{"id":67978,"date":"2018-03-03T09:46:32","date_gmt":"2018-03-03T15:46:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/?p=67978"},"modified":"2018-03-03T09:55:23","modified_gmt":"2018-03-03T15:55:23","slug":"chicago-volunteer-expo-bridges-residents-with-local-nonprofits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/chicago-volunteer-expo-bridges-residents-with-local-nonprofits\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago Volunteer Expo connects volunteers with local nonprofits"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Eunice Wang <\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Medill Reports<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"dropcap\">At the annual Chicago Volunteer Expo,\u00a0 people come by the hundreds, seeking ways to give back to the community. The Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum hosted the event on February 18 for the sixth year in a row. Around 100 local nonprofits had tables at the museum, offering Chicagoans options for volunteering in areas like\u00a0 healthcare, the environment, animal rights and social justice.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Chicago Volunteer Expo matches non-profits with would-be volunteers\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/257759250?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><!--more-->\u201cWe are at this incredibly amped-up time in America history where people want to do something and understand that we need to in order to change a lot of the systematic problems in our country,\u201d expo attendee Beth Bond said. \u201cSo events like this where people can find out tangible things that they can do are incredible.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"featurecaption\">Photo at top: Visitors come to the expo at the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum seeking volunteering opportunities. Feb. 18, 2018. 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