2018
HIGHLIGHTS

Meet the toddlers in our new early learning center and the teens in our youth leadership programs. See the proud smiles of young fathers recognized as positive role models. Join our Sea of Orange as we advocate for our programs. Relive our events as we celebrate our Centers' achievements and the people who made them possible.

2017

JUNE

The ACT Now Coalition, which promotes access to quality and affordable afterschool/youth development programs for Illinois youth, joins the Metropolitan family, with Metropolitan serving as ACT Now’s fiscal agent.

JULY

The Chicago Reader names our Midway Learning and Wellness Center “Best Day Care”!

AUGUST

Harlan High School students from Metropolitan Calumet’s Community Schools program create a new building mural – the first of its kind at the school in a decade.

OCTOBER

The Legal Aid Society honors Walgreen Co. SVP/General Counsel Elena Kraus at its Equal Access to Justice Awards Luncheon for her contributions to pro bono law.

NOVEMBER

The Mpower the Night gala presents the Robert R. McCormick Foundation with Metropolitan’s Inaugural Legacy Award for outstanding philanthropic leadership in empowering Chicago-area families.

Our Evanston/Skokie Center partners with local nonprofits to host the “Resilient Families” conference, sharing insights to help families manage life challenges.

DECEMBER

Our Midway Center celebrates 30 years of serving Chicago’s Southwest Side communities!

2018

MARCH

March Ten teen leaders from our Calumet Center’s Altgeld Gardens program experience a whole new world during a 4-day, whirlwind trip to New York City.

Youth from Calumet’s Upward Bound program tour multiple historically Black colleges and universities in Alabama, also celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights Movement.

NOVEMBER

The Mpower the Night gala presents the Robert R. McCormick Foundation with Metropolitan’s Inaugural Legacy Award for outstanding philanthropic leadership in empowering Chicago-area families.

Our Evanston/Skokie Center partners with local nonprofits to host the “Resilient Families” conference, sharing insights to help families manage life challenges.

DECEMBER

Our Midway Center celebrates 30 years of serving Chicago’s Southwest Side communities!

2018

MARCH

Ten teen leaders from our Calumet Center’s Altgeld Gardens program experience a whole new world during a 4-day, whirlwind trip to New York City.

Youth from Calumet’s Upward Bound program tour multiple historically Black colleges and universities in Alabama, also celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights Movement.

APRIL

Our Evanston/Skokie Center celebrates Spring Fever, its annual fundraiser, honoring former Evanston Mayor Jay Lytle and Bonnie Lytle as well as the City of Evanston and its Mental Health Board.

Staff floods Illinois’ capitol with a Sea of Orange on Advocacy Day, talking with state representatives about Metropolitan’s programs and leaving information packets about our legislative priorities.

Metropolitan DuPage partners with Bensenville School District 2 to open a new Early Learning Center, serving infants, toddlers and preschoolers through the Early Head Start/Head Start and Preschool for All programs.

Close to 400 guests gather at our DuPage Gala fundraiser, benefiting DuPage Center services and honoring Board Member Kim Stapleton.

Our Southeast Chicago Center reopens its Community Integrated Living Arrangement (CILA) facility, which provides a caring and close-knit home environment for adults with mental illness. The site had been closed due to state funding cuts.

JUNE

Communities Partnering 4 Peace (CP4P), an anti-violence initiative organized by Metropolitan and featuring Chicago’s leading street outreach organizations, honors the first graduates of the Metropolitan Peace Academy, which is working to professionalize the street outreach field.

Members of our Metro Board & ABLAS (Associate Board of the Legal Aid Society) gather to enjoy wine and networking at our Wine Mixer held at Ulta Beauty.

Students, families, community members and friends come out for our 5K Summer Dash to Mpower Community Schools in the Midway Center area.

Our Gerst Family Young Fathers Program honors outstanding young dads at its 4th Annual Awards Banquet for serving as positive role models for their children. Several fathers were also featured in a special CTA ad campaign.