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BACK TO SCHOOL FESTS
REACH
The South Chicago Chamber has been sponsoring its annual
South Chicago Back to School Fest for over 25 years. Countless numbers of youths have been
provided with free bags of school supplies, school physicals and shots and have
been encouraged to go to school daily. This year, due to a downturn in the economy, several local
organizations decided to consolidate their efforts and co-sponsor such an event
rather than doing so independently. The traditional fest occurred at



A special note of thanks to all of those who participated
and helped plan these fests!
SAFETY OF STUDENTS BEING ADDRESSED
BY LOCAL LEADERS
The Chamber hosted a meeting of both the public and private
school principals in the immediate area as well as police, school security, CTA
and park district administrators in an effort to map out a safety plan for
local students. With the thousands of students going to and from school in the
area, the leaders wanted to identify safe passages, hot-spots and safe havens
for those students. This preventative measure proved to be helpful in
identifying hot-spots where criminal and nuisance activity occurs and impacts
negatively on the overall quality of life for the residents and immediate area.
A recent rise in gang activity and violence is of a concern in spite of the
overall decline in crimes in the district and city. An effort will be made to
step up the enforcement of Safe School Zone designations with signage. That would add another punch in the
prosecution of any individual committing gang, weapon and other crimes around
the school campuses. The zero tolerance
enforcement is in high gear to deter students becoming part of the victimization
and fatalities that estimated close to 100 CPS students last year. The cohesive group of principals and other
governmental and civic leaders also provided success stories on their individual
efforts that may be appropriate to replicate elsewhere.
QUARTERS FOR A CAUSE…….MAKING A DIFFERENCE!
Last year was the first Quarters for a Cause event held here
in southeast
Are we up to this challenge southeast side?