Last thursday was Urban Initiatives’ 1st ever Take the Lead education fair. UIC hosted the event to highlight opportunities in education (mentoring programs, scholarships, advocacy groups). We couldn’t have asked for a better evening; the weather was so nice that we held the question and answer portion of the event outside.
The students from the UI Summer Camp at Gunsaulus had a reunion at the Chicago Red Stars soccer game. students, siblings, and a few parents loaded the school bus in Brighton Park and embarked on a trip to Lisle, IL to watch Chicago’s professional women’s soccer team do what they do best.
Urban initiatives’ 2013-2014 program year was certainly one to be remembered. Participants across all three of our programs played hard, had hours of fun, and made many new friends. Urban Initiatives’ programs, though, aim to provide kids with so much more, and our 2013-2014 program evaluation results tell the important story of learning, growth, and change. Here’s…
This summer UI continued its partnership with chicago Cubs charities by running its second year of summer of sports summer camps at four cps schools lloyd elementary in belmont-craigin, kozminski elementary iN HYde Park, gunsaulus Scholastic academy in brighton Park and BEIDler Elementary in garfield park. throughout July students came together every day to play…
Hi, justin Smart here. Let me tell you about my time at nolS pacific northwest.
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,…
“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.
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…
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
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…
What’s better than an afternoon at the Field Museum? An afternoon at the Field Museum with Corpsgiving and LinkedIn!
