Locations Served

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 78% of students did not or rarely ate breakfast – Common Threads student food journaling before camp

Our afterschool programming is free for students who participate in the free or discounted lunch program or Medicaid.

During the 2010 programming year, Common Threads will serve approximately 1,000 students drawn primarily from a number of low-income neighborhoods in Chicago.

Chicago
We currently serve students at the following locations:
  • Logan Square Chicago International Charter School, Bucktown
  • Lincoln Square The Chopping Block
  • Archer Heights Greater Chicago Food Depository
  • Rogers Park Jordan Community School
  • Englewood Kennedy King College
  • Kenwood Kenwood Park
  • Loop Robert Morris College
  • Hyde Park Ronald McDonald House
  • Bridgeport Sheridan School
  • South Shore South Shore Cultural Center
  • Austin St. Angela's School
  • Lincoln Park St. Vincent Depaul Center
  • Humboldt Park Von Humboldt School
  • Near North Side Whole Foods Lincoln Park
  • Near South Side Whole Foods South Loop
Los Angeles
We currently serve students at the following locations:
  • Accelerated School
  • Challenger's Boys and Girls Club
Miami
We currently serve students at the following locations:
  • Florida International University
  • Miami-Dade College
Washington DC
We currently serve students at the following locations:
  • CulinAerie
  • Tyler Elementary
  • Riverside Center
  • Oyster Adams Bi-Lingual Campus
Partner Organizations

Common Threads partners with public schools, health educators, neighborhood groups, and community organizations that serve low-income and at-risk youth. We offer our classes to students enrolled in these programs or schools, as well as to unaffiliated neighborhood children.

Partner organizations and schools include:
  • Armour School
  • Banneker School
  • Chicago International Charter School Bucktown
  • Claremont Academy
  • Darwin School
  • Gregory School
  • Jahn School
  • Jordan Community School
  • Jungman School
  • Marsh School
  • Nicholson School
  • O'Toole School
  • Sheridan School
  • South Loop School
  • St. Angela's School
  • St. Helen's School
  • St. Vincent DePaul Center
  • Washington Park Youth Program
  • William Jennings Brian Miami
  • Acclerated School Los Angeles
  • Challenger's Boys and Girls Club Los Angeles
  • Bancroft School Washington DC