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Join CYC at its 20th Annual Chipping in for Chicago Youth Golf Outing

Join CYC, the city’s largest independent, locally-based, multi-site youth services organization, for our 20th Annual Chipping in for Chicago Youth Golf Outing on Monday, August 27, 2012, at the premier Skokie Country Club in Glencoe, Illinois, site of the 1922 U.S. Open and 2010 Western Amateur. Lunch will be offered at 11:30 a.m. prior to the 1:00 p.m. Shotgun Start. A 5:30 p.m. Awards dinner will follow.

CYC is also proud to announce the chance to win a 2012 Fiat 500 through our hole-in-one contest. Thank you to Fields Auto Group for their generous support and we look forward to showcasing the beautiful car on the ninth tee!

All proceeds from the event will support CYC's programming including Early Childhood Education, Mentoring, and College and Career Readiness. Through these innovative and effective programs, we are helping Chicago’s youth build the academic, social, and emotional skills needed to succeed.

For more information or to RSVP, please contact Rhyan Kronzer at (312) 913-1700, extension 424 or at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

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CYC Participates in Kraft Foods’ Premium Donation Day

ABC Polk Bros. Youth enjoy their new shirts provided by Kraft Foods

August 17, 2012, Chicago Youth Centers (CYC) participated in Kraft Foods’ Premium Donation Day in Morton Grove. At the event, CYC’s Hoops for Hope participants from ABC Polk Bros. Youth Center, Centro Nuestro, and Fellowship House, received t-shirts, whistles, water bottles, race cars, tote bags, lunch boxes, and miniature basketball hoops. The children at ABC Polk Bros. were very excited to receive the items and actively participated in transporting and sorting the items for each of the participating centers.

Thank you to Kraft Foods for making a difference in our communities!

CYC Attends Kraft Foods' "Hoops for Hope"

On July 24th and 25th, one hundred and eleven youth from CYC’s ABC Polk Bros. Youth Center, Centro Nuestro and Fellowship House, attended Kraft Foods' Hoops for Hope event held at the Jacoby Dickens Center Gymnasium at Chicago State University.

Coached by Kraft Foods’ employees, young people from all over the city participated in group drills, competitions, and scrimmages, and received guidance on the importance of education, staying focused, being physically active, and working as a team. The “World’s Greatest Female Ball Handler,” Tanya Crevier was on hand to share her dribbling tips and tricks and motivate these young people to think beyond their current circumstances and focus on creating their own path to success, dreams, and vision.

By supporting our youth and ensuring they have the opportunities necessary to develop vital life skills, CYC is providing a brighter future for our communities.

CYC thanks The Honeycomb Project for their support!

On July 21, 2012, more than 40 volunteers and members of The Honeycomb Project joined together at CYC's Elliott Donnelley Youth Center to collect and package more than $4,000 of school supplies including crayons, notebooks and folders for kids living in Chicago’s most underserved communities.

Thanks to The Honeycomb Project, more than 200 CYC kids at Westcott Elementary School will get new supplies for the year!

CYC Hosts Annual Believe in Kids Dinner

On Wednesday, May 23, 2012, Chicago Youth Centers, the largest independent, locally based, multi-site youth services organization in Chicago, celebrated its 56^th year of investing in underserved youth at its annual Believe in Kids Dinner at the Four Seasons Hotel Chicago.

Joining CYC as co-chairs of this special event were Mark G. Sander, President and Chief Operating Officer of First Midwest Bank and esteemed member of CYC’s President’s Leadership Council and Dick DiStasio, Chairman and CEO of iGPS.

Each year, CYC honors individuals who have shown outstanding commitment to helping low-income high-need youth of Chicago with its Spirit of Youth Awards, presented during the Believe in Kids Dinner. This year’s Spirit of Youth Award honored Gordon Lang, Jr., John A. Sivright, and Henry Wisniewski, as well as being presented posthumously to Jacob L. Fox, William O. Petersen and Lewis W. Reich, members of the CYC Board for more than 40 years and former Chairmen of the Board, for their distinguished service and leadership and steadfast support and dedication to CYC’s mission.

The event also featured a live auction, Youth Awards, and performances by youth participants in CYC’s Mentoring and Advocacy Program.

All proceeds from the event support CYC’s mission of investing in kids in underserved communities in Chicago to help them discover and realize their full potential. By providing at-risk children and teens a variety of innovative and effective programs—from early childhood education to and through college—CYC is helping Chicago’s youth build the academic, social, and emotional skills needed to succeed.