Share Our Spare

Share Our Spare (SOS) believes every child deserves a strong start and every parent the opportunity to provide one. Each year, we help ensure more than 18,000 Chicagoland children – from birth to age 5 – receive the essentials they need for healthy development, by partnering with over 150 social service agencies across the area. Through these partnerships, SOS provides diapers, baby care items, clothing, books and other resources families in financial crisis often struggle to afford and social service agencies often struggle to find. While filling these critical gaps, we also are focused on educating, advocating and seeking solutions for improving the lives of children and families facing poverty in our region.

Through our network of partners, SOS provides diapers, baby care items, clothing, books and other resources families in financial crisis often struggle to afford and social service agencies often struggle to find. While filling these critical gaps, we also are focused on educating, advocating and seeking solutions for improving the lives of children and families facing poverty in our region. Volunteers help us by making cards well wishing cards, sorting, bundling, and quality checking clothes, and doing quality checks on toys and books. Volunteers must be at least 6 years old. Volunteers 15 and under cannot volunteer independently and must have an adult caregiver present.