NLVS - Rush Chapter

The New Life Volunteering Society (NLVS) is a developing national and secular not-for-profit service organization originally begun at the University of Illinois at Chicago in 1999 with the intent of recruiting students to volunteer in community outreach programs for the underserved and underprivileged. NLVS members have the opportunity to not only be involved with numerous local projects but also with the NLVS Free Health Clinic on West Peterson Avenue that serves a population living 200% below the poverty line. The clinic offers free physician visits, medications, blood work, and imaging to all uninsured patients. The free health clinic was started in October 2003 and functions with the help of medical students from Northwestern University, Rosalind Franklin Medical School, Loyola University, University of Chicago, and University of Illinois at Chicago.