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Volunteer Fair & Blood Drive

 

Are you looking to volunteer? The 17th Annual CPCF Volunteer Fair & Blood Drive is the perfect place to start!

Date: Saturday, March 7, 2026
Location: Crown Point High School
Volunteer Fair hours: 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.

The Volunteer Fair is the perfect opportunity to match charitable organizations with those who are interested in volunteering. It gathers 50+ nonprofits from throughout the area in one convenient place, letting potential volunteers meet and talk to dozens of charities.

“Our Volunteer Fair is one of our largest and most anticipated events of the year,” said Mary Nielsen, President of the Crown Point Community Foundation. “It’s a great opportunity for area nonprofit organizations to meet potential volunteers face-to-face, share their mission as well as to build connections with other charities in our community.”

 

Be a Hero and Donate Blood

An onsite Blood Drive will be conducted by Versiti Blood Centers at the CPCF 17th Annual Volunteer Fair.

Location: Crown Point High School, located in the Small Group Instruction Room near the Cafeteria.

Blood Drive hours: 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.

Please call 1-800-7TO-GIVE to schedule your appointment. To schedule online: click here. Before you donate eat iron-rich foods and drink plenty of water. Photo ID is required when donating.

 

This year, attendees will have the opportunity to meet representatives from the following nonprofits:

Big Shoulders Fund

Cedar Lake Historical Assoc./The Museum at Lassen’s Resort

Coates, Inc.

Community Help Network, Inc.

Crisis Center, Inc.

Exceptional Equestrians Unlimited

Fair Haven, Inc.

Franciscan Health Trauma Services

Franciscan Health VASIA - Lake County

Gabis Arboretum at Purdue Northwest

GFWC NWI Woman’s Club

Girl Scouts of Greater Chicago & NWI

Girls on the Run Indiana Crossroads

Habitat For Humanity of NWI

Hearts In Motion

Hope Alliance of NWI

Humane Indiana

In-Pact, Inc.

Lake County Historical Society, Inc.

Lake County Right to Life

Lirio Resources, Inc.

Little Brothers Friends of the Elderly

Meals on Wheels NWI

Moms and Tots Shop

Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America

National Scleroderma Foundation - Lower Great Lakes

National Youth Advocate Program

Northwest Indiana Cancer Kids Foundation

NWI Pridefest, Inc.

Paladin

Phil’s Friends

Pink Ribbon Society, Inc.

Planting Possibilities

US Naval Sea Cadet Corps - Polar Star Battalion

Power Paws for Kids

Rockopelli, Inc.

SAFE Coalition for Human Rights

Self-Injury Support Groups of Northwest Indiana

Sertoma Star Services, Inc.

SHARE Foundation

South Pointe Youth for Christ

Southern Care Hospice

St. Jude House

Stop The Traffick Indiana

The City of Crown Point PACE Dept.

The Humane Society of Hobart

TradeWinds Services, Inc.

TradeWinds Services Deaf Services

United Way NWI

U Chicago Medicine Crown Point

Wabash Center, Inc.

 

To access the 2025 Volunteer Fair TIMES Publication, click here.

To access the 2024 Volunteer Fair TIMES Publication, click here.

To access the 2023 Volunteer Fair TIMES Publication, click here.

Volunteer Fair & Blood Drive
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