Kickoff Location:
Garfield Park (see map)
100 North Central Park Ave.
Chicago, IL 60624
On the outside, Chicago is a booming business epicenter, a
beautiful city that is attractive to tourists and entrepreneurs
alike. However, on the inside it is a city full of
need. Neighborhoods beg for attention and repairs that their
poverty stricken residents simply cannot provide. The Big Day
of Serving is set to meet those needs with your help on
Saturday, May 5, 2012 (add this
date to your outlook calendar).
Did you know 10,642 homeless students were identified in Chicago
Public Schools last year? (Source: Heartland Alliance Mid-America
Institute on Poverty) Obviously, this translates to schools not
having enough funding to keep up with playgrounds and the upkeep of
school grounds. The Big Day can bring help to these schools in
need, creating a better environment for kids to learn and hopefully
leading to better attendance and graduation rates. Can you imagine
what this ONE DAY can lead to? Help make a difference on May 5,
2012 by registering to serve at The Big Day of Serving.
Whatever type of projects your group is assigned
to accomplish you can be assured that the difference will be
visible…not only through the physical changes to the neighborhood
but the emotional changes to the residents. When that child looks
at the new playground and then at you and smiles you can be sure
they know you didn't do this for any worldly reason…they received
this neighborhood transformation as a gift of God's love and they
won't soon forget that.
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