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2015   The Campaign to Mpower Families kicks off with a Chairman's Dinner hosted by Campaign Co-Chair Martha Melman Campaign total, year one: $10.8M (43 % to goal) Lives Mpowered: 68,435 2016     Metropolitan Family Services DuPage and Addison School District 4 holds an open house and ribbon cutting ceremony for the...

[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_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] North Center upgrades fuel program expansion [feather_share skin="wheel" size="25" show="facebook, twitter, linkedin, google_plus, pinterest, tumblr, mail" hide="reddit"] The Campaign to Mpower Families has funded renovations to various Metropolitan community centers, most recently to...

[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_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] The Gerst Family: A Commitment to Young Fathers [feather_share skin="wheel" size="25" show="facebook, twitter, linkedin, google_plus, pinterest, tumblr, mail" hide="reddit"] As the only father-son duo currently serving on Metropolitan’s Board of Directors together, it...

[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] [/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/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" css=".vc_custom_1458181298560{padding-bottom: 50px !important;}"][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_row_inner row_type="row" type="full_width" text_align="left" css_animation=""][vc_column_inner width="1/4"][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width="3/4"][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1523982541314{padding-bottom: 3% !important;}"] with John MacCarthy “Mpowering” families is critical to Chicago’s success.  Metropolitan Family...

[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] [/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/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" css=".vc_custom_1458181298560{padding-bottom: 50px !important;}"][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_row_inner row_type="row" type="full_width" text_align="left" css_animation=""][vc_column_inner width="1/4"][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width="3/4"][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1519415483123{padding-bottom: 3% !important;}"] with Richard Price Now, I am proud to serve as Co-Chair of...

[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] [/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/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" css=".vc_custom_1458181298560{padding-bottom: 50px !important;}"][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_row_inner row_type="row" type="full_width" text_align="left" css_animation=""][vc_column_inner width="1/4"][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width="3/4"][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1519415449661{padding-bottom: 3% !important;}"] with Tony Hunter As a former Board Chair and current Co-Chair of...

[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] [/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/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" css=".vc_custom_1458181298560{padding-bottom: 50px !important;}"][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_row_inner row_type="row" type="full_width" text_align="left" css_animation=""][vc_column_inner width="1/4"][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width="3/4"][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1519247718105{padding-bottom: 3% !important;}"] with Martha Melman I have been involved with Metropolitan for two decades,...

[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...