Community Initiatives 2022

Chicago Sky Community Outings 

Chicago's very own 2021 WNBA Champions had an amazing 2022 season! Thank you to Sky Cares for welcoming Common Connections Foundation as a part of the Sky family and for providing a safe, positive and fun experience for our Chicago youth, families and communities this summer.  As we cozy into the fall season, take some warm Chicago Sky summer memories with you. Until next season #GOSKY!!
The WNBA Chicago Sky is a professional women’s basketball team founded in 2005 by principal owner, Michael Alter. The Chicago Sky was the first independently owned women’s professional basketball team to join the WNBA and plays at the Wintrust Arena. The season runs from May-September. 

Source: Marquee Sports Network
Block clubs are no longer distant memories. Our elders have shown us what it looks like to care for our neighborhood and community and the people who live next door, down the street and around the corner.

East End C A R E S 

Community Holiday Connection

GUN VIOLENCE  2020

The Light of the Season is near! This Holiday Season Common Connections Foundation is calling on our communities for peace, love and healing. Unite with us to show love to 25 families impacted by gun violence this year by supporting our Holiday Healing Initiative: "Light of Peace and Love Memorial Gift". With a small contribution to our Holiday Healing Initiative, families will receive a customized gift box that will include a scripture devotional, holiday chocolates, a scented serenity candle and a customized lantern engraved with an uplifting spiritual holiday message and the loved one's name who lost their life to gun violence this year.  
​“The greatness of a community is most accurately measured by the compassionate actions of its members.”
​                                                                  - Coretta Scott King

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE 2020

As an advocate of domestic violence awareness, Common Connections Foundation is supporting Family Rescue's mission by soliciting wish list items for women and children survivors of domestic violence. We are collecting wish list items until October 23rd for Domestic Violence Awareness Month.  Connect with us today by donating women's toiletries and children items. For details on where to send your donation, submit an inquiry on our Contact Page.  View Family Rescue's wish list here. 

TECH SUCCESS 2020

In the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, schools were closed down and rapidly transitioned to at home learning to keep our children safe and to mitigate exposure to this highly infectious virus. What we learned was many lower income school districts and families were facing the challenge of technological access and accessibility across the nation.  In the spirit of uplifting and serving our community, Common Connections Foundation embarked on and accomplished its "Tech Success" fundraising mission to ensure readiness and success by gifting three qualifying youth with a laptop, African American literature books, school supplies and face masks for the fall 2020 academic school year. After careful review and consideration of our applicant pool, Ms. Victoria Williams, an educator at Ombudsman Roseland Alternative School was selected to receive our Tech Success Gift Award! We recognize that all of our applicants are worthy and deserving of technological access and we hope to expand and continue this initiative in future. We wish all our applicants success this fall academic year and beyond!  
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 *View Photos of Tech Success*
        September 2020

COVID-19 SAFETY 2020

With the rapid spread of the coronavirus, Common Connections Foundation is dedicated to help keep our communities safe.  Our goal is to distribute 5,000 face masks to individuals and organizations throughout our Chicago communities, particularly  our south and west side communities that have been impacted the hardest, to help mitigate the spread of this highly infectious and potentially deadly virus. Twenty individuals and community organizations are currently earmarked to receive face mask donations.  We welcome and encourage those in need and who have experienced a shortage to submit a request on our contact page while supplies last. 

AWARENESS RIBBON PROJECTS

Support Common Connections Foundation's Awareness Ribbon Projects by donating art supplies to create them!
Monetary Donations to purchase art supplies are welcome as well.
  • Pins 
  • Glue Gun Sticks
  • Glue Guns
  • Scissors
  • Rulers
  • Ribbons 
​         We ask that donated ribbons are polyester with a satin finish and are 9.5 mm x 9.1 mm
 
"TriAwareness Project"
 Green (Mental Wellness)
 Orange (Gun Violence)
​ Purple (Domestic Violence)​

​  "Trifecta Awareness Project"
  Lavender (Cancer)
  Silver (Diabetes)
  Red (Heart Disease)

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