GLENCOE JUNIOR HIGH PROJECT

What they do

CIVIC ENGAGEMENT/ SERVICE: THE GJHP CIVIC ENGAGEMENT PROGRAM OFFERS GLENCOE MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS OPPORTUNITIES to VOLUNTEER IN THEIR IMMEDIATE COMMUNITY AS WELL AS THE GREATER CHICAGOLAND AREA for THE PURPOSE of FOSTERING SOCIALLY AWARE, CIVIC-MINDED and COMMUNITY-ORIENTED INDIVIDUALS. TARGETING THE THREE SOCIAL ISSUES of FOOD INSECURITY, SOCIOECONOMIC DISPARITY and GENERATIONAL DIVISION, GJHPS CIVIC ENGAGEMENT PROGRAMMING OFFERS GLENCOE MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS THE OPPORTUNITY to WORK IN A VOLUNTEER CAPACITY WITH INDIVIDUALS of VARYING AGES, ABILITIES, BACKGROUNDS and SOCIOECONOMIC PRIVILEGE, to BUILD SOCIAL AWARENESS, EMPOWERMENT and LEADERSHIP. ORGANIZATIONS and PROGRAMS INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED to UPTOWN CAFE, A JUST HARVEST, NEW TRIER TOWNSHIP FOOD PANTRY, CONNECTIONS to THE HOMELESS, GYS S.N.A.P. DINNERS, GLENCOE COMMUNITY GARDEN, CRADLES to CRAYONS, PROJECT LINUS, BERNIES BOOK BANK, BOOK BUDDIES, and THE LEGACY PROJECT, A COLLABORATION WITH FSG.