Urban Initiatives and Allstate Insurance hosted the 11th Annual Soccer Ball at Morgan Manufacturing, on Friday, January 27, 2017. The night of philanthropy, dancing, cocktails, heavy appetizers and an exquisite silent auction helped Urban Initiatives have its most successful Soccer Ball to date. Each year since its inception, the wildly popular Soccer Ball has sold…
Archer Daniels Midland Company recently donated $75,000 to Urban Initiatives. The donation will go toward funding our three flagship programs, Work to Play, Take the Lead, and Play with Potential, as well as Coach for Success, a program we are piloting this year designed to provide ongoing and developmentally-appropriate support for our Work to play…
Urban Initiatives is excited to announce our continued partnership with The Chicago Blackhawks Charities! This year, the Blackhawks will be the Champion Sponsors of our Work to Play program at THREE UI partner schools: Otis Elementary, Beilder Elementary, and Faraday Elementary through their $50,000 grant. Chicago Blackhawks Charities are committed to creating a better tomorrow…
Urban Initiatives is pleased to announce that we have been selected as a 2016 recipient of the Nike Community Impact Fund, a $5,000 grant that will help thousands of students across Chicago. The Nike Community Impact Fund (NCIF), in partnership with Charities Aid Foundation of America and the Oregon Community Foundation, is a collaborative approach to grant making…
The Quest Foundation has selected Urban Initiatives as a grant recipient for the 2016-2017 school year! For two years, the Quest Foundation has supported our Work to Play program, and this year we are excited to announce that the foundation will support an additional school with the $45,000 grant! The Quest Foundation will now be…
Meet Will Ferguson, the On Site Program Director at Lorca Elementary in Chicago’s Avondale community. During the day Mr. Ferguson teaches Special Education Math and Science, as well as an Advisory and a Life Skills Course. But at 7 a.m. on Mondays and  Wednesdays he helps over 30 students start their schools days with some…
One of UI’s most committed supporters, Stock candy company, helped celebrate another amazing Work to Play season by hosting the annual Storck-Urban Initiatives Game Day at Chicago Indoor Sports last Wednesday. Their group of 20 volunteers coached our kids on the field, distributed special edition Storck Game Day t-shirts, and served a deliciously healthy post-game…
Meet Cesar H. and Ceasar G. or as they like to call themselves, Cesar². They are the best and only Team Captains at Nathaniel Greene Elementary located in Chicago’s McKinley Park community, They’re such good friends that they finish each other sentences, tell funny stories, or just say the most random but interesting facts! They…
On December 6th, 60 Take the Lead Team Captains came together from across Chicago for the annual Captains’ Classic at Chicago Indoor Sports. Take the Lead Team Captains act as leaders for their Work to Play teams who are made up of 1st to 4th graders. Not only is the Captains’ Classic is an opportunity…
Urban Initiatives is pleased to announce our continued partnership with the MAXIMUS Foundation for the 2016-2017 school year! Support from the MAXIMUS Foundation will subsidize costs of nutritious snacks for the Work to Play team at Greene Elementary located in the McKinley Park community. The MAXIMUS Foundation is committed to supporting organizations and programs that promote personal growth and self-sufficiency…
