Team Captain Justin Smart Shares His Mountain Climbing Experience
Hi, justin Smart here. Let me tell you about my time at nolS pacific northwest.
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Take the Lead Team Captains go to Camp!
This past week four of our Take the lead participants (and one coach) had the chance to participate in a week-long boy Scout camp in the northwoods of wisconsin. camp makajawan is about 4 ½ hours north OF Chicago and offers all sorts of outdoor activities (hiking, FIShing, camp fires, boating). to say the least,…
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AbelsonTaylor Shares some Love with Beidler Elementary
“These guys are fun!” Four words, spoken by a rising second grader, that perfectly summed up the thirty AbelsonTaylor volunteers who spent Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday at Beidler Elementary in Garfield Park last week.
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The Cubs on the Move Fitness Trolley Helping UI Keep Kids Active!
With the end of July came the end to our summer camps across the city. Beidler, Gunsaulus, Lloyd, and Kozminski all enjoyed a summer full of soccer, water games, and most importantly baseball! We had the pleasure of partnering, for a second consecutive summer, with the Chicago Cubs and their Cubs on the Move Fitness…
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Cubs’ Season of Giving
MLB.com reporter Carrie Muskat covers Urban Initiatives’ great partnership with the Chicago Cubs! Read about it here: http://m.cubs.mlb.com/news/article/102179654/the-cubs-season-of-giving-lasts-all-year-long
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UI Welcomes Ana & Joy to the Team!
On July 15, Urban initiatives was lucky to welcome our two newest members to the team: Ana acosta and joy nelson. ana is joining the operations team as the Administration coordinator and joy is joining the PrograM management team as a play with Potential program ManageR. wheN asked about why he is most excited about…
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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…
