UPTOWN CHICAGO COMMISSION

Holiday Party and Clothing Drive

Come and join the UCC Holiday Party with UCC members, your neighbors and friends for a great time while supporting the UCC's efforts to make Uptown the city's best place to live. At the party, we will be collecting winter clothing (coats, gloves, hats, scarfs) for donation to Care For Real Chicago for distribution to people in our area who are in need.

Where: Crew Bar & Grill, 4804 N Broadway, Chicago, IL 60640

Date: December 14, 2010

Time: 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM

Price: $40 per person or $75 per couple.

RSVP required by December 10. Call Dan Caliendo at 773-294-7858 or Ed Kuske at 773-383-9582 to RSVP Payment is due at the door by check or cash only.

Included: A selection of Crew's great food will be available for your consumption. 1st Drink of Beer (choice of any of draft beers available) and Wine (Chardonnay or Shiraz) included. Additional drinks of Draft Beer or Wine (Chardonnay or Shiraz) available to the attendees at the special price of $ 3.00 per drink. They will use wrist bans to identity our attendees and an area will be set aside our party. Other drinks are available at their normal pricing.

Enhancing the Quality of Life for Families

This spring, UCC held two events that focused on families. At the April 13th, 2010 meeting, UCC members and other community residents met with members of the Woodlawn Community Development Corporation, the management company of the CHA housing in the neighborhood. Denise Harris, the Senior Property Manager, addressed some of their public safety concerns. To assist with this, CHA is in the midst of installing a number of high tech cameras to enhance the security of a number of their sites.

Margo De Ley and UCC president James Cappleman

On May 11, 2010, Margo De Ley, PhD, the Partnership Coordinator from Chicago Public School’s Office of Academic Enhancement, discussed with parents some of the many options available to provide children with advanced educational programs. A number of parents with babies came to get a head start on the options that are available.