Back to School Fun with Corpsgiving and LinkedIn
What’s better than an afternoon at the Field Museum? An afternoon at the Field Museum with Corpsgiving and LinkedIn!
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New Friends from Far, Far Away
Last month’s World Cup showed that countries can be united through the beautiful game, but sometimes it’s hard to grasp what that means on an individual scale. on july 23, the kids at uI’s GUNSaulus academy summer camp got to experience soccer’s gLOBal scoPE thanks to a visit from a group of iraqi high schoolers…
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Making Lawndale Matter with Corpsgiving and Digitas
On Thursday, July 16 Urban Initiatives worked on a Corpsgiving-coordinated project with 350 volunteers from Digitas. The mission: give Lawndale Elementary Community Academy a much-needed makeover!
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Meet Urban Initiatives’ Graduates
Coach adam and Coach brendan attended the attucks 8th grade graduation on monday, june 9th to watch Urban initiatives’ very first Attucks Work to Play soccer players Justin Smart, Daquan Hall and Renardo Coburn graduate!
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Field Days Across the City Celebrate a Year of PWP
What better way to celebrate the end of a school year than with field day? Urban Initiatives’ Play with Potential schools across thE city pulled out all the stops and celebrated summer fun. from albany park to Roseland, Urban Initiatives REC coordinators organized special events to celebrate a year of active recess. Daley and Fulton…
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Second Annual Work to Play Cup
Way back in the middle of winter, Urban Initiatives’ team set their minds on the end of May, where warmer weather would bring everyone’s favorite event of the year, the Second Annual Work to Play Cup. The event was a huge success, and it could not have been possible without the support of all the…
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The Cubs Can’t Wait for Summer Camp!
This year, the Cubs on the Move Fitness Trolley just couldn’t wait until July to start getting kids active! Teamed up for a second year with Urban Initiatives, the Fitness Trolley traveled to 4 Chicago public schools for “Preseason Training Camp,” so that kids and Cubs could get ready for summer. Urban Initiatives hosted weekly…
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The Perfect Day for McNair’s First Friday Game Day
It was a game time decision: to play or not to play? After a day’s worth of heavy rains, we were unsure if fields could handle a game day. There were some tense hours, but, at 1pm, we got the green light and then the smiles and shouting began!
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Parents Share Recipes at 1st “Healthy Junta”
Food is great way to bring families and communities together. Urban Initiatives partnered with Healthy Schools Campaign to have our first Healthy Junta cook-off hosted at Little Village Academy. Parents from Daley, Gunsaulus, McCormick, and LVA each brought dishes that are healthy, delicious, and representative of their culture. Each school had a guest judge, and Guillermo Gomez…
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Get to know Patty!
When patty joined the team as a program associate in august 2013, she was excited to be working with students with similar backgrounds to her own. Patty grew up in an inner city, which has allowed her to relAte to the kids in the program.
