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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DLD For Youth NFP
DLD will connect with action oriented nonprofit organizations, businesses and municipalities hosting Basketball Tournament twice a week for 2 hours. The funds will be used to provide meals , hygiene kits, incentives such as raffles and entertainment to keep the youth engaged with the program. DLD has connected with certified specialists, who will teach best practices through skills and drill techniques. The camp will take place during the gap period being June 6th with orientation and ending June 30th.
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Proactive Youth Connection Cafe
Proactive Youth Connection Cafe is applying for Safe and Peaceful fund Communities for youth activities in addition to planed programs and events. (June 6-26)
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Sacred Ground Ministries
Sacred Ground is currently providing Culinary Arts Training for CPS high school students. We would general end our after school Culinary Arts program on June 5, 2023. However we would like to extend the program if awarded the grant. Our Culinary Arts Program would continue through the gap period from June, 6, 2023 thru June 26, 2023. We have the staff and the capacity to extend the program through out the gap period.
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Austin Green Team
The Austin Green Team seeks to enhance our summer programs and collaborate with community stakeholders so that we can effectively serve our youth on the west side of Chicago who be out of school beginning June 7, 2023. The Chicago Park District be closed during the month of June leaving thousands of youth with no activities to keep them engaged.
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ST PAUL COMMUNITY & FAMILY SERVICES
We have the capacity and space to provide services for the students during the June Gap period. Our programming already includes Team Building, Arts & Crafts, Anti Bullying and physical activities. We are willing and looking forward it forward for this period.
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Church of the Good Shepherd
The funding received under this application will allow us to enhance the summer experience already planned for youth and young adults under our original application and allow us to expand the number of young people who will be engaged in community activities prior to the camp experience, whether they attend camp or not. As part of our summer initiative under the original grant we are partnering to provide a camping experience in Tower Hill Michigan for approximately 30 youth and young adults from June 22-26, 2023. This additional funding would allow us to provide a preliminary period of activities (“Operation Get on the Bus”) earlier in June. We would engage the possible camp participants as well as other youth and young adults in several days of activities which include a creative learning summit and visits to historical, educational and entertainment venues across the city.
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Fous Youth Development Services
FOUS will start summer programming in June instead of July to fill the summer program gap in the Chicago area. The organization will host three children and youth-friendly events. One event per week. This includes Goodbye School Hello Summer Bash (collaborate with our school partner); Sports Day; and Kids Only Lunch Event. The last two pop-up events will be 2.5 hours each. There will be giveaways, raffles, and fun activities. The school bash will last for 5 hours. We will hold it on June 7th on the school playground. FOUS will be responsible for the ice cream truck and pop-up tent (art project) expenses. The organization has provided engaging community summer events for seven years in The Roseland/West Pullman Community. It depends on its volunteers, board members, returning college students who were recipients of our school-based programs, and even local business owners and residents who assist with spreading the word.
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La Villita Community Church
La Villita Community Church will expand our Arco Iris Summer Camp to allow the youth Camp Leaders (ages 14-21) to gain community leadership, outreach, and engagement experience. Specifically, the Camp Leaders will plan and host Arco Iris Pop Up on the Block events on their own blocks for their neighbors in Little Village and North Lawndale. The pop up events will take place two evenings per week for three weeks between June 6th and June 26th. There will be a total of six youth-led Arco Iris Pop Up on the Block events, with each one lasting three hours and engaging 100 children and families, for a total of 600 people being engaged in positive summer programming on their own block. The Arco Iris Pop Up on the Block gives youth additional leadership experience, allows them to showcase their leadership talents on their block among their neighbors, and creates community engagement between youth leaders and families. Arco Iris Pop Up on the Block also allows us to concentrate our Arco Iris activities in outdoor spaces in the neighborhood during June. This activity will supplement the Arco Iris pre-camp leadership development programming two days per week which has already been supported by the Chicago Fund.