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JFY's
30th Anniversary Celebration - June 25th, 2010 at
The Palmer House Hotel.
JFY
JUNIOR BOARD "The Spring Escape" Fundraiser
- April 28th, 2010 at Rumba.
JFY
Bridge Program Students at Kendall College Day - March
18th, 2010 at Kendall College.
JFY's
Annual Recognition Luncheon - December 10th, 2009
at Chicago CulturalL Center.
JFY
Goes to Washington - September 15, 2009.
Corporate
Tours - Summer 2009.
JFY's
Annual Fundraiser, Party at the District!
- June 20th, 2009.
JFY
Month - September 2008.
GED
Graduation - June 24th, 2008 at Chicago
Cultural Center.
Jobs
For Youth OPEN HOUSE - At our new space at
17 N. State Street, 6th Floor on October 18th, 2007.
Senator
Durbin Visits JFY!
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CURRENT EVENTS
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PREVIOUS EVENTS
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30th Brings In Over $170,000
The
30th Anniversary Celebration for Jobs For Youth was a resounding
success. Over 300 guests celebrated with us and more than
$170,000 was raised for the youth in our community. We would
especially like to thank our Board of Directors for their
time, support and guidance as we commemorated three decades
of helping to build stronger families through the wonderful
programs that you help Jobs For Youth provide to hundreds.
Our impact was evident through the testimonies of our clients
speakers. Lisa Harrell said it so eloquently -they are a
"product of a hand-up and not a hand-out." You
can be certain that it is your hands that are reaching out
and changing so many lives.
To view photos of the event, please click here.
A
special thank you to our sponsors:
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The
Spring Escape Is a Huge Success!
Thank you, thank you to our very dedicated
Junior Board for hosting their annual fundraiser The Spring
Escape last Wednesday at Rumba. We can say that it far
surpassed anything we hoped for and are delighted to report
that it brought in over $32,000, a record breaking total for
the Junior Board.
The event was entirely orchestrated by the Junior Board themselves.
They went after sponsors, sold over 200 tickets and put together
a stellar silent auction and raffle. Not only did the
event bring in revenue, but it also introduced a lot of new
people to Jobs For Youth.
We would like to thank our sponsors for the event:
Click here
to view pictures from the event.
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JFY
Bridge Program Students at
Kendall College Day
March
18, 2010
Giving
JFY Grads an Opportunity for Post-Secondary Education
The
Chicago Sun-Times Charity Trust and Jobs For Youth/Chicago
officially launched The Sun-Times Jobs For Youth/Chicago
Bridge Program, which will give greater access to post-secondary
education to Chicago youth ages 17 - 24.
The program will help Chicago youth attain a post-secondary
education from community colleges, universities and technical
schools located in Chicago.
JFY's first Bridge Program partner is Kendall College. Kendall
College is a four-year institution, and students in the
Bridge Program are presented with the opportunity to earn
bachelor’s degrees in Business, Psychology, Culinary
Arts, Hospitality Management and Education, as well as associate
degrees and certificates in areas within culinary arts.
On Friday, March 18th, 2010, participants in the Bridge
Program went to a Kendall College Day at Kendall College.
The day included a campus tour and class visits.
To view photos of the day at Kendall College, please click
here.
Photos
by Eric Futran/Chefshots.
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Annual
Recognition Luncheon
December
10, 2009
2009 Workplace Achievers of the Year
(from left) Maurice Finley, Jashira Washington & Jasper
Robinson.
BEST
EVER!
It’s what we heard over and over about JFY’s Annual
Recognition Luncheon 2009. Over 300 people attended the
Luncheon to hear from our wonderful Workplace Achievers
Jashira Washington, Maurice Finley and Jasper Robinson.
Keynoting the Luncheon was the Director of the Illinois
Department of Commerce & Economic Opportunity Warren
Ribley.
JFY client Marquie Hart & Board
Members Bill Sloyan & Carl Chaleff
JFY Board Vice Chair Eric Joss, 2009 Workplace
Achiever of the Year Jashira Washington & JFY Board
Member Kenny Johnson
Click here
to view pictures from the event.
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JFY
GOES TO WASHINGTON
JFY Executive Director Andrew Abrahams & JFY Graduate
Maurice Finley on the steps of the Capitol
Jobs
For Youth/Chicago’s (JFY) Executive Director Andrew Abrahams
& JFY Graduate Maurice Finley spoke on Capitol Hill on September
15th as a part of a panel discussion on identifying and improving
quality practice in youth programs at the National Youth Employment
Coalition’s (NYEC) Promising and Effective Practices Network
(PEPNet) Accreditation Ceremony and Forum. JFY is one of only
four organizations nationwide that received recognition through
the NYEC PEPNet Accreditation Pilot. Click here
for press release.
The
four organizations who received recognition - Arizona Call-A-Teen
Youth Resources, Inc. (Phoenix, AZ), Jobs For Youth/Chicago
(Chicago, IL), Our Piece of the Pie (Hartford, CT) & The
Work Group’s New Jersey Youth Corps Program (Pennsauken,
NJ).
 Panel
discussion on Capitol Hill
 JFY
Graduate Maurice Finley with the other three organization’s
representatives
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Corporate
Tours
JFY
has visited a few businesses recently as a way to allow JFY
graduates to explore careers they are interested in pursuing.
JFY started by taking a few graduates to the public relations
agency of GolinHarris and followed it a few weeks later with
a trip to Motorola.
JFY graduates received a unique opportunity to visit GolinHarris
to interact with professionals in the public relations field
and network. Thank you to GolinHarris' Ashley Greene for setting
up the tour. Ashley is also a volunteer at JFY.
Youth and staff from JFY also enjoyed a tour of the Motorola
Innovation Center and an afternoon discussion with Motorola
employees. Thank you to Motorola's Delven Barfield and Michelle
Campbell Johnson for setting up the tour. Delven and Michelle
are also volunteers at JFY.
click
here to view more
pictures
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Party
at the District!
June
20th, 2009
Click
here
to view a slide show of the event.
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Jobs
For Youth Month
September
2008
Mayor
Daley & Governor Blagojevich declared September as
Jobs For Youth Month. In an effort to raise awareness about
the programs and services of JFY, JFY hosted a variety of
free and open to the public activities throughout the month.
One
of the events was a Music Industry Seminar geared towards
youth who wanted to go into the music business. Seminar was
sponsored by S&S Records.
(from left)
Power 92’s DJ Special K, Helton “Brazil” Siqueira,
Steve “Silk” Hurley, Shannon “DJ Skip”
Syas, Chicago- native performer Ben One, General Manager &
VP of Radio Promotion for Jordan Entertainment Group/Zomba
Damon “D” Stewart, Entertainment Attorney for The
Law Offices of Jones + Barksdale, P.C. Daryl D. Jones and
JFY Executive Director Robert Barnett
JFY
also hosted a breakfast at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
to thank its donors, volunteers, employers and community partners.
United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois
Patrick J. Fitzgerald keynoted the Breakfast, and Executive
Assistant to the Mayor Sean Harden opened the Breakfast. Breakfast
sponsored by the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago.
(from left) JFY Board President Darlene Chaleff, United States
Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois Patrick J.
Fitzgerald and JFY Executive Director Robert Barnett
The
JFY Junior Board held "Drink for Breakfast",
a fundraiser for JFY's
Breakfast Club. The Breakfast Club provides a healthy breakfast
to all JFY
clients everyday. Often times JFY clients have to make difficult
decisions -
transportation money or eating. Not wanting our clients to
have to make
those decisions, JFY's Junior Board created the Breakfast
Club over five
years ago.
(from
left) John Lauer, JFY President Darlene Chaleff, JFY Junior
Board
Co-Chair Mike Kolody & JFY Board Member Tom Gimbel
"Drink
for Breakfast" was held on September 18th at A Mano.
The
fundraiser attracted over 100 young professionals and raised
over $6,000
for the Breakfast Club. The event was sponsored by A Mano,
Wells Fargo,
The Mix 101.9 FM, Howard Ecker & Company and The William
J. Beck &
Irene Beck Foundation.
Junior
Board Members (from left) Vic Thorne, PJ McGuire & Kevin
O'Reilly
Click
here for pictures of the event. Pictures were taken
by JFY graduate
Nika Pruitt.
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GED
GRADUATION
June
24th , 2008
On
June 24th, JFY hosted a formal graduation ceremony for its
FY08 GED graduates. At the time of the ceremony, there were
28 graduates from this fiscal year. Taking place at the Chicago
Cultural Center, fifteen graduates walked. Graduate Ayele
Amos-Mandela gave a moving spoken word presentation, followed-up
by Brenda Matthews. Brenda gave a workshop to JFY's GED students
about the spoken word. JFY Board Member and CEO of The LaSalle
Network Tom Gimbel gave the keynote address.
 
Ayele Amos-Mandela
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Jobs
For Youth OPEN HOUSE
October
18th, 2007
JFY
moved into 8,000 more square feet of space in September
to 17 N. State Street, 6th Floor. In October, JFY hosted
an open house for the community.
(from
left) JFY Executive Director Robert Barnett, JFY Board President
Darlene Chaleff, President & CEO of the Chicagoland
Chamber of Commerce Jerry Roper,
42nd Ward Alderman Brendan Reilly, founding JFY Executive
Director Jack Connelly &
former JFY Executive Director Therese McMahon.
JFY
was proud to honor a few of our outstanding supporters with
room
dedications:
The
Jeanette & Harry Weinberg Student Resource Center
The Ann & Robert H. Lurie Foundation Computer Room
Carl & Darlene Chaleff Board Room
Howard Ecker Men's & Women's Clothing Boutique
Joseph J. Viola Volunteer Office
(from
left) JFY Executive Director Robert Barnett, Ann Lurie &
JFY MIS
DirectorRobert Hirn. Because of a generous gift to underwrite
the computer room, the
room was dedicated as The Ann & Robert H. Lurie Foundation
Computer Room.
JFY
was also pleased to recognize the commitment and hard work
of Allen Melske & Dennis Flaum. They worked tirelessly
to help us move.
(from
left) JFY Deputy Director Trina Whatley, Allen Melske &
JFY Board Member
Kenny Johnson. Allen helped JFY with the move and was recognized
at the Open
House for everything he did to help.
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Senator
Durbin Visits JFY
Illinois
Senator Richard Durbin visited JFY to tour the organization
and learn more about us. The Senator visited the classrooms
and spoke to
every client about their dreams and aspirations.  The
tour ended with a media conference in the JFY lobby where
the Senator spoke to reporters about various topics, including
encouraging people to get involved in organizations like Jobs
For Youth.
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