World Sport Chicago Scholarship

World Sport Chicago is offering 50 Chicago high school student-athletes ACT tutoring, pre-college mentoring and the opportunity to receive one of 10 renewable college scholarships worth up to $5,000 annually ($20,000 total), supported by WSC and Chicago donors.  Applications and more information is available at www.wscscholars.org.  In order to be considered for the scholarship, all applications must be submitted online by November 16, 2011.

Prepare for winter weather with Greencorps Chicago’s Home Energy Efficiency Training Program!

The Chicago’s Department of Environment’s Greencorps Chicago Home Energy Efficiency Training (HEET) Program works to help families save on winter heating bills by making simple energy efficiency improvements to the home. To find out more information or to apply for the HEET Program contact us by calling 773-234-7711 or email us at HEET@energysaver1.com. An application must be filled out to be considered for the program, once accepted, an appointment is scheduled for our auditors to come out for an initial assessment of the home.

The Young Defenders

Southwest Neighborhood Youth Writers and Oral History Project is a news reporting program for current and recently graduated high school students.  This inaugural program started as a six-week summer Art Options program, designed for youth to document the oral histories of three Southwest side communities.