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Volunteer to help the homeless at our overnight shelter Every night of the year we need two or three volunteers to help serve homeless guests at our homeless shelter at 2715 W. Harrison. Sandwich Volunteers ~ Every night we need two volunteers to help serve soup and sandwiches to the guests as they come in for the night. From March 1 until mid-December volunteers are needed from 7:15 until 9:15 pm. (During the winter, from mid-December to March 1, volunteers are needed from 6:15 until 8:15 pm.) Volunteers:
For more information on various volunteer opportunities at Franciscan Outreach Association CLICK HERE. |
Children & Youth Education,Schools
Low-income Communities
N/A
Age Minimum (with Adult) - 12, Age Minimum - 16+,
Join Chicago Cares and University of Phoenix on Tuesday, April 19, to improve the educational environment at Sayre Language Academy! We’ll be painting canvas murals, giving the science lab a complete makeover, building bookshelves and packing disaster preparedness kits to send to our neighbors on the Gulf Coast. The project will conclude with a brief volunteer leader training, giving you the tools you need to get started (or continue!) leading change in your own community.
12:30 PM-5:00 PM Full opportunity address and directions will be sent to you by e-mail after you sign up.
Children & Youth Education,Schools
Low-income Communities
N/A
Age Minimum (with Adult) - 12, Age Minimum - 16+,
Join Chicago Cares and University of Phoenix on Tuesday, April 19, to improve the educational environment at Sayre Language Academy! We’ll be painting canvas murals, giving the science lab a complete makeover, building bookshelves and packing disaster preparedness kits to send to our neighbors on the Gulf Coast. The project will conclude with a brief volunteer leader training, giving you the tools you need to get started (or continue!) leading change in your own community.
12:30 PM-5:00 PM Full opportunity address and directions will be sent to you by e-mail after you sign up.
Chicago Cares builds stronger communities in Chicago through volunteerism. We work closely with community leaders to identify and research critical needs. We then develop targeted programs and mobilize thousands of volunteers to address those needs.
Our programs make Chicago a better place to live for everyone. We inspire people to give of their time and energy, creating a real sense of community and shared responsibility.
Since 1991, Chicago Cares volunteers have completed more than 1.1 million hours of service through more than 25,000 group volunteer projects.
What could your organization accomplish for our community if you were given the opportunity to utilize 10 volunteers every month? Every week?
What about 100 or more volunteers on one day?
Chicago Cares partners with community organizations, schools and parks to increase their capacity to be the solution to our real challenges facing our community. Our staff works with each partner to identify the most pressing needs and then creates and manges a project or series of projects that puts volunteers to work meeting those needs in an meaningful way. All projects are lead by trained Chicago Cares volunteers leaders and staffed by Chicago Cares volunteers.
If your school or non-profit organization is interested in becoming a Chicago Cares community program partner, it's easy to get started:
SUMMER JOBS In Banking, Accounting, Law and Engineering - Apply by April 8th |
| Summer Employment for High School Students |
Student must attend either a public, parochial or private high school;
Student must be a resident of the City of Chicago; and
Student must have an annual family income of $60,000 a year or less and a parent/guardian must sign Certificate of Income Verification Form
Job Readiness Workshop:
Free job readiness workshop for CSBI applicants on Saturday, April 2, 2011. Workshop highlights include creating effective resumes, conducting successful interviews, making positive first impressions and following office etiquette. Space is limited and registration is required.
How to Apply:
Students may obtain application material from high school Principals or Guidance Counselors, or download applications from CSBI's new website at www.chicagobusinessinstitute.
For more information, feel free to contact us via email at info@chicagobusinessinstitute.
25 East Washington, Suite 820
Chicago, IL 60602
Fax: 312-863-6341
E-mail: Mikvayouthaction@
If you have any questions call Jessica Gingold at 312-863-6340 or email at jessica@mikvachallenge.org
Standing with you,
ElizabethOkey
“We’ve GOT to make noises
in greater amounts!
So, open your mouth, lad!
For every voice counts!”
-Dr Seuss, Horton Hears a Who
Dear Supporter of Performance Counts,
The numbers are startling. A student who attends Chicago Public Schools from kindergarten through senior year of high school receives (nearly) four fewer years of schooling than their peer in Houston. How could this be? Because Chicago students have one of the shortest school days and years in the entire country. Chicago Public Schools students go to school for less than 6 hours a day, for just 170 days per year. Houston students go to school for 7 hours a day, for 180 days a year. And who suffers from Chicago’s short day and year? Students and teachers. The more time students spend in the classroom, the more prepared they become for college or career. Chicago’s incredibly short day also results in students being deprived of enrichment, recess, and even time to eat lunch! The short day and year are equally frustrating for Chicago’s terrific teachers, who tell us the district’s short day and year keeps them from doing their best work for students. Given the tremendous challenges many students face, much more learning time is needed to help students succeed in today’s brutally competitive world. The sad fact is that right now CPS students generally aren’t well prepared - only 6 percent of Chicago Public Schools students receive a college degree by age 25 and the vast majority of CPS graduates need remedial courses in college. Despite Chicago's glaring lag in learning time, past efforts to lengthen the school day in Chicago have gone nowhere. Time and time again when Chicago Public Schools attempted to lengthen the school day and year it was thwarted by the Chicago Teachers’ Union leadership, hurting students and great teachers. From our perspective, enough is enough. It’s time to draw a line in the sand and say: “no more selling our children short.” It’s time to put students’ well-being at the center of contract negotiations. The Performance Counts legislative agenda would do just that. Click here to learn more and ask your legislators to address Chicago’s short day and year. I look forward to working with you to pass Performance Counts in order to lengthen Chicago’s school day and year to give students the education they need and deserve. Best, Jonah Edelman | ||
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The U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey received the attached summer opportunity from the Federal Executive Board. We have posted same on the court's local intranet site under External Federal Job Opportunities. Please feel free to share this nationwide opportunity with family and friends.
Please note that this is a nationwide announcement for positions in: Washington, DC/Boston, MA/New York, NY/Philadelphia, PA/Atlanta, GA/Chicago, IL/Denton, TX/Kansas City, MO/Denver, CO/Oakland, CA/Bothell, WA and Anniston, AL.
Questions should be directed to the Point of Contact on the announcement below.
MISSION SUPPORT BUREAU
The Chief Component Human Capital Officer
Subject: Summer Hire Program
Questions?
Email: mary.waller@dhs.gov telephone: 202-212-2083
roslyn.williams@dhs.gov telephone: 202-646-2978
The Office of the Chief Component Human Capital Officer announces the 2011 Summer Hire Program for Students (see attached flyer). The program will run from June thru September 30, 2011. Students may apply from April 4 – April 15, 2011 at fema-student-hire-me@dhs.gov.
Students must be in an accredited college/university, high school (must be the age of 16), or vocational school to qualify to participate in this program.
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Presented by
Alan Downs, Ph D
Nationally Acclaimed LGBT Psychologist &
Best Selling Author of The Velvet Rage
This workshop is free of charge, but space is limited. REGISTER NOW
Event Details:
date/time: Friday May 6th, 2011
Marcello's in Lincoln Park
645 North Ave, Chicago Il 60610
3 CEUs Available for LPC, LCPC, LSW and LCSW
This workshop is free of charge, but space is limited.
