Category ‘Success Stories’
ACCORDING TO THE U.S. LABOR DEPARTMENT, THE NATION’S UNEMPLOYMENT RATE WAS 8.1 PERCENT IN FEBRUARY OF 2009—THE HIGHEST IT HAS BEEN SINCE 1983. EMPLOYERS HAVE SLASHED 651,000 JOBS AMID A DEEPENING RECESSION.
John was happily married, with a daughter in college and two in high school—a family he was very proud to take care of. But when he found himself unemployed for six months he felt as though his life was spiraling out of control.
“We couldn’t pay the rent or the utilities,”...
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Posted by admin | 11/17/09 12:44 PM UTC | Related: Success Stories
George attends after-school programs at Corazon.
There are currenlty 28 street gangs in Cicero, IL. Students there identified the three top gang-related problems in their community as drugs and alcohol, violence and grafitti.
George is 15 years old and likes to play sports, chess and shoot pool. He studies hard and has big dreams of becoming a lawyer or a doctor one day. Two years earlier, however George was a different person. At the age of 13 he was kicked out of school and in trouble...
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Posted by Sarah Frick | 10/16/09 12:08 PM UTC | Related: Success Stories
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, about 41 million people live with some level of disability. In Illinois about 13.1% of the population age five and over have disabilities. Of that, an estimated 2.5% have difficulty performing self-care activities such as dressing, bathing, or getting around inside the home.
After a busy day at work, Bill likes to come home and hang out with his family, ride his bike, see a movie or maybe catch a Cubs game. But he also gives back to the community, serving as an...
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Posted by Sarah Frick | 9/25/09 11:23 AM UTC | Related: Success Stories
"United Way gives back to the community, to youth in every way we can. And I got to be a part of it. I helped unite people."
All his life, Mack Curtis knew he was different.
The second of four children raised by a single mother, he knew that he didn’t have the things his friends had. He was teased for the clothes he wore and the food he ate. Kids made fun of him for his chipped front teeth – the result of stumbling into a gang fight when he was 9 years old.
After awhile, Mack...
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Posted by admin | 9/2/09 12:41 PM UTC | Related: Success Stories
Meet Ariana
One in seven girls who are 14 and younger will experience an unintended pregnancy, one in three women will have an unintended pregnancy by age 20.
What distinguished Ariana at her high school graduation was the white gown which set her apart from her classmates in blue. The white gown signified she was graduating as a member of the National Honor Society (NHS), a distinction reserved for select seniors nationwide. But Ariana was not only an NHS graduate she was a young mother...
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Posted by admin | 7/27/09 12:22 PM UTC | Related: Success Stories
