Volunteer Portal
Our mission is to bring people together to build relationships. We have many ways to connect and help in our community. We hope you can join us!
CHRISTMAS AROUND THE WORLD EVENT: December 13
Come and engage with our international neighbors as we share a meal together, and celebrate the many cultures represented at Radical Love. The first hour will be connecting and eating together, and the second hour will feature acts, readings, and performances from our international neighbors. Loving our neighbors is the best way to bring in the Christmas Season!
Summer Friendship & Learning Program
This is our biggest program, working alongside refugee neighbors.
Our program is built to make new friends and enjoy reconnecting with friends you’ve made at Radical Love. We want this to be a place where we are all learning together – and having fun too. We seek to build bridges in our community, to get to know our neighbor by name, and learn more about one another.
This is a family program; children are welcome to attend with their parents. Students can help serve.
Our summer dates are Fridays in June and July. Each program runs from 9:30-Noon. Lunch is often served.
Our 2026 dates will be June 12, 19, 26 & July 10, 17, 24
MEET-UP EVENTS
We host meet-up events throughout the year to build relationships from our Summer Program. These events are open to all of our international neighbors and any volunteers who would like to come and help.
RADICAL LOVE MEN'S GROUP
We are launching a group for Radical Love Men. Our events and programs will be a way to connect local refugee men to men in our community, allowing the group to network, form bonds, and provide a safe place for men to seek wisdom, ask questions, and rebuild their lives in America.
Information and Training Sessions
Want to get involved in our Summer Friendship & Learning Program as a leader OR become a friendship partner with a local resettled refugee? Plan to attend this 90-minute session to learn more and be equipped.
Coming in April 2026
Our Info Session: Come learn more about Radical Love and how you can get involved.
Thursday, March 19 (6:30pm – 7:30pm)
Training for our Summer Friendship & Learning Program
April 2026
CAREER NETWORK:
Work with an international neighbor to develop a resume and assist in helping the neighbor network and submit resume to relevant positions.
Friendship Partner
Radical Love is launching a new program called “Friendship Partners,” where we pair people from different cultures in the hopes of building friendships and strengthening our community. Training will be provided and introductions will be made by our staff and Outreach Coordinators. Friendship partners connect at Radical Love events and grow the relationship organically. Get to know our refugee neighbors; when you know someone by name, everything changes.
Annual "Celebration of Community" Fundraiser
SAVE THE DATE: Friday, August 7, 2026 at Acquaviva Winery in Maple Park.
Tickets go on sale in April 2026
Pack Snack Bags
Our 2025-26 sign-up is here! Gather a group of friends, neighbors, sports team or club and help us feed children in our community. Groups work together to pack lunch-sized bags with snack food and deliver the bags to local schools and housing complexes.
Serve Day
Our refugee neighbors love helping in the community. Join us as we work together to make a difference.
Teacher Appreciation Team
We partner with 12 schools and housing complexes in our community. Some of these schools have little to no PTO presence, and we want to celebrate the teachers and staff that give so much to our children. Help us by delivering donuts to schools and housing complexes.Radical Love will provide the donuts; we just need help making deliveries.
Care Team
Make meals to help refugee families in need. Join our CARE TEAM and you’ll receive a message when a Radical Love refugee family has a life event such as a new baby, a move, surgery, or death in the family. Care Team members that can help with that need would respond, then make and deliver a meal to that family.
One-Time
Volunteer Projects
Add your name to the list to be contacted when we have one-time, quick, at-home projects that you and your kids can help with. Examples of this would be stuffing newsletters, opening and sorting boxes of gloves and hats, and pumping up soccer balls.
Work with
Older Adults
Make meals to help refugee families in need. Join our CARE TEAM and you’ll receive a message when a Radical Love refugee family has a life event such as a new baby, a move, surgery, or death in the family. Care Team members that can help with that need would respond, then make and deliver a meal to that family.
Future Welcome Corps Team Member
Community Christmas
Our December event will bring together resettled refugee neighbors and friendship partners to celebrate Christmas and different cultures around the world.
Details Coming Later in 2025