BWB Chicago, Illinois (USA)
BWB Chicago is a group of volunteers and partners of both Burners and non-Burners alike fostering community and creativity by tapping into and collaborating with the rich culture of civic engagement, community-building, and activism in the Chicago area.
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We cordially invite you to join us for the 8th annual BWB Winter Ball (Eventbrite ticketing link here) A formal evening and dashing affair to whisk you through the bitterest, coldest, snowiest weekend of the year with the warmth, fire, light, art, and fun we can only create all together! The Winter Ball is a…
Our good friends at Chiditarod have put their years of hard work and learnings into an online tool-kit to be used by anyone out in the world that wants to try and replicate their awesome project. Over the past 10 years Chiditarod has raised over 134,000 pounds of food for local food shelves and over…
Chicago’s annual Burners Without Borders fundraiser, ‘The BWB Winter Ball’, was a night to remember for all of the organizers, artists, volunteers, and participants who made it such a huge success. It was a night filled with art, food & performances; an evening exploring how artists can contribute their gifts in meaningful ways to their…
Consensus is a new nonprofit community arts center on the southwest side of Chicago where people connect, create, and cultivate. BWB is proud to support the unique mission of Consensus that aims to build peace by fostering collaboration among artists and human service projects in Chicago. Their programs, events, and outreach mobilize the arts…
Chiditarod (think Iditarod) is Chicago’s Epic Urban Iditarod. A charity food drive, beauty pageant, costumed shopping cart race, talent show, fundraiser and chaos generator all in one. And probably the world’s largest mobile food drive, benefitting the Greater Chicago Food Repository. The eighth year of the Chicago Chiditarod brought the event to a new level. …
In 2012 Burners Without Borders Chicago in conjunction with BURN (Bold Urban Renaissance Network) helped create the Chicago Community Grant Program with the aim to provide funding to grass-roots civic projects that directly affect Chicago citizens. HOW DOES IT WORK? Our inaugural grant process received 8 applications focusing on various social issues. A panel of…