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For more than 100 years, The Chicago Community Trust has convened, supported, funded, and accelerated the work of community members and changemakers committed to strengthening the Chicago region. From building up our civic infrastructure to spearheading our response to the Great Recession, the Trust has brought our community together to face pressing challenges and seize our greatest opportunities.
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1000 and 1100 Monticello Block Club
Neighborhood Fun for ALL. The 1000 and 1100 blocks of N Monticello are excited to present Neighborhood Fun for All on Saturday, June 10 and Saturday, June 24. We are kicking off the summer by bringing back community, fun, food and laughter for our neighbors of all ages. We will begin by hosting a Block Club Party on Saturday, June 10th, beginning at 12pm complete with a gaming truck, bouncy house, DJ, food trucks, cotton candy and piñatas! Once the sun goes down, we will transition the day into a family movie night in the garden. During movie night, our neighbors can sit with their kids and watch a family friendly movie under the stars. On Saturday, June 24, we will continue with the Neighborhood Fun by hosting a Creative Arts event with our youth. We will have face painting, arts and crafts for the younger kids and spoken word, singing and dancing contests for the older kids in the neighborhood. Grant dollars received will support food, DJ, porta potty, stage, table and chair rentals, gaming truck, bouncy house, projector and movie screen, popcorn machine, and paint.
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Men Making A Difference
Men Making a Difference (MMAD) will host a June youth Breakfast series. Each Saturday morning in the month of June from 9:00 am- 1:00 pm, we will bring together the youth of North Lawndale and their families for a free breakfast cooked by local community members with food obtained from community businesses. After breakfast and fellowship, we will engage youth in peace circles. The peacemaking circle is a process that will bring together the youth of our community to engage in conflict resolution, healing, support, decision making and other activities in which honest communications, relationship development, and community building are centered. After peace circles, leftovers will be given out, to provide further sustenance to youth and their family after the event.
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Hustle Mommies
PAINT THE HOOD ORANGE will be hosting our summer block parties and on June 10th and June 17th we will be hosting block parties in Auburn Gresham and the Near North Side at Seward Park and would like to have this grant in order to support those communities.and provide activities for the young people such as double dutch, art and basketball. This grant will help us in providing on site activities for the kids and create an opportunity for them to have a true SUMMERTIME CHI filled with real opportunities to learn and enjoy their communities.
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Bullying Prevention and Awareness 365
Bullying Prevention and Awareness 365 (BPA365) will partner with 2-3 organizations to provide safe places and promote peace through non-violent activities and training from June 6th to June 30th.
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Legacy Disciple
With this funding we intend to engage neighbors of West Garfield Park the week of June 13th-17th. This will consist of Community Engagement from 3:00-5:30pm and Community Sports from 5:30-8:00pm Tuesday through Friday. Community Engagement will consist of our Leaders in Training (16-19 year old students) canvassing door to door for a Litter Free Campaign in which signatures will be gathered for a pledge to not litter and to pick up a minimum of 7 pieces of trash weekly. At the same time, elders from the community will be asked to be interviewed to share their life stories. This will facilitate cross generational relationships and learning. Community Sports will consist of adult volunteers and our Leaders In Training running sports for younger children 5th-8th grade (approximately 11-15 years old) at a community park. The week will conclude with a Juneteenth Block Party where the whole community will be invited.
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Life Changing Family Services
Jesus Word Center Church was launched in 1986 in the Austin Community of Chicago, IL. The ministry started with seven members. Our congregation grows through our prison ministry to the Vienna Correctional Center of Ex-inmates, their families, and community members. After outgrowing our storefront location, we remained in the Austin community by sharing space with ST. Paul Lutheran Church. We have 325 members. Our congregation comprises 77 men, 127 women, 103 youth, and children. We have a mixture of college graduates, business owners, paraprofessionals, the health field, social workers, laborers, retirees, unemployed, and college students. Our Outreach ministries include a partnership with the Chicago Public School Safe Haven Program to keep our community students safe during the most violent hours of the day. A partnership with Playstreet and the city of Chicago, we block off the street 5 times during the summer months to allow children and their families to play and have social encounters with neighbors in a safe environment. Our organization will conduct a two-week summer camp with the following activities: chess, swimming, dance, mentoring, boxing, and two field trips. Our goal is to provide this camp for 25 at-risk youth in North Lawndale during the gap weeks in June
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Central South Shore Area Council NFP
Our organization will partner with Real Men Charities to get additional youth to the South Side Great weekly programming June 6-26 The South Side Great program will showcase the good things on the South side each week in June (programming curated and delivered by Real Men Charities)
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REMIX PROJECT
Remix Project's Open Mic & Studio Drop-ins take place Saturday evenings from 8pm-11pm at Zhou B Art Center. With the additional funding, Remix will add Monday, Wednesday & Friday evenings from 6pm-9pm throughout the month of June to assist in providing coverage during the gap. Safe space, mentorships and healthy networks are at the core of this effort. Youth and young adults will be invited to share their life experiences via music, spoken word and live performance. Premise being when young people have more options they make better decisions. Remix believes engaging at-risk youth through the summer months during peak times for violence creates a sense of belonging outside traditional neighborhood networks and helps guide young peoples' attention & decision making through the week with something positive forthcoming. In addition, participants will have access to a commercial grade recording studio and engineer on site for skills training, mixing & mastering.