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Musical Theater to Heal Trauma

Musical Theater to Heal Trauma - 4:32

Storycatchers Theater uses stories to help incarcerated youth in Juvenile Detention Centers has proven to be an effective coping mechanism. These stories help youth to make amends with their past and reshape their future.

Sexual Violence Impacts Everyone

Sexual Violence Impacts Everyone - 4:43

Sexual violence impacts everyone and is both physical and emotional. YWCA of Metropolitan Chicago offers a hotline for help and for resources.

Financial Opportunity Center

Financial Opportunity Center - 4:32

Center for Changing Lives offers a bundled approach to help people work in tandem. They offer coaching, financial education, job prep and resource development to uncover career pathways.

The Autism Hero Project

The Autism Hero Project - 4:33

1 in 59 children are diagnosed with Autism. Early intervention is key. The Autism Hero Project helps families with insurance costs so they can access ABA therapy.

Supplies to Succeed

Supplies to Succeed - 4:35

School supplies to succeed. School kits are provided by Back 2 School Illinois so students can have the necessary school supplies. This year round organization offers 4 different types of kits and also offers scholarships to high school students.

Be a Buddy, Not a Bully

Be a Buddy, Not a Bully - 4:33

Free Lunch Academy increases bullying awareness through their productions. This program helps students to have mutual respect and to become buddies with their classmates.

Books Beginning at Birth

Books Beginning at Birth - 4:31

83% of low income students have increased risks of dropping out of high school. With no books, no access to books and no transportation to library, Open Books has a strategy to boost literacy rates.

Cook County Budget, No New Taxes

Cook County Budget, No New Taxes - 4:32

The Cook County Board has passed a balanced budget for 2020. There are no new taxes and no new fees for the new year.

8 Million and Counting!

8 Million and Counting! - 4:33

SCARCE has donated millions of books to over 100 countries. Discarded books that end up in landfills can be recycled and reused while helping students and the planet.

Cara Means Friend

Cara Means Friend - 4:33

Cara provides help for the homeless and the impoverished with their programs. With emotional training and healing from their past, individuals can also attend boot camps for job training.

Diversity Pipeline for the Financial Industry

Diversity Pipeline for the Financial Industry - 4:31

The Greenwood Project seeks out academically ambitious & career and goal oriented student to show them opportunities that exist in the financial workforce. This program helps students become familiar with the business process & offers opportunities.

Empowering the Entrepreneurs of Tomorrow

Empowering the Entrepreneurs of Tomorrow - 4:32

Empowering youth to foster and unlock their potential is the goal of Future Founders. With access to role models, mentors and needed skills, middle and high school students can realize their future goals.

Adopt A Learning Garden

Adopt A Learning Garden - 4:34

Chicago youth are in the above average category for childhood obesity. For students in low income areas, Big Green strives to provide access to real food and real food education through their garden program

The Right Balance

The Right Balance - 4:29

Campus Compact Illinois believes in a balance of job attainment and civic engagement. Through professional development and networking, students can achieve their goals.

Disinvested Communities

Disinvested Communities - 4:30

West Side Forward focuses on disinvested communities. They work with people who have an interest and those who can benefit from their programs including workforce development and entrepreneurship.

Latino Marketplace Growth

Latino Marketplace Growth - 4:31

60% of Aurora businesses are Latino owned. The chamber was started in the mid 90's to help these business with all the tools they need to succeed including seminars and workshop in Spanish, and Youth Professional Groups for students.

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