FUNDRAISING REQUIREMENTS

Fundraising and volunteer hours are mandatory for the 2025-2026 school year. There will be two mandatory fundraisers, one in the fall and one in the spring.

Raffle:

Our Lady of Czestochowa and Charity Parish and Our Lady of Charity School will hold a raffle, with a drawing on December 25, 2025, at 2:00 pm in Makuch Hall, 3010 S 48th Ct.

Each family will be responsible for selling 20 tickets for $20 each.
Each family will therefore be responsible for selling $400 of tickets in the fall.

Money is due Nov 21, 2025 and the drawing is Dec 25, 2025.

Chocolate Sale:

Each family will be responsible for selling 2-1/2 boxes of chocolate in the spring (April 2026).
Each box is $80, therefore each family will be responsible for selling $200 of chocolates.

*Families will be billed for the fundraising balance before each fundraising event to ensure participation.*

VOLUNTEER SERVICE - PARENT COMMITMENT

Each family is required to commit 30 hours of volunteer service to the school or parish or pay a fee of $600 in lieu of hours contributed. If the 30 hours are not met, the amount due will be prorated by the number of hours not completed. These hours can be completed in a variety of ways including chaperoning class field trips, parish clean up days, coaching, assisting teachers with projects, lunchroom volunteers, helping at PTO events, church cleaning, assisting on committees or volunteering for school fundraising events, teaching catechism, and many other opportunities. Online Virtus training may be required to volunteer (see Volunteer Requirements). Hours not completed will be charged to a family's tuition account at a rate of $20 per hour. Please note that the required volunteer hours have increased to 30 hours per family, and must be completed as follows:

5 hours supporting a parish event
15 hours through school fundraisers
10 hours during school activities

A relative may complete up to 15 of the 30 hours on behalf of a family, as long as those hours are not being credited elsewhere (i.e., no double-dipping).

Volunteers must have a VIRTUS account as part of Safe Environment compliance (virtusonline.org).

PROTECTING GOD'S CHILDREN VOLUNTEER REQUIREMENTS

All volunteers 18 and older must complete all Protecting God's Children requirements before volunteering at OLC.

Safe Environment Compliance Guidelines Chart

1. Complete the online background check. Click here

2. Complete the Code of Conduct Form- Return the signed form to the school you are volunteering. To be completed every year

Code of Conduct Form 3

3. Complete the CANTS form and return it to the school you are volunteering (Please do not send it to DCFS). To be completed every year

CANTS English

CANTS Spanish