Category Archive

January 2015

  • 9th Annual Soccer Ball a Huge Success

    Urban Initiatives celebrated it best Soccer Ball to date – raising $480,000 in support of Urban Initiatives’ sports based youth development programming that serves over 16,500 boys and girls throughout 41 Chicago Public Schools. The West Loop’s newest event space Morgan Manufacturing saw host emcee Carmen DeFalco welcome over 1,000 guests as they arrived to…

    9th Annual Soccer Ball a Huge Success
  • Coaches Coach: UI REC Coordinators Go Overtime with Sports

    Urban Initiatives coaches do more than just the core programs Work to Play, Take the Lead, and Play with Potential. In order to bring more of their knowledge to and build relationships with the kids they work with, some Urban Initiatives coaches take on extra roles as the coaches of interscholastic sports at partner elementary schools.…

    Coaches Coach: UI REC Coordinators Go Overtime with Sports
  • Archer Daniels Midland Donates $50k to Urban Initiatives

    In December, Archer Daniels Midland Company and ADM Cares granted Urban Initiatives $50,000 in support of the Work to Play program. The donation will help us both sustain our program at current partner schools as well as continue to expand into more school across Chicago. ADM Cares is a social investment program that strives to…

    Archer Daniels Midland Donates $50k to Urban Initiatives