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What’s the only thing better than working at Wrigley Field on a Friday afternoon? Getting out of the office and turning work into play with Urban Initiatives’ team from Morton Elementary! Last week, a group of Chicago Cubs volunteers spent the afternoon with 35 energetic players at Windy City Fieldhouse. When the big kids from…
On Friday, January 24, over 860 Urban Initiatives supporters came out and celebrated at the 8th Annual Soccer Ball presented by BMO Harris Bank and Storck USA. For the second consecutive year, celebrity emcees Marc Silverman and Carmen DeFalco welcomed guests into the River East Art Center. This year’s Soccer Ball was extra special, as…
Urban Initiatives Team Captains were back in action this past weekend. Captains from schools across the city gathered at the University of Illinois at Chicago to partake in a fun filled morning of leadership activities, discussions, and a soccer tournament.
Former NFL player Jarrett Payton and his Jarrett Payton Foundation recently paid a visit to Fulton elementary to surprise urban Initiatives work to Play and play with potential program participants with over 200 athletic balls as a donation, giving them the tools to BE healthy and active student athletes.
Even with the winter snow that blankets Chicago, urban Initiatives is still finidng ways to get great physical activity every day! that’s why Claremont recess with urban initiatives is still going outside when temperatures drop. still, a chicago winter is a tough outdoor recess partner, which is why Claremont teamed up with knoll, inc. for a coat…
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…
Our dedicated supporters at Storck hosted Daley, Biedler and Jenner at the chicago indoor sports center for a special Wednesday night game day.
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…
On Friday, October 4th soccer players and family members from the Hamlin Park, Austin and McKinley Park communities traveled up to Wilmette for the 13th Crosstown Classic with the Wilmette Wings. The Crosstown Classic gives Urban Initiatives soccer players the chance to travel outside their community so they may become familiar with all of the…
