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Join the Jobs For Youth Success Club
And Help us Continue Our Mission
Your Investment Makes A Difference In The
Life Of A Youth
Summer is beginning and June brings with
it the end of Jobs For Youth’s fiscal year (June 30,
2008). Please take a moment to show your support by making
a contribution to Jobs For Youth. We invite you to accept
this invitation as a means of investing in the future of our
youth.
There
are over 100,000 young adults between the ages of 16 through 24
years of age who are not working or in school in the Greater Chicago
Area—68,576 in the city of Chicago.
(Source:
2006 American Community Survey, U.S. Census Bureau, Tabulations
by Center for Labor Market Studies.)
This number will
continue to grow, creating growing social and economic problems
among our youth, especially those with limited schooling and those
who reside in low-income neighborhoods. The plight of this invisible
population and its impact on the quality of life in our cities
is arguably the most consequential of all current issues. Poverty,
dependency and crime rates are only the tip of the iceberg. You
may have watched a recent news program on television or read that
the increase of violence upon our youth has reached the agenda
of the national media. Reports are written daily on the two causes
of violence in our youth—unemployment and poverty. We all
know the key to eradicating poverty is decent and productive employment,
and, in this context, Jobs For Youth focuses especially on the
needs and aspirations of young people. They are taught work related
skills, how to write a resume, how to perform well in an interview,
and the proper procedure when a job is secured. Since 1979, Jobs
For Youth has made over 25,000 job placements for Chicago's low-income
youth ages 17 through 24 and since we instituted our GED program
950 youth have earned their GED Certificates.
Thanks in part to the generous support of
friends like you, Jobs For Youth made many important advances
this past year, just to name a few:
- we moved into a larger facility
- we impacted the lives of 1,000 youth (50 earned a GED,
600 earned a Work Readiness Certificate and 350 received
follow-up job placement
- we have placed 73 youth ex-offenders on work sites
- we will place approx. 830 youths in jobs and make 1,200
job placements at an average wage of $9.30/hr. by June 30,
2008
- we will work with more than 600 Chicago area employers
to meet their hiring needs
- we offer three workshops, Work Readiness/Life Skills
Workshops, Intermediate Office Skills and Customer Service
Skills Training.
To assist us in expanding and enhancing our
programs, we are seeking various levels of contributions;
of course any support would be greatly appreciated. No matter
how big or small your gift, your generosity will help make
an impact at Jobs For Youth now and for the future. The legacy
of our youth is in your hands! We can’t continue without
you. Become a part of the solution and be one of the first
to join the Jobs For Youth Success Club. As a member
of the Jobs For Youth Success Club you will be entitled
to:
- Be listed as a member of the Jobs For Youth Success Club
Donor’s Plaque at the JFY offices
- Private Tour of the JFY offices
- Updates of JFY’s Success Stories
- Jobs For Youth Newsletter (Spring/Summer and Fall/Winter)
- Invitations to special events
You
may mail your gift to the Jobs For Youth Office ●
17 N. State St. 6th Fl. ●
Chicago, Il 60602-3315 or if you prefer, you can make a secure
online contribution by clicking here.
Thank you for supporting and helping to ensure
the success of Jobs For Youth! Please call me to schedule a tour
of the JFY facility to see how your dollars are being put to work.
P.S. Many companies will match their employees’
charitable contributions. Jobs For Youth is a 501(c)(3). Find
out from your Human Resources Department if your company provides
matching donations.
Jobs For Youth Success Club Opportunities
$25 Provides Training and Curriculum Supplies for One
Student
$50 Pays for One GED Test and One Weekly Bus Card
$100 Provides Breakfast for One Class for a Month
$250 Provides Transportation for Ten Students for 10
Days
$500 Cost of One Student Computer
$750 Sponsor a Graduating Class and Receive 5 Tickets to
Annual Recognition Luncheon in
December of 2008
$1,000 Sponsor a Graduating Class and Receive a Table of
10 for Annual Recognition Luncheon
in December of 2008
$2,500 Support One Youth For Two Years (entering and
completing JFY programs, job placement and follow-up)
Click here to donate
now!
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