Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Department of Family and Support Services Commissioner Lisa Morrison Butler joined youth community members to celebrate the success of the One Summer Chicago (OSC) initiative at the annual breakfast held at XS Tennis.  OSC provided job and internship opportunities to 32,223 youth this year, and participants logged nearly 3 million hours overall. One Summer Chicago has grown 122 percent since 2011. New to OSC this year was CHICAGOBILITY, a foundational track to support youth ages 14 -15 as they develop skills for employment and explore careers, self-discovery and self-awareness. Through DFSS, the Department of Streets and Sanitation (DSS), and the Chicago Department of Transportation (CDOT), youth were provided with leadership and other skillsets by involving them in daily work to help beautify Chicago neighborhoods. The team collectively:

– revived 150 viaducts
– mulched more than 2,500 trees
– collected over 760 bags of debris
– cleaned more than 50 boulevards