Family Focus is Grateful for the
Generosity of our Gala Sponsors
Visionary
Susan and Richard Kiphart
Premier
Alexandra and John Nichols
Champion
Donna and William Barrows
Michelle Collins
COTG
Cushman & Wakefield
Beverly and Warren Hayford
David D. Hiller/Robert R. McCormick Foundation
HUB International
Sharad Kapur
MB Financial Bank
Morgan Stanley
Pritzker Family Foundation
Sidley Austin
Heather A. Steans and Harrison I. Steans
William Blair
Sheri and Sherwin Zuckerman
Patron
The Robert Thomas Bobins Foundation
The Boeing Company
Sherry McFall and Kenneth Porrello/Deloitte
Diana and Bruce Rauner
Gwendolyn D. Rogers and John W. Rogers
Jeanne M. and John W. Rowe
Penny Sebring and Charles Lewis
Rita and Art Sussman
Supporter
Ariel Investments/John W. Rogers, Jr.
Marjorie Craig Benton and Ruth Rothstein
Erikson Institute
Merri and Mitchell Ex
Carol Kloster
McGladrey
Cathleen and William Osborn
SB Friedman Development Advisors
Anne and John Tuohy
Thank you to our Gala
Host Committee
Susan and Richard Kiphart
Event Chairs
Donna and William Barrows
Marjorie Craig Benton
Virginia Bobins
Walter Calhoun
Michelle Collins
Merri Ex
Steve Fortino
Joan W. Harris
Lisa Herrera
David Hiller
Neil Hughes
Sherry McFall and Kenneth Porrello
Samuel Meisels
J.B. Prtizker
Diana Rauner
Aisha Ray
Gwendolyn Rogers
John Rogers, Jr.
Ruth Rothstein
Penny Sebring and Charles Lewis
Harrison Steans
Senator Heather Steans
Anne Tuohy
Bernice Weissbourd
Sheri and Sherwin Zuckerman
How Do We Help?
"I experienced new reading and math that I really didn't even know.
It came to my heart how a person like me can achieve many goals."
Alvinn, 11, in Englewood
"At Family Focus, I have learned that the issues that for me were impossible to resolve actually do have a solution.
I know know that as a parent I can help my children have a better future and a healthy life."
Estela, a Latino immigrant
in Aurora
"Family Focus has opened up a lot of doors for me and my family that were closed in the past."
Keith, a father in Lawndale
Family Focus is proud to partner
with United Way
Welcome to Family Focus
Family Focus helps Chicago-area families living in low-income communities to give their children the best possible start in life. We do whatever it takes to help families gain the confidence and skills to be the parents they want to be.
Recent News and Upcoming Events
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Family Focus Delano Community Schools Louder Than a Bomb Team HonoredLTAB 2013 featured over 750 students from over 100 schools, including 5 Family Focus Community Schools. This year the Family Focus Delano Community Schools LTAB Team, “L.O.Y.A.L. S.T.A.R.S.,” was honored during the LTAB Finals, Saturday, March 9, 2013 at the Cadillac Palace Theatre. Read more |
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Home Visiting Programs Rated BestIn their recent annual audit of 89 home visiting programs city-wide, Chicago Public Schools (CPS) ranked Family Focus services at the top. Read more |
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Tuesday, May 14, 2013 - 6:00pmFamily Focus Anniversary GalaJoin us on May 14, 2013 for the Family Focus Anniversary Gala honoring Barbara T.Bowman, co-founder of the Erikson Institute and a pioneer in the early childhood education arena. Event chairs, Susan and Richard Kiphart,will be joined by Bill Kurtis and Donna LaPietraas Masters of Ceremony and Arne Duncan, US Secretary of Education as the Keynote Speaker. Read more |
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Thank You, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Volunteers!We are so grateful that you teamed up to Do The Write Thing! Volunteering during Houghton Miffin Harcourt's company-wide week of service to the community, 34 editors, writers, and office workers from the publisher's Evanston office signed up to hand address thousands of envelopes for Family Focus's Fall fundraising campaign. Thank You! Read more |
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Congratulations, Volta Afterschool Students!A transportation study conducted by students in our Volta Elementary afterschool program was featured on the Active Transportation Alliance's blog . Read about our students' work here. Read more |
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Volunteer Opportunities!We have some great volunteer opportunities at our centers all around the Chicago metropolitan area! Have skills to share? Want to help? Check out our new brochure! Read more |
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Family Focus Featured in the Chicago TribuneFamily Focus Right From the Start program featured in the Chicago Tribune Read more |
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Family Focus Community Schools Programs Participate in a Family Workshop Day at the Field MuseumFamily Focus’s Community Schools program has partnered with Columbia College Chicago to bring the Scientists for Tomorrow program funded by the National Science Foundation to our afterschool students in 12 Chicago-area elementary and high schools this year. To engage parents of the Scientists for Tomorrow program, Family Focus Community Schools programs participated in a Family Workshop Day at the Field Museum Saturday, February 23, 2013. Read more |