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The
mission of Jobs For Youth (JFY) is to help young men and women
from low-income families become a part of the economic mainstream;
and, in the process, to provide the business community with
motivated, job-ready workers. JFY's core program includes
pre- employment training, job placement, GED instruction,
and supportive services.
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Tom Wzorek, 24, was JFY's 2003
Workplace Achiever of the Year.
When Tom approached Jobs For Youth;
he had just been released
from prison after three years, he
was homeless, jobless, and had
even fewer options to financially
or emotionally support his now
seven-year-old daughter, Kaylee.
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Since its founding in 1979, JFY has helped more than 13,000
young people between the ages of 17-24 and made more
than 21,000 job placements.
All
of JFY's program activities take place at its offices in Chicago's
downtown Loop business district, located at 17 North State
Street, Sixth Floor. The young people in our program come
from neighborhoods throughout the City of Chicago and adjacent
lower- income suburbs. JFY currently serves more than 1,200
youths annually, and makes over 1,000 job placements with
up to 400 employers in a wide variety of fields ranging from
health care to retail, hospitality, financial services, security,
small businesses, corporate offices, and much more.
Over
the years, our work and that of our thousands of volunteers
have received considerable recognition, locally and nationally.
Highlights include The Chicago Community Trust's James
Brown IV Award of Excellence for Outstanding Community Service,
five separate State of Illinois Governor's Hometown Awards
during the terms of three different Governors, Sara Lee Corporation's
Chicago Spirit Award, and the President's Volunteer Action
Award, presented by President George H. W. Bush.
At
Jobs For Youth, career development is seen as a holistic life-long
process. Clients are taught skills that they need to achieve
their academic and employment goals and continue on the path
to self-sufficiency.
Jobs
For Youth is a non-profit organization that provides all services
free of charge to young people and employers.
BOARD
OF DIRECTORS, 2008-2009
PRESIDENT
Darlene A. Chaleff
Spacio Spa
VICE
PRESIDENTS
Thomas Gimbel
The LaSalle Network
Eric
Joss
Joss Equities
SECRETARY
Michael A. Thompson
Management And Technology Resources
TREASURER
Carl Chaleff
Spacio Spa
DIRECTORS
Dorothy Brown
Circuit Court of Cook County
Melanie
Brown, M.D.
University of Chicago
Department
of Pediatrics
Richard
Castellini
CareerBuilder.com
Myron
M. Cherry
Myron M. Cherry & Associates
Jimmy
Damon
Damon Entertainment Marketing, Inc.
John
Dietzen
Oppenheimer Co., Inc.
Steven
Dresner
Dresner Partners
David
Duerkop
Northaven Partners
Howard
Ecker
Howard Ecker & Company
Ejaz
Elahi
Dresner Partners
Paul
Erbach
Komatsu America Corp.
Angelo
Fusaro
Hub International Limited
John
S. Gallop
Advisory Research
Donna
F. Hartl
Golan & Christie LLP
Andrew
Hochberg
Next Realty
Darcy
Holland
Cumota, LLC
Louis
A. Holland, Jr.
Cumota, LLC
Kenny
Johnson
Richmond Group
Michelle
Johnson
Motorola
Michael
Kolody
Illinois Institute of Technology
Kenneth
Leonard
Dymas Capital Management
G.
Gale Roberson, Jr
Brent Rosenbower
Sudler Sotheby's International Realty
Bill Sloyan
OCE Business Services
Raymond Spencer
Capgemini
Victor M. Thorne
Coffou Partners, Inc
Broadline Capital, LLC
Jonathan H. Webb
Green Pastures Partners
Suzette Webb
Light of Mine, LLC
Ron Whitley
MANAGEMENT
STAFF, 2008-2009
President
& CEO
Andrew Abrahams
Vice
President of Programs
Larry Alexander
Vice
President of Grants & Contracts
Sheri Gibson
Vice
President of Finance
Darnella Moore-Lambi
Vice
President of Development
Janet Gow
Director
of Career Development
Kerry Ito
Director
of Employer Services
Roger Peden
Public
Relations & Special Events Director
Kristin Gudenrath
Director
of Admissions/Intake
Joyce Mister
Manager
of Volunteer Services
Emily Drake
Manager
of GED Services
Katirose Bittig
For
more information, please contact us at:
17 North State Street
Sixth Floor
Chicago, Illinois 60602-2100
Phone:
(312) 499-4778
Fax: (312) 499-4772
E-mail:
info@jfychicago.org
Check
out the current issue of our Newsletter, click here.
To
view our Fiscal Year Annual Recap, click here.
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