# Event Details - **Event Name**: May Street Outreach with Street Samaritans - **Event Start and End Date**: Sun, 17 May, 2026 at 10:00 am – Sun, 17 May, 2026 at 01:00 pm (-05:00) - **Event Description**: Walk Chicago's streets with us. Bring hot meals, spring clothing & human connection to neighbors experiencing homelessness. All are welcome!About this EventWalk Chicago's streets with us! Once a month, we gather and walk around the Chicago Loop to provide necessities, hope, and human connection to our neighbors experiencing homelessness. All are welcome!Join us on Sunday, May 17th, for a powerful morning of community connection on Chicago's streets. This isn't just volunteering. It's an opportunity to meet your neighbors experiencing homelessness exactly where they are, offering hot meals, spring clothing, emergency supplies, and most importantly: human connection.Here's how the morning unfolds:10:00 AM — We sort donations and pack care packages before gathering together for a brief orientation covering respectful engagement, what to expect, and how to approach conversations with dignity and openness.10:45 AM - 12:50 PM — We hit the streets in teams, walking through Chicago neighborhoods to meet people experiencing homelessness. You'll distribute care packages filled with food, water, hygiene supplies, socks, seasonally appropriate clothing, and first aid materials. More than that, you'll have genuine conversations, practice active listening, and simply be present with people who are often treated as invisible.12:50 - 1:00 PM — We reconvene to debrief, share reflections, and process the experience together as a community.No experience necessary. Whether you've volunteered with us dozens of times or this is your first time engaging with homelessness, you belong here. We'll guide you every step of the way.Why This MattersIn our recent Community Homelessness Needs Assessment- the only survey in Chicago that directly asks homeless people what they need- our neighbors told us something powerful. When we asked what regular people could do to help, the most common answer wasn't money or resources. It was acknowledgment.People asked us to:Make eye contactSay helloHave a conversationTreat them like the regular people they areAs one person told us: "Just talk to people on the streets, let them practice social skills. Don't treat them like they're invisible. Acknowledge we're human."That's what this outreach is really about. Yes, we bring critical supplies that help people survive the brutal Chicago winters. But we also bring something equally essential: the reminder that they're seen, valued, and part of this community.About Street SamaritansStreet Samaritans exists to create a Chicago without homelessness; not through top-down charity, but through solidarity, connection, and walking alongside our neighbors on their journey toward stability.Since 2017, we've been committed to meeting people where they are—physically, emotionally, and spiritually—through street outreach, case management, mobile services, and crisis intervention. We believe that human connection is the starting point of change, and that people experiencing homelessness are the experts on their own needs.Our approach is grounded in five core values:Dignity — Every person has inherent worthCompassion — Solidarity, not charity; being with, not doing forCuriosity — Listening and learning before assumingIntegrity — Doing what's right, even when it's hardAccessibility — Making justice tangible through actions anyone can take right nowWe don't serve from above- we stand alongside. We don't have all the answers- we listen to the people who do. We don't do this work alone- we build community with people like you who believe Chicago belongs to all of us.What You'll GainVolunteers consistently tell us this experience changes how they see their city, their neighbors, and themselves. You'll:Build genuine connections with people whose resilience and wisdom will surprise youLearn directly from people with lived experience about what Chicago's homeless community actually needsJoin a community of Street Samaritans committed to solidarity and justiceTake action in a way that's immediate, tangible, and deeply humanPractice compassion in the most literal sense—being with people in their realityThis isn't about saving anyone. It's about showing up. It's about recognizing our shared humanity. It's about being the kind of neighbor you'd want someone to be for you.What to BringYourself — Your presence and openness matter mostWeather-appropriate clothing — We'll be outside for 2+ hoursComfortable walking shoes — We cover significant groundOpen heart — Come ready to listen, learn, and be changedWe provide all supplies, care packages, and materials. You just bring you.Join the MovementHomelessness isn't a single-issue problem, and it won't be solved by a single sector. But every conversation matters. Every care package matters. Every moment of acknowledgment matters.As one person in our survey said: "Its not easy but its always gonna be ok." That resilience, that hope in the face of impossible odds—that's who we're showing up for.Hope is a practice. We live it daily, through every care package, conversation, and connection.We can't wait to walk the streets with you.Please reach out if you need accommodations to participate fully. We're committed to making this experience accessible to everyone who wants to join us. - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/chicago/may-street-outreach-with-street-samaritans/100001987799521880 - **Event Categories**: Nonprofit, Meetups - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 ## Ticket Details - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 0, max: 0, currency: USD ## Event venue details - **city**: Chicago - **state**: IL - **country**: United States - **location**: TechNexus - **lat**: 41.88260799999999 - **long**: -87.6372612 - **full address**: TechNexus, 20 North Upper Wacker Drive, Chicago, United States ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: May Street Outreach with Street Samaritans - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events8/banners/b4e2d15d9f43cbe800f73c2e93d84b2e86b5fdec5cfb2b99b4e69e5367857358-rimg-w1200-h800-dc020405-gmir.jpg?v=1776755743 ## FAQs - **Q**: When and where is May Street Outreach with Street Samaritans being held? - **A:** May Street Outreach with Street Samaritans takes place on Sun, 17 May, 2026 at 10:00 am to Sun, 17 May, 2026 at 01:00 pm at TechNexus, 20 North Upper Wacker Drive, Chicago, United States. - **Q**: Who is organizing May Street Outreach with Street Samaritans? - **A:** May Street Outreach with Street Samaritans is organized by Street Samaritans. ## Structured Data (JSON-LD) ```json [ { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "Event", "name": "May Street Outreach with Street Samaritans", "image": "https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events8/banners/b4e2d15d9f43cbe800f73c2e93d84b2e86b5fdec5cfb2b99b4e69e5367857358-rimg-w1200-h800-dc020405-gmir.jpg?v=1776755743", "startDate": "2026-05-17T10:00:00-05:00", "endDate": "2026-05-17T13:00:00-05:00", "url": "https://allevents.in/chicago/may-street-outreach-with-street-samaritans/100001987799521880", "eventStatus": "https://schema.org/EventScheduled", "location": { "@type": "Place", "name": "TechNexus", "address": { "@type": "PostalAddress", "streetAddress": "20 North Upper Wacker Drive", "postalCode": "60606", "addressLocality": "Chicago", "addressRegion": "IL", "addressCountry": "US" }, "geo": { "@type": "GeoCoordinates", "latitude": "41.88260799999999", "longitude": "-87.6372612" } }, "eventAttendanceMode": "https://schema.org/OfflineEventAttendanceMode", "description": "Walk Chicago's streets with us. 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