Prevention Force Family Center
September 21, 2010
A non-profit organization striving for success. The executive director implementing programs to help the youth and adults of the community learn and improve their self worth. Learning entreprenual,computer skills in addition to writing grants and life skills. Youth learning to appreciate the time and effort being put forth to assist them. Scheduled field trips to libraries, money museum and skating events.
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Youth improve the skills mentioned above and staff too. The youth received a grant for Youth with Voices, performed skit for Leave out the Violence on a few occassions, sponsored Community Market Day, Smoothie Day selling tee shirts, school supplies, etc.
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About every week
When was your last experience with this nonprofit?
2010
February 1, 2010
I have been working witrh Prevention Force Family Center for many years. They provide programs and services that help low-income individuals, youth, students and families become self-sufficient, responsible, and productive residents of the community. The agency established the Teen in Business program where a team of youth (Michael Willis, Reynaldo Barney, and Kevin Stringer). The youth team went beyond the goals of the program, and accomplished so much in the program. Michael entered into the Jumpstart Grant Competition at the conference and won a grant for his business ideas to start a football program for younger children. With that grant, he incorporated the Chargers Football League nonprofit organization. Michael has 20 youth enrolled in the Chargers Football summer camp. He also held his first board meeting in June 2007. Kevin applied for the Children Youth Services Mini Summer Grant to teach younger children hip hop dancing in the North Lawndale community. He received the grant and is teaching ten youth hip hop dance routines to perform at the Hip Hop Talent/Fashion Show and the Youth Summer Business Camp Luncheon. Reynaldo has started a DJ business in the North Lawndale area. In addition, the TIB team created a DVD film of the 2007 Youth Entrepreneurship Conference and presented it at local youth organizations in the North Lawndale community. The results are that the club members at Joseph Kellman Corporate School, North Lawndale Friends of the Library, St. Agatha Family Empowerment, North Lawndale Preparatory Charter School won’t to continue to working with the TIB Team and developing their clubs. Three new clubs wwere implemente in the year of 2008.
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If this organization had 10 million bucks, it could...
PFFC would be able to expand its programs and services to more disadvantaged youth, at risk students, seniors and low income families that live in underserved communities.
How frequently have you been involved with the organization?
About every month
When was your last experience with this nonprofit?
2010
February 1, 2010
My name is Michael Willis, I attend Michele Clark High School. I was in the WECEP Program and was assign to do a internship at Prevention Force Family Center. I was interest in starting a small business and learn learning about grants. Mrs.Glenn,Executive Director chosen me to attend the 2007 Youth Entrepreneurial Conference with PFFC staff. I entered into the Jump Start Competition, and won a grant to start the Charger Football nonprofit organization. I was 16 years old when I implemented the Summer Charger Football Camp where 30 youth where enrolled for the football training camp. The agency staff also have been a mentor to me. They helps me fill out the Illinois secretary of state articile incorporation paper to be an nonprofit organization in Illinois. They helps me attend grants for my organizations. I am know 18 years old, and senior at Michele Clark High School. I am still operating my organization out of Columbus Park on the westside Chicago. I know have evelen volunteers and able to pay other youth stipends for working with my organization.
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If PFFC had 10 million bucks its could help more teens who are interested in career as entrepreneurs and want a job. They would be able to expand their youth programs and offer more needed youth programs to teenagers that want to be someone.
How frequently have you been involved with the organization?
About every week
When was your last experience with this nonprofit?
2007
January 28, 2010
Prevention Force Family Center is a gem of the Westside of Chicago. It's programs have inspired me to continue to pursue my photography business and has given me so many valuable resources. Mrs. Glenn has given me great business support and has allowed me to pay it forward. This organization deserves National recognition.
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I've personally experienced the results of this organization in...
the growth of my business.
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What I've enjoyed the most about my experience with this nonprofit is...
the involvement of youth in the business development program.
The kinds of staff and volunteers that I met were...
very educated.
If this organization had 10 million bucks, it could...
have an incubator space to house some of the businesses it has spawned! (like mine)
Ways to make it better...
PFFC had a bigger facility to work in.
How frequently have you been involved with the organization?
About every month
When was your last experience with this nonprofit?
2010
January 19, 2010
This organization not only serves youth and families, but provides ways for professionals to hone their skills and novices to develop them in order to lead the cleinst to a higher quality of life. They give youth skills for a lifetime not just for a day, a summer, a year. PFFC hires and trains prpfessionals to work with some of the most at-risk hard core youth and as a result the youth are transformed from lives of apathy, poor grades, and violence or low self-esteem to persons of higher character. A very successful project occurred with a field trip in which northside and southside youth met and trained with westside youth from PFFC to dispel myths, envy, misunderstandings, and turf conflicts through writing, radio interviews, and learning how to conduct press conferences and media campaigns.
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I've personally experienced the results of this organization in...
job training, entrepreneurship, summer projects
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If this organization had 10 million bucks, it could...
replicate its programs in more neighborhoods, probvide more jobs and set up green projecst that woudl leda to sustainability
How frequently have you been involved with the organization?
About once a year
When was your last experience with this nonprofit?
2010
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