05 Feb The Campaign to Mpower Families: Timeline
2015
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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
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Metropolitan Family Services DuPage and Addison School District 4 holds an open house and ribbon cutting ceremony for the Addison Children’s Center Grand Opening. READ MORE | PHOTOS
Campaign total, year two: $14.1 M (56% to goal)
Lives Mpowered: 72,000
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Martha Melman and Tony Hunter, co-chairs of the Campaign to Mpower Families, greet more than 40 DuPage County stakeholders at Oak Brook’s Wildfire restaurant to share the Campaign’s goals to expand the agency’s life-changing services within the county. READ MORE | PHOTOS
2017
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Communities Partnering 4 Peace (CP4P) violence prevention initiative launches: this collaboration among eight other community-based organizations works to reduce gun violence in nine of Chicago’s highest-risk neighborhoods. READ MORE
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Metropolitan DuPage opens the Bensenville Parent-Child Center: Building upon the success of the new Addison Early Childhood Center, the new Bensenville center serves infants, toddlers, and preschoolers, promoting healthy development for each child. READ MORE
Campaign total, year three: $15 M (60 % to goal)
Lives Mpowered: 72,000
2018
Campaign total, year four: $21.4 M (86% to goal)
Lives Mpowered: 79,800
2019
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North Center upgrades fuel program expansion: the Campaign to Mpower Families funds renovations to Metropolitan’s North Center. “Everyone seems a little bit more upbeat now,” says Site Operations Manager Monica Colfax. “People feel comfortable and are proud of the work space.” READ MORE
Campaign total, year five: $29 M (96% of new $30M goal)
Lives Mpowered: 93,106