Barreto Club (In the Humboldt Park Neighborhood)
1214 N. Washtenaw
M, W, F 1:30pm - 6:30pm
T, Th 1:30pm - 8:00pm
PDF Application
Apply to Volunteer at the Clubs
Please print and mail to
our headquarters address
at the top of the application.


Can't make it out to the Clubs due to work or scheduling conflicts? Try these alternatives…

Sign up to be on one or both of these e-mail lists. E-mail Jenn Boza to join either list.

Special Events E-mail List
We will put you on an e-mail list that announces our special events (at both the Clubs and the Headquarters office such as our annual gala, wine dinner and more!) for which we need volunteers. If the date, time & location of the event work well for you, email us back and join in on the fun!

Club Happenings E-mail List
An e-mail goes out to individuals who would like to go out to the Clubs and attend the special events/performances at the Club sites or maybe even take a fieldtrip or two with the youth. These emails may also list opportunities for one-time volunteer projects at the Club ranging from refereeing a game (maybe for the night the e-mail goes out) to chaperoning on a Club Fieldtrip.

If the time, date, and location work for you just e-mail us to let us know that you can join in the fun!