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Gabriel Diaz is the REC Coordinator at Louis Pasteur Elementary in West Elsdon. Gabe also coached flag football this fall, and will coach basketball during the winter season. Gabe played high school basketball at Kennedy, where he averaged 14 points per game his senior year. At Urban Initiatives, we often focus on the big problems…
Urban Initiatives had an awesome turn out for the junior board hosted annual halloween Bash at estAte ultra Bar on friday, October 25th.
The 2013 Work to Play fall season saw a record number of boys and girls sharply dressed in their brand new Nike jerseys, shorts, socks and shin guards kick the soccer ball all around Chicago. 821 soccer players from our 26 partner schools wrapped up our strongest ever Work to Play season this past week.
This Fall, Nobel school participated in the CPS soccer league for the first time ever, and had such success that they will be competing in the city-wide finals this weekend. Nobel has never had a soccer team for the middle school before, but the demand is very high, so when Coach Veronica became the REC…
Attucks, Reavis and Tarkington recieved a special visit from some great volunteers from Bank of America at this past Friday’s Game Day.
Last week, a news team from ABC came to Daley Elementary to show the great work Urban Initiatives is doing for the school community. Check out the whole story here.
Our dedicated supporters at Storck hosted Daley, Biedler and Jenner at the chicago indoor sports center for a special Wednesday night game day.
Students and families from Jahn World Language Academy experienced the life of a college student athlete on Thursday October 17th while attending the Northwestern girls soccer game.
On September 20th, Cornell Square Park made national headlines because of a nighttime gang-related shootout that wounded 13 people, including a 3-year old boy. This news shocked the city, and contributed to the notion that Chicago’s South Side is unsafe and plagued with violence. Richard J. Daley Academy is right across the street from Cornell…
Last Friday, on a beautiful October afternoon, a team of amazing volunteers from Groupon headed out to Seward Park for a game day with kids from Jenner and Walsh. As the Jenner players emerged from school, they shouted with excitement and rushed to greet their new coaches. While the two teams waited for the players…
