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UI in Action
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Pitching Soccer to the Cubs
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…
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Recess at (Not Quite) 20 below?
Students at Gunsaulus Scholastic Academy are enjoying this unusually snowy winter by making time to throw plenty of snowballs! Recess in Chicago Public Schools has only recently been reinstated for every student, and Urban Initiatives has partnered with 15 schools to help make the most of that time for fun, physical activity, and learning.
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Team Captains Take the Lead with Service Learning
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.
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Jarrett Payton Foundation Donates Brand New Athletic Balls to Urban Initiatives
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.
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Urban Initiatives’ Junior Board Second Annual Zoo Lights Field Trip
On Friday, December 6th, 25 members of the Urban Initiatives Junior Board met 25 Work to Play and Take the Lead kids from Nobel to take in the Zoo Lights at Lincoln Park Zoo.
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Cutting Out Junk Food a Slam Dunk for Palmer
Two weeks ago, in an effort to get healthier at lunch, the Palmer Panthers had their first lunchroom challenge! For one week, teachers tallied the junk food items students brought in their lunches. The winner would be the class that brought the fewest junk foods to lunch. This sparked new enthusiasm with the kids to…
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Team Captains Take the Lead with Strength
Urban Initiatives Team Captains have a reputation for dedication and enthusiasm when it comes to soccer and leadership. They proved that reputation true again on saturday, november 2nd, when team captains from urban initiatives schools around Chicago gathered at otis elementary school for a day full of leadership training through fun and challenging games and…
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Teamwork and a Comeback for Pasteur
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…
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Urban Initiatives’ Best Work to Play Fall Season Yet
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.
