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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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Urban Male Network
Urban Male Network (UMN) will utilize the funds to plan an event Memorial weekend and during the gap time between CPS ending and Park District (June 6 - 26). UMN plans to rent out a movie theater to watch a movie, take a trip to sky zone, host a kickback with video games and music, and a paintball outing.
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Kingdom Way Community Development Inc
Children/Youth Art & Musical Instrument Training
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TGiMovement
TGi is requesting the full additional grant amount of $5000 to aid in youth program Omega Chi Omega. A long with the robust co-design curriculum Omega Chi Omega offers, TGi also take numerous participants of Omega Chi Omega on "outside of the block" excursions which includes trips around the city visiting businesses, entrepreneurs. professionals, organizations and other recreational activities around the city to exposure the young people to what are opportunities are available and the true potential in Chicago beyond the negative stigmas. These grant dollars will be allocated to funding team building excursions for our youth program this summer to give the young people safe activities to take advantage of for the holiday/end of school year gap.
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Star Farm Chicago
Star Farm Chicago, a 501(c)3 urban farm located in Back of the Yards, will host a Spring Planting Festival on the Saturday of Memorial Day weekend. In collaboration with the Chicago Children’s Theater, Star Farm Chicago will provide a series of programs and giveaways from 2pm-5pm at our Stockyard Gardens. Programs and activities will include seedling planting, a puppet show, photo opportunities with the Hungry Hungry Caterpillar, seedling and produce giveaways, bucket garden giveaways, and workshops featuring community organizations and our incubator farmers. We will use these funds to cover staffing costs, materials for produce and bucket garden/seedling giveaways, farm and community garden materials, printing materials, and stipends for our workshop presenters. As an organization with more than five years of programming experience, a deep understanding of the needs of our community’s children and youth, and a staff comprised of community members, many who are parents of children and youth that live in this neighborhood, we have the capacity to provide support to children and youth during Memorial Day weekend and beyond.
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Peace Runners 773 NFP CO
Peace Runners 773 is a non-profit organization serving the Garfield Park community through fitness forums, youth outreach, and free community events. Our outcomes include transforming our community’s health and wellness, reducing health care costs and increasing the safe spaces in Chicago. This year Peace Runners 773 will launch our We Run Too youth program for Garfield Park and Lawndale with a Community Run Block Party on Memorial Day weekend, May 27, 2023. The event will feature free community workouts, children activities, a DJ, and food. Our goal is to provide a safe space for the community to enjoy Chicago while receiving valuable health and wellness tips.
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Northwestern University
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Community Services of Englewood Inc
Community Services of Englewood is prepared and well tooled to add to our SUMMER program activities activities to keep kids and family friendly activities as outlined in our attached budget. We can accommodate 30-40 kids and family member chaperones to each activity. The program outline will be conducted from Sunday May 28, 2023 for the MEMORIAL day weekend and every Sunday thereafter in June called SUNDAY FUN-DAYS! The outlined activities will be held in a safe, festive and engaged environment in garden settings.
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The Original Sixty Fourth Street Beach Drummers, Inc.
Host a Memorial Day event on 05/29/23 at the 64th street beach for 20 youths from 2 pm to 5 pm. We will also host summer sessions on Friday 06/16, and 06/23, and a final session with youths on 06.24 with a total of 20 to 25 youths, ages from 5 to 14 years at the Whitney Young Library from 12 pm to 4 pm. We have the staff, as well as 2 youth service workers. We will provide Conga drumming, Drum Hooping, Basketball, and face painting, along with other outside games. We will provide food, fruit, and incentives for the youths.