Reading In Motion teaches reading skills through arts-based activities like music and drama. The program focuses on early reading skills and aims to get students up and moving in the classroom, instead of sitting at their desks. For more information about this organization, please visit www.ReadingInMotion.org.
CLOCC at Children's Memorial Hospital is an evidence-based healthy lifestyle project designed to reach Chicago's youth in schools and community settings with essential information on healthy eating and physical activity with the goal of helping them change their habits and behaviors so they can live healthier lives. For more information about this organization, please visit www.CLOCC.net.
Jobs for Youth/Chicago is one of the largest single-site youth employment programs in the nation. Its mission is to help young men and women from low-income families become part of the economic mainstream, and in the process, provide the business community with motivated, job-ready workers. For more information about this organization, please visit www.JFYChicago.org.
Tax Assistance Program builds communities by providing innovative financial services directly to the economically disadvantaged. The organization acts as a link between financial opportunities and the working poor, in order to empower families and enrich communities with real-world financial solutions. For more information about this organization, please visit www.TaxAssistance.org.
National Kidney Foundation of Illinois seeks to prevent kidney and urinary tract diseases, improve the health and well-being of individuals and families affected by these diseases, and increase the availability of all organs for transplantation. For more information about this organization, please visit www.NKFI.org.
Reading in Motion creates and delivers innovative reading programs that get at-risk kindergarten to third grade students up to grade level. Successfully partnering with Chicago's inner-city elementary schools for more than 20-years, this Chicago-based non-profit organization uses music and drama to engage students and help teachers make their core reading programs effective. For more information about this organization, please visit www.ReadingInMotion.org.
Access Community Health Network is the nation's largest community health network, which works to provide a national model of quality, affordable health care for medically underserved populations. For more information about this organization, please visit www.AccessCommunityHealth.net.
After School Matters helps underserved neighborhoods to prepare teens for the job market and develop critical workplace skills. For more information about this organization, please visit www.AfterSchoolMatters.org.
Reading in Motion is developing its Benchmarks curriculum, which fosters reading aptitude through arts-based activities like dance, music and drama. For more information about this organization, please visit www.ReadingInMotion.org.
Urban Gateways intends to broaden the reach of its multi-cultural arts education programs in literary, performing and visual arts, ensuring that children across the Chicago metro area have equitable access to arts education. For more information about this organization, please visit www.UrbanGateways.org.
Archeworks is an alternative design school where students work in multidisciplinary teams with non-profit partners to create design solutions for social concerns. The Archeworks Disability Education, Awareness and Inclusion Project targets children between the ages of seven and nine. It is designed to break down stereotypes and foster inclusive attitudes. For more information about Archeworks, please visit www.Archeworks.org.
Working in the Schools (WITS) is a tutoring and mentoring program involving community members, area businesses, and local high school students. For more information on Working in the Schools, please visit www.WITSontheweb.org.
Archeworks is an alternative design school where students work in multidisciplinary teams with non-profit partners to create design solutions for social concerns. For more information about Archeworks, please visit www.Archeworks.org.
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2007 Finalists