Little Village Club: Smart Girls Celebration
Little Village Club members meet Chicago Bulls Center Ben Wallace
Little Village Club - Haunted House
Little Village - Empowerment Camping Trip
Second Annual Chicago Poker Open
Little Village Club: Tannenbaum’s Save the Day
Little Village Club: Smart Girls Celebration
The 2008 Smart Girls program at Little Village ended with a Pajama
Night celebration! The celebration included a good old friendly
dance competition and a spirited game of musical chairs. Led by
Smart Girls Instructor Guadalupe Delgado, the Smart Girls participants
learned new tools and skill sets that have prepared them to take
charge of their lives.
Little Village Club members meet Chicago Bulls Center Ben Wallace
On January, 8, 2008, 23 Little Village Club members attended a
Chicago Bulls home game against the New York Knicks. The tickets
were donated by Chicago Bulls Center Ben Wallace and his wife
Chanda Wallace. The couple donates 25 tickets for each game at
the United Center to deserving groups in the Chicagoland area.
Club members had the opportunity to view the shoot-around from
5:30-6:30pm and take a group photo on the court with Ben Wallace.
Each Club member received a special gift from Ben Wallace and
t-shirts from Ben's signature apparel line.
Caption: Carlos Cuevas Ben Wallace and Little Village Youth of the Year David Rojas.
Teen Masquerade
On October 12th the Little Village Club hosted a Masquerade party
for 70 teen Club members. There were two floors of music one with
Latin beats and the other with hip hop and English music. Club
members had the opportunity to set up one of the Club rooms like
a cool teen lounge for the night. Using two pool tables, one foosball
game, couches and end tables, the teen Club members got decorate
the party room with style and pizzazz.
Little Village Haunted House
The Little Village Club conducted its annual haunted house on
October 30th and 31st this Halloween season. Over 50 members volunteered
to help make this event a frightful success. We had a crazy clown,
Jason, witches and some good old scary visitors participate in
the two day scare fest. The Club invited members of the community
on the scary journey and all were welcomed with open arms to enjoy
this memorable experience.
Little Village - Empowerment Camping Trip
The empowerment camping trip gave 14 Little Village club members and five staff an opportunity to bond and gain knowledge about nature and leaderships skills. The camping skills that they learned during the trip along with information they learn from club activities empowered them to be proactive and independent. Members learned how to start a camp fire as a group with limited resources and other survival skills. For many this was their first time camping and away form home. The event took place at Conference Point Center off Lake Geneva from May 25 to 27th and was made possible by the Sandoval Grant the club received last year. themselves freely and be in a safe environment without the fear of the negativity occurring in the Englewood community.
Second Annual Chicago Poker Open
The No Limit, Texas Hold’em tournament was held on April
20th at the Hard Rock Hotel in Chicago. More than 250 high rollers
and low stakes players of all skill levels played in the name
of friendly competition and to support three Boys & Girls
Clubs of Chicago. Over $53,000 was raised to support the Boys
& Girls Clubs of General Wood, Little Village, and Kanoon,
Clubs.
Special thanks go out to Protecta Home Loans, Arment Dietrich Public Relations and the Board of Managers of General Wood, Little Village and Kanoon Clubs for supporting the 2nd Annual Chicago Poker Open.
Little Village Club: Tannenbaum’s Save the Day
Little Village Boys & Girls Club received a pool table in excellent condition from Josh and Jaime Tannenbaum (located in the middle of the picture above). When the Tannenbaum family realized that the club badly needed a pool table, they immediately jumped into action taking care of everything, including delivery and set-up directly to the game room. Salvador Andrade, Little Village program director, commented, “The pool table will be enjoyed greatly and appreciated by our members.”
