Back to School Community Day - 2027

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Pick a track - notify, volunteer, sponsor, partner, or vendor. Sponsor / partner / vendor forms let you flag which community alignment fits (youth, families, resources, veterans + military families, military activation, representation + inclusion). Prefer to give now? Use the donate card.

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Fund Operation Serve.

Back to School Community Day lives inside EDC’s Operation Serve pillar. Your gift goes to the Serve fund that powers it (backpacks, supplies, food, haircuts, services) and the other service events Chicago-area veterans lead throughout the year.

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Operation Serve - Nominate a veteran

Know a veteran who should lead the next one?

Operation Serve is our model for community events. A Chicago-area veteran already doing something for their block picks the event and the neighborhood; we mobilize the coalition around them. The annual Back to School Community Day is one; there will be more. Send us a name.

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