Category Archive

Urban Initiatives

  • 11th Annual Soccer Ball Presented by Allstate

    The 11th Annual Soccer Ball Presented by Allstate, January 27 at Morgan Manufacturing in Chicago is Urban Initiatives’ annual benefit. The event draws over 1,000 people from the Chicagoland area from various professional, academic, and artistic backgrounds for an evening of cocktails, hors d’oeuvres, and celebration. In 2016, the Soccer Ball raised nearly $600,000 to…

    11th Annual Soccer Ball Presented by Allstate
  • Meet Dorrian!

    REC Coordinators are vital to Urban Initiatives’ mission of empowering Chicago’s youth to become agents of community change through academic success, healthy living, and leadership development. They drive systematic change by connecting stakeholders and strengthening the social fabric of the community. Meet Dorrian, one of UI’s newest REC Coordinators! Basic info: Name, birthday, where you last went…

  • Meet Anna!

    REC Coordinators are vital to Urban Initiatives’ mission of empowering Chicago’s youth to become agents of community change through academic success, healthy living, and leadership development. They drive systematic change by connecting stakeholders and strengthening the social fabric of the community. Meet Anna, one of UI’s newest REC Coordinators! Basic info: Name, birthday, where you last went…

  • 14th Annual Halloween Bash

    The 14th Annual Urban Initiatives Halloween Bash was a huge success. For the third straight year, Chop Shop and 1st Ward Events welcomed us back to not only have a ton of fun but to support UI’s sports-based youth development programming. Over 400 friends joined us for what some call, “The best Halloween party in…

    14th Annual Halloween Bash
  • PwC Scores Goals with UI

    The weather had begun to cool, but the chill in the air did not stop Urban Initiatives’ Work to Play students and a group of volunteers from PwC from traveling to Chicago Indoor Sports on October 21 for a Friday afternoon Game Day. Participants from Claremont, Davis, Greene, and Morrill played in three rotations of…

    PwC Scores Goals with UI
  • Motorola Joins Goethe for Game Day

    On a beautiful fall afternoon, four volunteers from Motorola Mobility joined Goethe Elementary’s Work to Play squad for a series of scrimmages at Haas Park in Logan Square. The Goethe students were excited for the scrimmages – they had worked hard in practice and in the classroom all week, and this afternoon of friendly competition…

    Motorola Joins Goethe for Game Day
  • Team UI Accomplishes 26.2

    On Sunday October 9th, 14 runners representing Team Urban Initiatives participated in the 2016 Bank of America Chicago Marathon. Since early this Spring, these runners not only dedicated their time to training for the event, they dedicated their time to fundraising to support Urban Initiatives’ sports-based youth development programs. “Urban Initiatives teaches students how to be…

    Team UI Accomplishes 26.2
  • Chicago’s Corporate Leaders Gather to Plant a Seed

    On Thursday October 6th, Urban Initiatives and the UI Board of Directors hosted the Plant a Seed Breakfast at the Radisson Blu Aqua Hotel. Members of the Chicago business community gathered to learn about and reflect on how UI is using the power of sport and play to effect social change. After welcome remarks from…

    Chicago’s Corporate Leaders Gather to Plant a Seed
  • William Blair Engages the Community

    It had been cold and rainy all day, but the gloomy weather did not deter the dedicated group of volunteers from William Blair that came to Garfield Park to serve as assistant coaches to Urban Initiatives’ participants on their first game day of the year. Students in UI’s Work to Play and Take the Lead…

    William Blair Engages the Community
  • 6th Annual Multicultural Cup

    Urban Initiatives Associate Board Executive Committee member Ashley Dobbins shares her experience at this years Multicultural Cup with Morton, Lawndale, and Goethe! Sports and play are a common vehicle that is known and enjoyed throughout the world. It’s a thread of commonality that ties together cities, countries and cultures around the world. It’s the same…

    6th Annual Multicultural Cup