Signature EventCommunity & Service
Back to School Community Day
Dreamcatcher Café · 1824 W 47th St, Chicago
YOU LEFT NO ONE BEHIND.
NEITHER DO WE.
We’re building The Esprit de Corps Campus — Chicago’s permanent home for the veteran community, where recreation, service, growth, and belonging happen every day.
Our Purpose
To strengthen the lives of those who serve by creating places where purpose, belonging, and community endure.
“A veteran, service member, or family should walk into Esprit on the hardest day of their life and leave with hope, connection, and the knowledge that they belong.”
What We Do
OUR FOUR PILLARS
Why We Exist
Illinois is home to nearly half a million veterans; Chicago alone has more than sixty thousand. More than one in four continues serving through volunteering. The Foundation runs the programs where that service to the community continues.
Sources: 1 Illinois Department of Veterans Affairs (veterans.illinois.gov). 2 U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts, Chicago city (census.gov). 3 AmeriCorps, Volunteering and Civic Life in America (americorps.gov). Figures reflect the most recent publicly-available data as of publication.
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WHAT'S COMING
Standing with veterans
THE TASKFORCE
Chicago sponsors, partners, and community organizations behind the Foundation's programs.
THIS IS YOUR COMMUNITY.
Pick the way you want to be part of it.
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