Foundations Award Collaboration Grants for Nine East Chicago Initiatives
The Foundations of East Chicago (FEC) today announced that nine programs designed to enrich the lives of local residents have been awarded $654,270 in funding under the [...]
Picnic in the park held for youth workers
Throughout the summer, the City of East Chicago offered several enrichment programs to area youth. To celebrate the end of a productive season, Mayor Anthony Copeland and [...]
Xel-Ha Escuela de Danza: Mexican Folkloric Dancing Program promotes culture through free dance workshops (2009)
East Chicago’s Xel-Ha Escuala de Danza offers many free Mexican folkloric and cultural workshops to children in the community at the Xel-Ha dance studio located at 711 [...]
Holistic Community Coalition sponsors gun buy-back program (2008):
In an effort to reduce violent crime on the streets East Chicago, the Holistic Community Coalition began sponsoring a gun buy-back program. East Chicago police officers collected [...]
East Chicago Fitness Center Program creates jobs within the community (2006):
The success of the East Chicago Fitness Center program successfully enabled the facility, located on Elm Street, to create more jobs within the community by recruiting new [...]
Young activists are pounding the pavement in East Chicago: Join the cause
Thanks to eight young community activists devoted to enacting change in East Chicago and making it a better place for current residents, the organization Greenhouse Fellowship intends [...]