We are partnering again with our friends at Handlebar Chicago to help feed families at KIPP One Primary in West Humboldt Park. Bags of groceries and supplies will be provided during our upcoming warm clothing distribution. Located in front of Handlebar from 11am to 2pm. All items MUST be vegan (no dairy, eggs, honey, gelatin, […]

We are thrilled to announce we will be back at The Plant (1400 W. 46th St.) this Saturday, December 12th from 11am to 3pm hosting a plant-based food drive + collecting donations for our holiday gift drive! If able, please consider swinging by to donate some nutritious shelf stable goods or a gift for the […]

We provide shelf stable, vegan groceries for families in Pilsen once at month at Instituto del Progreso Latino. We will be delivering groceries, basic necessities, and cruelty free cleaning supplies. To help us contribute more, donate via Venmo or PayPal. We will be doing our last shopping trip a few days before.

This Christmas, we are providing gifts for 74 children in West Humboldt Park. Santa will be delivering to All Things are Possible on Chicago Ave. at 10 am! Gifts donated by our compassionate community here in Chicago. You can provide gifts by shopping our Amazon Wish List and having it delivered to us by December […]

We will be distributing warm clothing + some groceries in West Humboldt Park on Thursday, December 17th. More detail to come.

CFY+M has a monthly Adult Book Club! For December, we are reading Charolette's Web by E.B. White. We will be meeting on Monday, December 21st at 6pm. Please join us virtually to discuss the book and how we can use that information to create a more compassionate world! Link for meeting: https://meet.google.com/ehe-jnwb-vop Please reach out […]

We are currently holding a fundraiser for our friends at Sweet Petunias Microsanctuary. We are collecting monetary donations for produce, peanut butter, raisins, Cheerios, and blankets for over seven rescue pigs. We are also accepting used blankets to provide to their pigs. To support, please contact us at crueltyfreeyouandme@gmail.com or donate via Venmo to crueltyfreeyouandme.

We will be dropping donations and supporting Instituto del Progreso Latino with delivery and organization donations for their community.

Join us for our first Book Club meeting of 2021. We will be reading Animalkind by Ingrid Newkirk + Gene Stone. Our Book Club Coordinator, Eleanor will be hosting this event via Google Meet. This is a book about remarkable discoveries about animals and revolutionary new ways to show them compassion. Written by the founder […]

Join us at Dial M for Modern on Saturday, March 6th between noon and 4pm for our first Plant-Based Food + Supply Drive of 2021! We will be collecting shelf-stable, vegan groceries and cruelty free cleaning supplies, basic necessities, and PPE supplies for I Grow Chicago and Instituto del Progreso Latino. High Need Items include: […]

Join us next Saturday. March 20th between 11am and 2pm at @handlebarchicago We will be gathering materials to support indoor recess at @kipp_one_chicago as they gear up to enter the building again mid-April. We will be collecting items such as coloring books, markers, crayons, puzzles on boards, Play-Doh, and other similar supplies. We are working […]

Host: Vick Hauptman; Founder + Executive Director of CFY+M Discussion: Volunteer opportunities, our work in the community, + upcoming events Google Hangout Link