JFY Internal Careers

JFY JUNIOR BOARD "The Spring Escape" Fundraiser - April 28th, 2010 at Rumba.

JFY's Annual Recognition Luncheon - December 10th, 2009 at Chicago CulturalL Center.

JFY Goes to Washington - September 15, 2009.

Corporate Tours - Summer 2009.

JFY's Annual Fundraiser, Party at the District! - June 20th, 2009.

JFY Month - September 2008.

GED Graduation - June 24th, 2008 at Chicago Cultural Center.

Jobs For Youth OPEN HOUSE - At our new space at 17 N. State Street, 6th Floor on October 18th, 2007.

Senator Durbin Visits JFY!

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JFY GOES TO WASHINGTON

JFY Executive Director Andrew Abrahams & JFY Graduate Maurice Finley on the steps of the Capitol

Jobs For Youth/Chicago’s (JFY) Executive Director Andrew Abrahams & JFY Graduate Maurice Finley spoke on Capitol Hill on September 15th as a part of a panel discussion on identifying and improving quality practice in youth programs at the National Youth Employment Coalition’s (NYEC) Promising and Effective Practices Network (PEPNet) Accreditation Ceremony and Forum. JFY is one of only four organizations nationwide that received recognition through the NYEC PEPNet Accreditation Pilot. Click here for press release.

The four organizations who received recognition - Arizona Call-A-Teen Youth Resources, Inc. (Phoenix, AZ), Jobs For Youth/Chicago (Chicago, IL), Our Piece of the Pie (Hartford, CT) & The Work Group’s New Jersey Youth Corps Program (Pennsauken, NJ).

Panel discussion on Capitol Hill

JFY Graduate Maurice Finley with the other three organization’s representatives

Corporate Tours

JFY has visited a few businesses recently as a way to allow JFY graduates to explore careers they are interested in pursuing. JFY started by taking a few graduates to the public relations agency of GolinHarris and followed it a few weeks later with a trip to Motorola.

JFY graduates received a unique opportunity to visit GolinHarris to interact with professionals in the public relations field and network. Thank you to GolinHarris' Ashley Greene for setting up the tour. Ashley is also a volunteer at JFY.

Youth and staff from JFY also enjoyed a tour of the Motorola Innovation Center and an afternoon discussion with Motorola employees. Thank you to Motorola's Delven Barfield and Michelle Campbell Johnson for setting up the tour. Delven and Michelle are also volunteers at JFY.

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Click here to view a slide show of the event.

Jobs For Youth Month
September 2008

Mayor Daley & Governor Blagojevich declared September as Jobs For Youth Month. In an effort to raise awareness about the programs and services of JFY, JFY hosted a variety of free and open to the public activities throughout the month.

One of the events was a Music Industry Seminar geared towards youth who wanted to go into the music business. Seminar was sponsored by S&S Records.

(from left) Power 92’s DJ Special K, Helton “Brazil” Siqueira, Steve “Silk” Hurley, Shannon “DJ Skip” Syas, Chicago- native performer Ben One, General Manager & VP of Radio Promotion for Jordan Entertainment Group/Zomba Damon “D” Stewart, Entertainment Attorney for The Law Offices of Jones + Barksdale, P.C. Daryl D. Jones and JFY Executive Director Robert Barnett

JFY also hosted a breakfast at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago to thank its donors, volunteers, employers and community partners. United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois Patrick J. Fitzgerald keynoted the Breakfast, and Executive Assistant to the Mayor Sean Harden opened the Breakfast. Breakfast sponsored by the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago.

(from left) JFY Board President Darlene Chaleff, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois Patrick J. Fitzgerald and JFY Executive Director Robert Barnett

The JFY Junior Board held "Drink for Breakfast", a fundraiser for JFY's
Breakfast Club. The Breakfast Club provides a healthy breakfast to all JFY
clients everyday. Often times JFY clients have to make difficult decisions -
transportation money or eating. Not wanting our clients to have to make
those decisions, JFY's Junior Board created the Breakfast Club over five
years ago.

(from left) John Lauer, JFY President Darlene Chaleff, JFY Junior Board
Co-Chair Mike Kolody & JFY Board Member Tom Gimbel

"Drink for Breakfast" was held on September 18th at A Mano. The
fundraiser attracted over 100 young professionals and raised over $6,000
for the Breakfast Club. The event was sponsored by A Mano, Wells Fargo,
The Mix 101.9 FM, Howard Ecker & Company and The William J. Beck &
Irene Beck Foundation.

Junior Board Members (from left) Vic Thorne, PJ McGuire & Kevin O'Reilly

Click here for pictures of the event. Pictures were taken by JFY graduate
Nika Pruitt.

On June 24th, JFY hosted a formal graduation ceremony for its FY08 GED graduates. At the time of the ceremony, there were 28 graduates from this fiscal year. Taking place at the Chicago Cultural Center, fifteen graduates walked. Graduate Ayele Amos-Mandela gave a moving spoken word presentation, followed-up by Brenda Matthews. Brenda gave a workshop to JFY's GED students about the spoken word. JFY Board Member and CEO of The LaSalle Network Tom Gimbel gave the keynote address.

Ayele Amos-Mandela

Senator Durbin Visits JFY

Illinois Senator Richard Durbin visited JFY to tour the organization
and learn more about us. The Senator visited the classrooms and spoke to
every client about their dreams and aspirations. The tour ended with a media conference in the JFY lobby where the Senator spoke to reporters about various topics, including encouraging people to get involved in organizations like Jobs For Youth.