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September 13
Student Program Summit. 500 West Monroe,
Chicago. For more information, contact Artavia Roberson or (312) 441-7876.
Oct. 18 & 25
and Nov. 1
Regional Service Project. Save these dates for the Chicago Region's fall project. Click here for more
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A Wonderful Year-End Celebration!
In May, 200 BwB students and advisors gathered to celebrate
another great year. In total, IL BwB members contributed 21,000 service hours to their communities during the 2007-08 school year. Juarez High School
was given the region's Golden Brick Award for raising more than $4,200 to help build a
school in a developing country.
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Our Mission
Enhancing education
and empowering youth
in the U.S. to make a positive difference
in their communities while helping people of developing countries increase their self-reliance through education.
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Join BwB Online and Help Spread the Word!
If you haven't visited BwB's new website and social networking pages, check them
out! We invite you to join - or start - the conversation online and spread the word
about BwB and how you are helping to change the world! Click an icon to join us online:
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Welcome to New & Returning Members!
This fall, BwB Illinois will partner with 28 schools in the Chicagoland area to host after-school
programs including seven new schools! Welcome to our new schools and new BwB members and advisors. We also welcome Abbe Ewell, Program &
Lead Coordinator, to the BwB team. The BwB staff looks forward to another great year of service, education, sponsorship and fun! Click here
to visit the IL region's web page.
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New Year, New Lead Team
The Illinois Region has two Lead teams. One team consists of 15 students from six high schools across
Chicagoland - extraordinary, fun and intelligent young men and women that live in the city's southside, northside and westside communities. This
summer, the Lead Team participated in community service, global education, team building and professional development activities. Two activities
in particular made a lasting impact on the students while they in turn worked to improve their communities. Read more.
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One Village, Many Different Trek Experiences
The Trek Team from Illinois traveled to a small village in Nicaragua this summer to help build a
school with the community. While each student had a different experience, they all came away with a similar appreciation for finding happiness
through
the people around them, not material things. Ryan (left in photo), from Clemente High School, bonded with his host dad over a shared love
of
baseball. Click here to read his Trek
Talk! essay about bridging a cultural gap through baseball. Juridia, from Uplift Community High School, watched for differences in gender roles in
the village. Click
here to read her reflections on gender roles in Nicaragua.
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B.E.S.T. Students Volunteer with Seniors
The students in the Building with Books program at the Bowen Environmental Studies Team (B.E.S.T.)
High School maintained their success for a second school year, volunteering regularly at a organization called Villa Guadalupe Senior Services.
The students volunteered on a bi-monthly basis between February and May. Villa Guadalupe is a senior residential facility located in the heart of the
South Chicago community, also home of the B.E.S.T. High School campus. Read
more.
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