Posts Tagged ‘Chicago Youth Center’

Chicago Bears Partner with United Way to Rebuild Playground; 60 Lucky Kids Take the Live Healthy; Live United Challenge at the Hometown Huddle

The Chicago Bears, United Way of Metropolitan Chicago, Bears Care and Elliot Donnelley Youth Center in Bronzeville, will participate in the 12th annual Chicago Bears/United Way Hometown Huddle event. During this event, children from Elliot Donnelley Youth Center and other Chicago Youth Centers locations will participate in the United Way LIVE HEALTHY LIVE UNITED Challenge. This event is aimed at teaching youth about the importance of leading a healthy life as a part of United Way’s Health and... 

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Volunteering at the Chicago Youth Center

On Thursday, 2/18/2010, Chicago Youth Center welcomed 11 YLS members to their facility at 3947 S. Michigan Ave. for what turned out to be an exceptional volunteer event. First, the site coordinators indulged us in a tour of the center, which boasts a host of activity hubs (e.g. swimming pool, basketball court, library, teen lounge, computer lab, cafeteria, etc.) all situated off of a narrow maze of hallways in a building more than 100 years old that, from the street, looks too small to contain more... 

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