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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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REBORN MINISTRIES
Reborn is currently engaged in mentoring youth and children including events, camps, discipleship, baseball, peace circles, and fostering community activism through service. Reborn's work to raise up westside youth and children as leaders continues to expand as we work with Melody Elementary, Leif Erikson Elementary, Chicago Westside Sports, One on One, and youth hiring programs such as One Summer and ARPA. This grant will allow our youth to participate in the baseball program earlier through youth stipends. It will also allow for strategically timed events to engage youth and children throughout May and June. Light the Night meals will provide a visible space for our community families to gather peacefully in Garfield Park. Grant funding will provide a small stipend as a thank you to two amazing community youth mentors/coaches who pour out their lives serving our youth sacrificially year after year.
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All Family Active ALFA
We will be sharing with parents while their children do physical activity and will share resources for parents. All the information will be about how to recognize any symptoms of violence, bullying or harassment in children and especially places where they can receive the service or ask for help. All this will take place in a Chicago Park District on the field We have planned an activity for children from 8 to 10 years old and their families, on the Saturday of memorial day weekend with this fund we could open the activity for children from 12 to 14 years old and we could do it for two days in two different parks during memorial day weekend, on that weekend, our audience could be doubled thanks to the fund. It will take place in the Chicago CPD, ALFA has always believed that when parents get involved in physical activity with their children it allows them to make better decisions as they are less stressed. The children will engage in physical activity as well as be rewarded for their participation. With the fund we could share healthy snacks and water, and we would do it twice a week instead of once within the 3 weeks of June. With the fund, we would extend our activities more days and open to more ages.
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CHI-RISE
The CHI-RISE Love In Auburn Gresham Memorial Day Block Party will take place on Monday, May 29th at Foster Park District from 11am-3pm. There will be FREE BBQ, Bouncy Houses, Sip n Paint, Arts N Crafts, 3 vs. 3 Basketball Tourney, Gaming Stations and More! Teens and young adults will be hired to market and work the event.
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The Black Star Project
This is an excellent opportunity to extend The Black Star Project's (TBSP) current Phillip Jackson Youth Mentorship Program (PJYMP) that is set to end May 26, 2023. PJYMP provides safe space for middle school and high school students who engage with University of Chicago and other Chicago-area college and university mentors. TBSP has several activities planned during the grant period (May-July, 2023), including neighborhood clean-up projects with community activist Sel Dunlap (May 20 and June 20); a pre-Memorial Day WNBA Chicago Home Opener-Closing Celebration for the Phillip Jackson Youth Mentorship Program (May 26); a Juneteenth Celebration (June 17); a tour of Bronzeville (June 20); a STEM project with staff and officers of the SC Johnson Company (Date TBD); essay and reading competitions; a visit with Citibank staff and volunteers (Date TBD) and more. PJYMP provides opportunities for young people from the South and West sides of Chicago to get to know and work together as one Chicago community in alignment with the Seven Field Principles (7FP). The Black Star Project is grateful for this opportunity.
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Little Village Community Council
Little Village Ambassadors program will focus on teaching our youth the importance of keeping our neighborhood clean. How can we educate the community on reused, recycle and not polluting the earth.
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MPAACT
MPAACT is seeking general operating support funding to help maintain an ongoing effort to make our productions more accessible to audiences in the audio format.
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Jackson Park Golf Association
The Jackson Park Golf Association is hosting a clinic for 100 children ages 13-18 at the South Shore Cultural Center on Saturday, May 27, 2023. The clinic will cover golf skills, mental wellness, and careers in the golf industry. On Monday, May 29, 2023, we are also traveling on a 55-passenger bus to TPC Deere Run in Silvis, IL to watch and meet professional golfers playing in the APGA (Advocate Professional Golf Association) Tour. The trip is open to a total of 50 children, men and women. We are providing lunch and will be at the tournament for 6-8 hours. In June, we will employ 5 caddies ages 13- 17 that completed our 6-week caddy training program and pay them $30 base pay per round to caddy for leagues, clubs, and individuals that play Jackson Park.
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True Believers Community Connections
TBCC plans to utilize an additional $4,945 for materials and supplies for youth to participate in upcoming community outreach and engagement activities to be informed about available resources, learn life skills, and practice interacting and engaging with other students, the Chicago Police Department, elected officials, other youth-serving organizations, and local residents. Funds would include t-shirts, food/snacks, incentives, transportation, marketing, flyers, and brochures for the following events/activities: Thursday, May 25th ~ GAGDC: Health Fair on the Block Friday, May 26th ~ 06th District CPD Faith in Action Saturday, May 27th ~ Workforce Development Training Monday, May 29th ~ 17th Ward: Southside Memorial Day Parade Saturday, June 3rd ~ Hoop Hard or Get off the Court Saturday, June 3rd ~ TBCC: Community Breakfast Meeting Saturday, June 10th ~ Hoop Hard or Get Off the Court: Balling for Peace Basketball Tournament Saturday, June 17th ~ Mr. Dad’s Father’s Club: Father’s March Saturday, June 24th ~ Think Outside Tha Block: Roll-N-Peace Monday, June 26th ~ TBCC: StayLIT STEM Summer Camp Orientation