Posted on 03/14/2026 6:20:01 PM PDT by Libloather
The Obama Foundation is looking for 100 unpaid volunteers to work alongside the former president’s highly paid cronies at the $850 million Obama Presidential Center in Chicago when it opens in June.
Officials are pitching the no-paycheck gigs as rooted in former President Barack Obama’s legacy of civic engagement.
The recruitment campaign comes after Fox News Digital reported that the organization’s CEO, former top Obama aide Valerie Jarrett, was paid $740,000 in 2024.
Foundation officials told Fox News Digital the volunteers will complement about 300 full- and part-time employees at the long-delayed center, which the organization is promoting as a $3.1 billion economic catalyst for the Windy City’s South Side.
The new program will have 75 to 100 volunteers, known as “ambassadors,” greet and direct visitors around the campus and share information about exhibits at the 22-story museum tower, athletic center and Chicago Public Library branch, among other amenities.
It is expected to expand in the future.
The foundation describes the volunteer program as a key component of its mission, saying volunteers represent its values both onsite and in the community.
It is unclear what the salary range for those paid workers will be.
However, the foundation’s most recent tax filings provide insight into compensation at the organization’s senior levels.
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People in Hell want ice water.
If that is phallic, a urologist is in order.
😳
“People in Hell want ice water.”
One of my father’s favorite sayings.
Thanks for the reminder
“They should receive some sort of compensation for having to endure that eyesore.”
Currently the most ugly building on the planet.
Come work for free in Satan’s Bird Finger.
Definitely in my places I’ll never visit file.
Pfuck the Crackanagger. He was never legitimately elected anyway.
It is hideous. Was it done on purpose?
I don't see it. I only see a concrete pile of junk, that looks hideous.
LOL - I see what you did there...
In that sense it’s quite fitting. The hideous part.
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