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South Austin Neighborhood Association
In collaboration with BUILD and the Chicago Police Explorers, community youth, parents, and friends will be invited into the 29th Ward Veterans Peace Garden to play a variety of age-appropriate board games (ages 4 and up). Participants will be provided with refreshments and prizes will be awarded to individual game winners. This opportunity for fellowship will keep community youth engaged and entertained during the service period and help to foster community ties and intergenerational communication. Community youth, parents, and friends will be invited into the 29th Ward Veterans Peace Garden for a Karaoke Night. Youth who participated in Game Days in the Garden will be encouraged to bring their family members to karaoke as a culmination and celebration of the Game Days Activities. A professional karaoke provider will be engaged to run the evening, and refreshments will be provided. Refreshments will be provided by a local Italian Ice vendor to serve Italian Ice Cups to all who attend.
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Wrap Your Beyouty Movement
August 10th thru the 20th I will be partnering with several youth orgs to provide holistic and healing services and/or simply hold space for youth, women and families. I will also host another event at The Rink for youth like the one I hosted when the mayor attended during the Juneteenth gap. If funded, I will also be sure to add youth to my already scheduled healing spaces for adults, as one of the reasons I choose adults only often times is because I cannot afford food and accommodations for both. All of my outdoor community events are well attended by long time residents and their children who I’ve worked with over the years and the word spreads! I have a small staff, plus a village of paid volunteers to assist WYBM events in the neighborhood. Activities include peace circles (my favorite), organized neighborhood walks (for connection and belonging), visionboarding and meditation sessions.
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FUTURE TIES NFP
Future Ties will continue to provide safe space opportunities for the youth during the gap in service from the Chicago Park District until youth return back to school. Since the first gap activation in programs, Future Ties has continued to provide a safe space for the youth. We had a teen kick back that was very successful and well attended by the youth and we have every Friday famly movie night that is also very well attended. Our plan is to continue to offer these opportunities throughout the summer that includes the gap. We are planning another kick back with the youth for the Labor Day weekend. We have Friday Family Movie nights on our calendar through the Labor Day weekend. This funding will definitely help us with the supplies/food we need to continue to support the youth and their families during this time.
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Rose of Light MBC
Camp 1302 is seeking funding to extend our day camp, which currently concludes on August 4th. We aim to bridge the gap between the end of the Chicago Park District's summer programming and the start of the Chicago Public School (CPS) year, from August 6th to August 21st. The allocated funds will be utilized to extend the employment of our summer workers and recruit additional instructors. This will enable us to maintain diverse activities catering to all participants, ensuring our programming remains dynamic and engaging.
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LOVE TO SERVE INCORPORATED
Love To Serve is requesting gap funding between August 6, 2023 and August 21, 2023 and Labor Day weekend. This funding support will allow us to continue providing weekly programming in a safe space for our youth in West Pullman at the Kroc Community Center.
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Think Outside Da Block
Think Outside da Block (TODB) is a reputable organization established in the Greater Englewood community. We engage with nearly 3,000 children, youth and families each year, from over 26 zip codes across the Chicagoland area. TODB is proposing to host four events, two events during the Labor Day weekend and two events between August 6th and August 19th. During the Labor Day weekend TODB’s two Safe and Peaceful youth focused events will be our annual Ball In Peace softball game on Saturday, Saturday will include a block party style kickback event for youth 12-24 in the Chicago Lawn community and Sunday will include a block party style kickback event for youth 12-24 in the Greater Englewood community. Between August 6th and August 19th TODB will host two additional events in the Greater Englewood community including: community-wide back to school event on August 12th, Safe Spaces Mothership event on August 11th at Hamilton Park .In addition to the four events, TODB will host 20 youth ages 13-24 20 hours per week covering Financial literacy, trauma awareness, Drug Free America along with event planning and execution. Think Outside Da Block has adequate staff and has completed the planning. Safe and Peaceful funds will be used to provide youth stipends, purchase food, increase marketing, rent/purchase equipment, games, prizes, disc jockey, security, permits, porta-potty, additional staff time etc
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Southside Together Organizing for Power
STOP will host a Back to School Block Party for Hyde Park Academy Families and a series of 4 planning meetings and trainings with Hyde Park Academy students to prepare and support then in running a restorative justice community building circle at the Block Party. We will engage 15 Hyde Park Academy students who are participants in our Summer Youth Program in the planning and execution of the restorative justice circle and Block Party. In addition to the restorative justice community building circle, the event will include face painting, bouncy house, school supplies, music, basketball tournaments, and more. Funds will support food for meetings and the event, stipends for youth to participate in planning meetings and for parents who attend the event, as well as rental of equipment.
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Home for Good Inc
Our Organization plans to use the requested funds to provide a Basketball program 4 days a week during the August gap time, August 6-21 (in addition to our already running bi-monthly Basketball games). Our staff will identify and recruit 16-20 youth and assist them with travel back and forth to the park, gym, or YMCA where they will engage in team-on-team Basketball games for 2.5 hours that will encourage positive proactive community connectedness. We will also have a Labor Day “Bike Ride for Peace” Event. During Labor Day weekend, we will gather 21-25 youth, provide them all with new bikes and peddle down Lake Shore Drive. Starting the Day with Breakfast at our Hub in Woodlawn. We will engage in positive, uplifting conversation then head to Lakefront. As we ride down the Lakefront, we will make frequent stops to teach the youth about moments in time that shaped our past such as the event at 29th street beach during the 1919 Race Riots. We aim to provide a safe space for the youth that day and create a sense of community as they learn about their past while making connections with one another.