Second Life Clothing - 4:30
Cradles to Crayons
Posted Apr 25, 2019
Children from low income families often face clothing insecurity. Cradles to Crayons served over 63,000 children last year with new and gently used items to build self esteem and hurdle barriers so they will attend school.
Hosted by: Ellee Pai Hong Produced by: Greater Chicago Newsmakers Team
#Illinois #Community

Other videos hosted by Ellee Pai Hong

Screen Time and School Performance: Striking a Healthy Balance

Screen Time and School Performance: Striking a Healthy Balance - 5:39
Approximately 40% of parents report that their child owns a smartphone. While certain media can be harmful to a student’s academic performance, recent findings suggest that not all screen time is created equal.

Susan Bearden, Chief Innovation Officer of the Consortium for School Networking, delves into the debate over excessive screen time and its impact on children’s performance at school.
WATCH NOW
Related

Footprints to Recovery

Footprints to Recovery - 4:35
Melissa Rocchi is the Chief Operations Officer for Footprints to Recovery, a collection of regional drug and alcohol treatment centers with locations throughout the US. They provide customized treatment planning, individual and group therapy, diagnosis care and group therapy as well as supplementary and alternative services such as pet and equine therapy, writing workshops and yoga. They are a rising leader in the addiction in the addiction recovery world. Their message? ‘There are better days ahead.’ Melissa and her team of female clinicians and executives are leading the charge against the opioid epidemic. They most recently opened a state-of-the-art treatment center in Elgin, a center unlike any in the Chicago and Milwaukee area. As the United States faces the continued challenges of a growing opioid epidemic, the women clinicians, executives and executive directors of Footprints to Recovery refuse to back down. With over 80 years of combined experience spanning substance abuse, eating disorders and mental health, these women are paving the way when it comes to modernizing and adapting the approach to drug and alcohol treatment. Through their unique approach to substance abuse treatment and backed by $12 million in program scholarships to-date, the clinicians, executives and executive directors of Footprints to Recovery are making effective treatment accessible to all.
WATCH NOW

City Year Chicago

City Year Chicago - 3:49
We begin at the O’Keeffe School of Excellence. They pride in preparing their students to become global citizens through a technologically rich curriculum. City Year Chicago believes that education has the power to help every child’s potential, no matter what hurdles lie in front of you. Together with Comcast, the City Year AmeriCore crew and O’Keeffe residents unite to help beautify this tremendous institution in hopes that this will help inspire the youth of this community.
WATCH NOW
Loading Loading...
TYPE A KEYWORD AND PRESS ENTER TO SEARCH: Close Search Menu
OR EXPLORE SEGMENTS BY TOPIC:

COMMUNITY

ECONOMY & BUSINESS

EDUCATION

GENERAL INTEREST

GOVERNMENT

HEALTH

LOCAL

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY