Illinois Support Groups

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This Illinois homeschool support groups listing was compiled by Home Education Magazine, with the assistance of the listed groups, to support homeschooling families in their communities.

Calumet Area Secular Home Educators (CASHE), Sue McNamara, Membership Coordinator, South Chicago Suburbs, jimshue2004-at-sbcglobal.net, www.calumetareasecularhomeeducators.blogspot.com/

Grassroots Homeschoolers HOUSE, Arlene Olson, Newsletter Editor, Gatherings at 6203 West Vollmer, Matteson,  IL 60443,  708-720-1637, info-at-grassrootshomeschoolers.com, www.grassrootshomeschoolers.com, Portia O’Laughlin portia-at-grassrootshomeschoolers.com

Home Oriented Unique Schooling Experience (Illinois State HOUSE), P.O. Box 74, Ringwood, IL 60072, 847-622-5200, info-at-illinoishouse.org, http://www.illinoishouse.org

Homeschool Resource Center, 6645 W. Steger Road, Monee, IL  60449, 708-235-1901, www.fofchomeschool.org, hsrc-at-homediscipleship.org

Homeschool Support Group of NW Illinois, McHenry County,  Woodstock, IL 60098.  Contact person

Shelli Chinlund, shelibean1-at-aol.com

Homeschooling Families Of Illinois, DuPage County, IL, 630-548-4349

IL Homeschool Freedom Watch List, IL, http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ILHomeschoolFreedomWatch/

Jewish Homeschool Assocation of Greater Chicago, 773-764-5137; BHP-at-BnosHenya.Org

Lake County H.O.U.S.E.,Sara May, IL, terry_sara-at-sbcglobal.net,847-740-225, http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lhouse,

Lincoln IL Home Educators, IL Judi Graff, IL  217.445.2560 lincolnilhomeeducators-owner-at-yahoogroups.com, http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lincolnilhomeeducators/

Many Rivers Unschoolers (MRU) Cathy Kramer, IL, Kramercathy-at-sbcglobal.net, www.manyriversunschoolers.org

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Many_Rivers_Unschoolers/

MRU North, Aurora/Naperville area and the western suburbs of Chicago,IL,  kramercathy-at-sbcglobal.net  or http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mrunorth/

Northside Unschoolers Group, Chicago, IL; Wini Haun; wini-at-winifredhaun.org, http://www.northsideunschoolers.org; Juli Walter, juliwalter-at-mindspring.com

Off The Beaten Path, Lake County, IL; Michelle Chelap; OffTheBeatenPath-owner-at-yahoogroups.com, http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OffTheBeatenPath/

Peoria Area Homeschoolers (PAH)

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PeoriaAreaHomeschoolers/

http://friends.peoria.lib.il.us/community/pahgroup/pahgroup.html

Scott AFB homeschoolers, scottafbhomeschoolers, Susan Lawson, Bellevill, IL , Sammysue6-at-charter.net, scottafbhomeschoolers-at-yahoogroups.com

Springfield Illinois Homeschool, Judi Graff, IL, 217-445-2560, HSSpringfieldIL-owner-at-yahoogroups.com, http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HSSpringfieldIL/

Tri-County Eclectic and Creative Homeschoolers of Illinois (TEACH), NW suburbs of Chicago, IL, teachhomeschoolgroup-at-gmail.com

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