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Join Urban Initiatives in celebrating Karen’s 52 weeks of experiences at her finale party. The event will be held at LaSalle Power Company on April 30th at 8:00pm. The event is open to the public and admission is a choice between a $20 charity cover charge or a 3-hour $40 charity drink package. Proceeds from…
Urban Initiatives loves working with volunteers from Northwestern’s Civic Education Project (CEP). CEP is an award-winning leadership and civic engagement program. We are thrilled to have taken part in their CivicWeek for the past few years. On March 24th, CEP volunteers served as Assistant Coaches at Morton and Otis during our early morning program session.…
When I was growing up I never had the opportunity to play sports. As I’ve grown older, I see a serious need for youth sports programs, especially in Chicago. Recently I was coaching my own kids in baseball and soccer in a small, rural Indiana town. Things are much different there – kids don’t experience…
Chicago’s school board adopted a new program to offer breakfast in the classroom in Chicago Public Schools. Click here to read the full article for the Chicago Tribune.
The Women’s Board of The Field Museum generously invited Urban Initiatives participants and their families from Jenner and Libby to their 2010 Children’s Holiday Celebration on December 9th. The highlight for the kids was a scavenger hunt around the Museum that allowed them to work as a team and explore the different exhibits. The event…
Classical music, jazz, rock and roll, and philanthropy combine to form the Trans Siberian Orchestra. Urban Initiatives was the proud recipient of the Trans Siberian Orchestra’s giving back donation on Friday, November 26th at the All State Arena in Chicago. The show was a thrill of artistry, story, lights, pyrotechnics, and music! The story was…
Urban Initiatives thanks girls from the FC United Soccer Club for hosting a soccer clinic with 40 youth from Prieto Academy. The girls welcomed the Urban Initiatives participants by having them run though a human fan tunnel – this greeting immediately set the tone for a fun filled day. During the event, the FC United…
Urban Initiatives was honored to be selected as the beneficiary of the Latino Fashion Week Fashion Ball on Saturday, November 13th. Overall, the event included a cocktail hour and a fabulous fashion show. Thank you to the team at LFW for making this possible. Click here to view photos.
Terrance Anderson is a student at the Morton School of Excellence. He travels an hour and a half to school every day. On Tuesday and Thursday mornings he remarkably makes it it to practice on time at 7:30am. Terrance is always enthusiastic about program activities and is extremely committed to his team. Urban Initiatives is…
I come from the same impoverished communities that most of the kids in our program come from. I know very well that unhealthy eating habits are often a pattern and that poor nutrition is also magnified by limited accessibility to healthy options. As a kid, I not only chose to eat unhealthy foods but I…