About 150 public housing and Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) students attending 75 different schools participated in CHA’s sixth annual “Take Flight College Send-Off” Wednesday at CHA Offices, 60 E. Van Buren. The trunk party bid farewell to CHA students attending, among others, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Colgate, Ohio, Grambling and Arizona State. This year’s class was the second-largest since CHA started the event in 2010. And it was possible thanks to a generous grant from CNA to our non-profit affiliate, Springboard to Success. CNA’s $20,000 grant has contributed to dorm room supplies and to one-on-one college transition counseling and support as well. And, in a surprise announcement, CHA gave all 150 Take Flight participants a laptop. “CNA is very proud to support the 150 students headed to college this fall as part of CHA’s Take Flight college prep program,” said Sarah Pang, senior vice president, Corporate Communications and Community Involvement, CNA. “These remarkable students’ hard work and perseverance is inspiring. It is an honor to lend our support to the program and congratulate the scholars on their achievements.”

Photo 1: Take Flight students going off to college pick up their dorm room supplies
Photo 2: Take Flight students going off to college pick up their dorm room supplies, including laptops
Photo 1: CHA CEO Eugene Jones, Jr. poses with the 2016 “Take Flight” class