3C Community Profile: Humboldt Park
Take a stroll down the Paseo Boricua corridor on Division Street and it’s easy to see why Humboldt Park is one of Chicago’s most vibrant…
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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. Today, that means confronting the racial and ethnic wealth gap.
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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.
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Life Changing Community Outreach Inc.
LCCO runs a 9 week youth summer camp program with the extra funding we will be able to extend our weeks longer and start earlier. It will also open the opportunity to extend summer camp to more youth. Proving youth with a safe place for the summer not just a safe place. But where they can have fun and be a kid.
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Fathers Families Healthy Communities
FFHC requests $5,000 in grant support to host a Father’s Day Celebration Event in June.
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Elijah's House, NFP
Elijah's House, NFP is expanding its current youth programming to operate during the out of school gap from June 6 through 26th 2023 to serve more Chicago youth. Our summer scheduled is set to begin June 26th, serving teens age 14 through 18, however, we have the capacity to begin programs earlier and can start our summer schedule June 6th through this grant. If funded these dollars will help us serve more youth allowing us to engage ages 5 to 13 in daily Program activities. Our partnerships with Kelly Hall YMCA and Chicago District Police, are both available to help in the support of daily programming and activities for young people, and will help to keep them safe, promote inclusion and comradery and build cohesive community relationships in the Humboldt Park community.