Education

One of the most epic qualities about Chicago is our diverse range of expressive flair and creative expertise. If you have an eye (or ear) for it, art is everywhere! Even if you don’t, we want to show you what it’s all about.

As part of the Communities with Drive, Top Box Foods is one of 25 finalists with a chance to win a $50,000 grant from ZipCar.

Each year, Lookingglass Theatre’s Junior Board hosts one of Chicago’s most unique fundraisers – The Madhatter’s Ball. If you’ve never heard of The Madhatter’s Ball, it is a high-energy, themed celebration that brings together Chicago’s young professionals all for a great cause!

2,300 students from Perspectives Charter School lead "I'm For Peace," a peace initiative aiming to "empower young people to reclaim their communities and city from violence."

Click here to hear Rockit Ranch CEO Billy Dec‘s inside scoop on the best fundraising and charity events with Jordan on his latest Saturday weekly segment called “What’s Good with Billy Dec” on 103.5 Kiss FM!

Chicago's next generation of business leaders and entrepreneurs take to Millennium Park to share their product: LEMONADE! Learn more about the Future Founders Foundation's Lemonade Day this Saturday, May 31st!

CNN’s original series Chicagoland has showcased some of the many trials and triumphs of the Windy City. From the art and diversity to sports and politics, we’ve gotten a great glimpse of what it’s like to be a Chicagoan. What I wish Chicagoland offered viewers were more of the organizations and communities of people helping the fight.

As true Chicagoans remaining in “the loop”, staying up to date with the happenings of the city is extremely important. Learn more about an exciting event happening in March ironically named The Loop! It's a nationally endorsed regional conference coordinated and hosted by Columbia College Chicago’s Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA).

Each year, for one exciting evening, the magic of Mardi Gras travels north to Chicago for the Blackboard Affair Masquerade Ball. This event benefits Working in the Schools (WITS), a local organization that promotes literacy and a love of learning in Chicago Public School elementary students through a volunteer-powered, outcomes-based portfolio of programs.

Reach Out and Read, is a remarkable nonprofit organization filled with medical-providers who promote early literacy and support children by emphasizing the significance of reading in order to build a successful life. Currently, Reach Out and Read serves more than 122,000 at-risk and/or underprivileged children and their families annually in Illinois alone.