Bill Dwyer, Helping Hand Center discusses their services for those with Downs Syndrome, Cerebral Palsy & Autism. Several programs including Teaching Together and Project Search partners with groups & companies to work towards a job & future.
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Marklund is a nonprofit organization that serves infants, children, teens and adults with serious and profound developmental disabilities and special healthcare needs. Comcast volunteers showed their support by painting, building planter boxes, fixing up resident bedrooms, and general cleaning at the facility.
On Saturday, April 21, 2018, members of the Fuller Park community, Comcast employees, and people from all over Chicago came together to perform a day of service to transform and uplift Tilden Career Community Academy High School in the Fuller Park neighborhood through physical service. In 2012, Tilden entered turnaround in order to provide a stronger school environment for their students. No longer in turnaround, Tilden is now a Convergence Academy. In partnership with Columbia College, Tilden has integrated digital media into teaching and learning, in order to give students a chance to Create, Consume, and Connect.
Volunteers participated in service projects that engender school pride, inspire student success outside of the classroom and after graduation, and made Tilden a more positive social environment for students.
What happens in Springfield affects cities and towns at the local level. The recent rise in property taxes has not funded education which needs to be done. Consolidating local pension funds will aid tremendously in relieving our states costs.
The state of Illinois needs to put together a budget, something that can be planned around. Illinois students are leaving our state to attend colleges outside of Illinois. Illinois education need to be more competitive to keep students in the state.
Illinois is hostile to existing and new businesses. With special fees, including workers comp & minimum wage increases, business can't stay open in Chicago. Illinois needs to change the Medicaid state pension and put caps on pensions.
Curt Lang, City Of Sycamore, Illinois discusses coolest small town with a historic county courthouse, historic homes and a large historic district. Annual events include a Pumpkin Festival and Antique Car Show.
On Saturday, April 21, 2018, members of the Fuller Park community, Comcast employees, and people from all over Chicago came together to perform a day of service to transform and uplift Tilden Career Community Academy High School in the Fuller Park neighborhood through physical service. In 2012, Tilden entered turnaround in order to provide a stronger school environment for their students. No longer in turnaround, Tilden is now a Convergence Academy. In partnership with Columbia College, Tilden has integrated digital media into teaching and learning, in order to give students a chance to Create, Consume, and Connect.
Volunteers participated in service projects that engender school pride, inspire student success outside of the classroom and after graduation, and made Tilden a more positive social environment for students.
Imran Khan, Embarc discusses many low income youth never venture out of their neighborhood & have little access to success. In a partnership with 18 schools 10,000 experiences given, they have turned the city into a classroom.
In Her Shoes Foundation is giving hope to women and girls through positive influences and learning opportunities in their communities. Our foundational programs give tools that enable personal development and life coping skills. Ready Set Girls AcademyTM delivers a curriculum-based program to girls in both public and private high school. Our professional development workshops offer topics to help women grown in both their professional and personal lives.
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