Outpost Youth, TEEN & Family Community CARE Club
Art Makers Outpost in partnership with Evanston Community Fridges and Evanston Community Cares Presents:
The Outpost Youth, Teen & Family Community Care Club
All ages welcome to come and participate!
Drop-off option for ages 8+ only |0-7 Must be accompanied by a caretaker | Participation is free! | Pre-registration required
Suggested donation of $10 to Evanston Community Fridges Upon Arrival, or a donation of A Bag of Non-perishable food items For Evanston community fridges. No Donation Needed to Participate.
*Hours participating in AMO’s Youth & Family Community Service Action Club can count toward community service hours and will be signed off on upon request*
UPCOMING DATES
Each scheduled date features a partnership with Evanston Community Fridges or another local initiative. While some projects are planned in advance, others are finalized closer to the event date to meet the most urgent community needs.
TUESDAYS: 3:45-5pm Feb. 24th, March 24th, April 21st, May 19th
SATURDAYS: 1pm-3pm March 21st & May 23rd
Please register below and please indicate how many members of your family will be attending on the registration form.
A Creative Mutual Aid & Community Engagement Partnership: Art Makers Outpost + Evanston Community Fridges + Evanston Community Cares
Free!- Pre-registration required.
All ages welcome! | Youth ages 0-7 must be accompanied by an adult
Are you a kid, teen, or family ready to take direct action in Evanston?
Welcome to The Outpost. This isn't a charity club—it’s a home base for youth-led organizing, creative advocacy, and neighborhood solidarity.
We believe that community care is a team sport. Whether we are assembly-lining fresh lunches for the fridges or Connections for the Homeless, building infrastructure for our neighbors, sorting and packaging food rescue items, or writing to our local leaders to demand change, we’re here to show that when we work together, we have the power to sustain and care for one another.
Who Is the Crew?
Teens (13–18): Step into leadership. Join us independently to organize drives, manage mutual aid projects, and earn service hours through direct action.
Youth (8–12): Get your hands dirty with art, service, and civic work. (Independent participation welcome!)
The Kiddos (Under 8): Start practicing community care early. Join us alongside a caretaker to work on projects together.
Families & Caretakers: Join the movement. The Outpost is a space for all generations to build neighborhood solidarity side-by-side.
What we do:
Food & Essentials: We partner with Evanston Community Fridges to learn and help manage food rescue sorting, pack meal kits, and prep fresh sandwiches for our shared food sites.
Art & Resistance: We use the Art Makers Outpost studio for printing and creating—from cards for incarcerated youth and seniors to community care window signs, protest art, and "give-away" art kits that keep our community connected.
Civic Voice: Kids and teens speak truth to power here. We create artistic postcards and letters to elected officials to advocate for systemic change, food justice, and human rights.
The "Sunrise Stroll": We will frequently head out as a crew to the Sunrise Fridge to clean, organize, and restock the site, ensuring our local food infrastructure stays strong.
Youth-Led Initiatives: Have a plan for an essential drive or a neighborhood project? We provide the space and mentorship for you to launch your own initiatives right here at AMO and have reserved dates for these youth-led initiatives.
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MORE ABOUT THE CLUB
At AMO, we believe that collective care is a powerful tool in building a community where everyone thrives. Our Youth, Teen & Family Community Care Club, in partnership with Evanston Community Fridges, offers a youth-centered opportunity for younger members of our community to participate in mutual aid, build confidence through collective action. & forge foundational skills while responding to real, documented community need.
Youth Action Incubator: We believe our youth aren't just the future—they are community leaders right now. This club also serves as an incubator and is a space where kids and teens can develop their own community care projects with our mentorship. From organizing a local drive to dreaming up a creative fundraiser, we will provide the tools, space and support to turn their ideas into action. At AMO, we aim to empower the next generation to practice mutual aid and community care in an inclusive, safe & supportive space that celebrates every individual for exactly who they are.
Calling all Scout troops, youth groups, youth orgs and community-minded kids! We’d love to work together to create even more opportunities for our young people to get involved in local mutual aid, community care and helping their community. Reach out and let's build something great together!
Join us once a month on select dates to:
Package Lunches & Dinners: Preparing sandwiches and food boxes for the fridge network.
Sorting food: Food rescue hauls of produce in large quatities will be bundled and packaged for the Fridges
Bundling Essentials: Creating care kits and "like-new" essential bundles to be distributed by service organizations and mutual aid networks
Gift Collection & Wrapping: Seasonal
Drives & Events & Field Trips: TBD
SUNRISE Stroll: We will frequently head out as a crew to the Sunrise Fridge to clean, organize, and restock the site, ensuring our local food infrastructure stays strong
Letter Writing & Card Making: Creating letters & cards to send to retirement homes & incarcerated youth
Work on special projects: Other activations to respond to community need (if you recognize a need in our community and want to respond, bring your ideas here!)
AND MORE……
Community Aid Partners (The Recipient Network):
The Club acts as a strategic resource for Evanston’s established aid and pantry organizations. We will work throughout the year to coordinate with these partners to ensure our "doing" sessions produce the specific items they need to support our communinty:
Evanston Community Fridges: Sorting, cleaning, organizing & filling
C&W (Community & West): Providing supplemental food and essentials
Connections for the Homeless: Supplying ready-to-eat lunches and hygiene bundles
YWCA & YMCA: Support for family shelter needs and youth program essentials
Hilside, Niles Pantry, Vineyard, BE Soup Kitchen and MORE