Union League Boys & Girls Clubs announced it will open an additional seven new school-based Club sites on Chicago’s West and South sides in 2021 thanks to a generous five-year, $1.4 million annual grant from the national Nita M. Lowey 21st Century Community Learning Centers (21st CCLC) funding organization.  The news was officially made public by Mary Ann Mahon Huels, President & CEO of Union League Boys & Girls Clubs, which has served the after-school development needs of Chicago’s youth for over 100 years. The 21st CCLC grant will allow for the valuable addition of seven more Union League Boys & Girls Clubs in-school sites in the following West and South side neighborhoods:  Archer Heights (in three Acero charter schools: Hector P. Garcia High School, Omar E. Torres Elementary and Daniel Zizumbo Elementary),  Armour Square (Air Force Academy High School), Back of the Yards (Richard J. Daley Elementary Academy), Humboldt Park (Frederic Chopin Elementary), and Little Village (Octavio Paz Elementary Acero charter).  This expansion will enable Union League Boys & Girls Clubs to serve an estimated additional 770 youth, while also generating some 40 full- and part-time jobs to be filled by members of each community. For more information, donate, to get involved or volunteer, please visit http://www.ulbgc.org

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