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The
mission of Jobs For Youth (JFY) is to help young men and women
from low-income families become a part of the economic mainstream;
and, in the process, to provide the business community with
motivated, job-ready workers. JFY's core program includes
pre- employment training, job placement, GED instruction,
and supportive services.
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Tom Wzorek, 24, was JFY's 2003
Workplace Achiever of the Year.
When Tom approached Jobs For Youth;
he had just been released
from prison after three years, he
was homeless, jobless, and had
even fewer options to financially
or emotionally support his now
seven-year-old daughter, Kaylee.
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Since its founding in 1979, JFY has helped more than 13,000
young people between the ages of 17-24 and made more
than 21,000 job placements.
All
of JFY's program activities take place at its offices in Chicago's
downtown Loop business district, located at 17 North State
Street, Sixth Floor. The young people in our program come
from neighborhoods throughout the City of Chicago and adjacent
lower- income suburbs. JFY currently serves more than 1,200
youths annually, and makes over 1,000 job placements with
up to 400 employers in a wide variety of fields ranging from
health care to retail, hospitality, financial services, security,
small businesses, corporate offices, and much more.
Over
the years, our work and that of our thousands of volunteers
have received considerable recognition, locally and nationally.
Highlights include The Chicago Community Trust's James
Brown IV Award of Excellence for Outstanding Community Service,
five separate State of Illinois Governor's Hometown Awards
during the terms of three different Governors, Sara Lee Corporation's
Chicago Spirit Award, and the President's Volunteer Action
Award, presented by President George H. W. Bush.
At
Jobs For Youth, career development is seen as a holistic life-long
process. Clients are taught skills that they need to achieve
their academic and employment goals and continue on the path
to self-sufficiency.
Jobs
For Youth is a non-profit organization that provides all services
free of charge to young people and employers.
BOARD
OF DIRECTORS, 2007-2008
PRESIDENT
Darlene A. Chaleff
Polaris Capital Partner Corp.
VICE
PRESIDENTS
Ron Whitley
Cushman & Wakefield
Eric
Joss
Joss Equities
SECRETARY
Michael A. Thompson
Management And Technology Resources
TREASURER
Carl Chaleff
InterOcean Financial Group
DIRECTORS
Melanie
Brown, M.D.
University of Chicago
Department of Pediatrics
Richard
Castellini
CareerBuilder.com
Myron M. Cherry
Myron M. Cherry & Associates
John
Dietzen
Oppenheimer Co., Inc.
Steven
Dresner
Dresner Investments
David
Duerkop
Northaven Partners
Howard
Ecker
Jupiter Realty
Ejaz
Elahi
Dresner Partners
Paul Erbach
Patricia
Feeley
Polaris Creative Partners Corp.
John
S. Gallop
Advisory Research
Thomas
Gimbel
The LaSalle Network
Jeffrey Gregory
Northern Trust
Donna
F. Hartl
Golan & Christie LLP
Andrew
Hochberg
Next Realty
Darcy
Holland
Annen, Holland & Associates
Louis
A. Holland, Jr.
Nuveen Investments
Kenny
Johnson
Richmond Group
Kenneth
Leonard
Dymas Capital Management
John
F. McCormick
City of Chicago
Brien
O'Brien
Advisory Research
Joseph
L. Ponsetto
Illinois Attorney General's Office
G.
Gale Roberson, Jr
Holland & Knight, LLC
Brent
Rosenbower
Sudler Sotheby's International Realty
Bill
Sloyan
OCE Business Services
Raymond
Spencer
Kanbay, Inc.
Jonathan
H. Webb
Cognitive Capital Partners
Suzette
Webb
MANAGEMENT
STAFF, 2007-2008
Executive
Director
Robert Barnett
Director
of Development
Diane McCain
Fund
Development Director of Grants & Contracts
David G. Melis
Director
of Career Development
Kerry Ito
Director
of Finance
Darnella Moore-Lambi
Director
of Employer Services
Roger Peden
Director
of Public Affairs
Kristin Gudenrath
Director
of Programs
Trina Whatley
Director
of Admissions/Intake
Joyce Mister
Volunteer
Coordinator
Maya Ashwal
For
more information, please contact us at:
17 North State Street
Sixth Floor
Chicago, Illinois 60602-2100
Phone:
(312) 499-4778
Fax: (312) 499-4772
E-mail:
info@jfychicago.org
Check
out the current issue of our Newsletter, click here.
To view our Fiscal Year 2007 Annual Recap, click here.
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