Baseball star Curtis Granderson helping to feed families in Chicago

A homegrown, former MLB star is ramping up efforts to feed Chicagoans, as grocery bills rise. Curtis Granderson brought his food security awareness campaign to North LawndaleThursday during a food give away. Inside each grocery bag, there are four healthy meals cooked and ready to go, meaning one more family won’t have to worry about putting […]

16th Annual Firefest Hip-Hop Block Party to Unite Community and Showcase Artists

The 16th Annual Firefest, presented by the Firehouse Community Arts Center of Chicago, is set to take place on August 12 from Noon-9 PM at 2111 S. Hamlin Ave in North Lawndale. This highly anticipated, family-oriented event is the only Hip-hop block party on the West Side. Sponsored by Pepsi and St. Anthony, the Firefest […]

Pastor Phil Named 2023 Leader for a New Chicago

CHICAGO, IL – July 7, 2023 – We are thrilled to announce Pastor Phil Jackson, a renowned community advocate and leader, as one of the distinguished recipients of the 2023 Leaders for a New Chicago Award. The Leaders for a New Chicago program celebrates individuals who have made extraordinary contributions to their communities. The program […]

Firehouse Partners to Remodel Park

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Firehouse Featured in Cook County Justice Advisory Council

As the Gun Violence Awareness Month concludes, the newsletter highlights the efforts made by Cook County to prevent and reduce gun violence. Despite the high rates of gun violence impacting families and communities, there is a growing wave of hope due to increased funding, research, and collaboration to combat this crisis. Since 2022, $110 million […]

Baseball star Curtis Granderson helping to feed families in Chicago

CHICAGO – A homegrown, former MLB star is ramping up efforts to feed Chicagoans, as grocery bills rise. Curtis Granderson brought his food security awareness campaign to North Lawndale Thursday during a food give away. Inside each grocery bag, there are four healthy meals cooked and ready to go, meaning one more family won’t have to worry about putting […]

Chicago Blackhawks Foundation, A Better Chicago partner to invest $2 million in West Side

When Sara Guderyahn became the Chicago Blackhawks Foundation’s new executive director last November, she took a long look at the long-term goals of the hockey franchise’s philanthropic arm. Now, just shy of a year later, the main goal she identified — increasing investments in the West Side neighborhoods around and beyond the United Center — […]

The Firehouse Community Arts Center is Selected as Part of Inaugural Cohort of Grantees in New Chicago Blackhawks Foundation and A Better Chicago Partnership

One West Side is a three-year initiative to invest at least $2 million in leaders from Chicago’s West Side as part of efforts to create greater opportunity for youth in their own communities CHICAGO – The Chicago Blackhawks Foundation and A Better Chicago announced the inaugural cohort of grantees, including The Firehouse Community Arts Center, today to launch a new partnership […]

‘At-home’ blues concerts helps artists, plus North Lawndale’s Community Arts Center

Read More at chicagotribune.com Like virtually every other physical event in 2020, the Chicago Blues Boot Camp had to make a digital pivot due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The modest, four-year-old operation typically piggybacked on the international audience of the Chicago Blues Festival, and 14 of its 28 students in 2019 were visiting from outside the US. The […]

Chicago Sky Players To Donate $10 Per Point Scored This Season For Social Justice

CHICAGO – The Chicago Sky players will donate $10 for every point team scored, $100 for every win, and $50 for any loss throughout the 2020 WNBA season under a newly-unveiled social justice initiative called #SkyTakesAction, the team announced today. In partnership with Athletes for Justice, founded by Sam Acho of the Chicago Bears, the Sky players […]

Landmarks Illinois provides emergency funding to 13 Illinois nonprofits through pandemic relief grant program

CHICAGO – Landmarks Illinois has awarded $26,000 in grant funding to 13 nonprofits throughout the state that have been financially impacted by the COVID 19 pandemic. Through the Landmarks Illinois COVID-19 Organization Relief Grant Program, each nonprofit will receive a one-time $2,000 grant to use toward essential, organizational expenditures including employee payroll and rent and/or improvements […]