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[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="grid" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" css=".vc_custom_1458181298560{padding-bottom: 50px !important;}"][vc_column][vc_row_inner row_type="row" type="full_width" text_align="left" css_animation=""][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text] Early Childhood Education [feather_share skin="wheel" size="25" show="facebook, twitter, linkedin, google_plus, pinterest, tumblr, mail" hide="reddit"] Two years ago, Jazmin jumped at the chance to enroll her oldest daughter, Jayleen, at Metropolitan’s Midway Children’s...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="grid" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" css=".vc_custom_1458181298560{padding-bottom: 50px !important;}"][vc_column][vc_row_inner row_type="row" type="full_width" text_align="left" css_animation=""][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text] Adoption Preservation [feather_share skin="wheel" size="25" show="facebook, twitter, linkedin, google_plus, pinterest, tumblr, mail" hide="reddit"] Katie was born in an unstable environment to drug-addicted parents. She and her sisters never went to the same school...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="grid" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" css=".vc_custom_1458181298560{padding-bottom: 50px !important;}"][vc_column][vc_row_inner row_type="row" type="full_width" text_align="left" css_animation=""][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text] Upward Bound [feather_share skin="wheel" size="25" show="facebook, twitter, linkedin, google_plus, pinterest, tumblr, mail" hide="reddit"] When Anita was young and preparing for college, her mother got sick and Anita put her dreams aside to care...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="grid" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" css=".vc_custom_1458181298560{padding-bottom: 50px !important;}"][vc_column][vc_row_inner row_type="row" type="full_width" text_align="left" css_animation=""][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text] Whole Child, Whole Community Metro's Community Schools program helps Tonti Elementary make a dramatic transformation [feather_share skin="wheel" size="25" show="facebook, twitter, linkedin, google_plus, pinterest, tumblr, mail" hide="reddit"] Tonti Elementary School is a Chicago Public Schools...

[vc_row row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="grid" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" css_animation="" css=".vc_custom_1459486530256{margin-bottom: 25px !important;}"][vc_column][vc_row_inner row_type="row" type="full_width" text_align="left" css_animation=""][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text] Boeing: Partnership for a Positive Impact [feather_share skin="wheel" size="25" show="facebook, twitter, linkedin, google_plus, pinterest, tumblr, mail" hide="reddit"] [/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_column_text]Enriching local communities through involvement and investment is good business. Boeing Corp. demonstrates that belief through...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text] Love Is a Work of Heart Students Take on the Job of Supporting Their Peers [feather_share skin="wheel" size="25" show="facebook, twitter, linkedin, google_plus, pinterest, tumblr, mail" hide="reddit"] [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="grid" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" bg_type="bg_color" css=".vc_custom_1458870609334{margin-top: 25px !important;margin-bottom: 25px !important;}"][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text]Students...

[vc_row row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" css_animation=""][vc_column][vc_column_text] Janice Modeling Recovery [feather_share skin="wheel" size="25" show="facebook, twitter, linkedin, google_plus, pinterest, tumblr, mail" hide="reddit"] [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row row_type="row" use_row_as_full_scree_section="no" type="grid" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" css_animation="" css=".vc_custom_1455678627819{margin-top: 25px !important;margin-bottom: 25px !important;}"][vc_column][vc_column_text] Janice Benford is a Recovery Support Specialist -- commonly referred to as a Peer Mentor...

[vc_row row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="grid" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" css_animation="" css=".vc_custom_1459486530256{margin-bottom: 25px !important;}"][vc_column][vc_row_inner row_type="row" type="full_width" text_align="left" css_animation=""][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text] Shawn "I thank God for you all.” [feather_share skin="wheel" size="25" show="facebook, twitter, linkedin, google_plus, pinterest, tumblr, mail" hide="reddit"] [/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_column_text]A shooting 19 years ago left Shawn reliant on a wheelchair, so when his girlfriend became...

[vc_row row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="grid" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" css_animation="" css=".vc_custom_1459486530256{margin-bottom: 25px !important;}"][vc_column][vc_row_inner row_type="row" type="full_width" text_align="left" css_animation=""][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text] Treasure House [feather_share skin="wheel" size="25" show="facebook, twitter, linkedin, google_plus, pinterest, tumblr, mail" hide="reddit"] [/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_column_text] [caption id="attachment_1542" align="alignright" width="300"] Staff member Martha Smith with the two volunteers who do furniture pickups on Wednesday mornings[/caption] On Wednesday...

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