August Newsletter 08-05-21

Hello!

Were excited about this weekends Parade and Bike drive with DIVVY. We are still collecting bikes to raffle off for kids. See the info below, or contact us if you’d like to contribute a bike.

Big thank you to Mike from WGN-AM (720) Chicago’s Almost Above-Ground Audio Magazine, for having us on to talk about the importance of assisting young adults and following YourPassion1st. For early risers, the segment will run this Saturday before the event at 5:00am.(podcast will air at a later date)

The past couple of weeks have flown by, and our Young Ambassadors are consuming lots of valuable information that can be used today, as well as for their fall projects and for the future.

Young Ambassador, Hassani Cannon (Artist, Chicago) shared his Midyear Showcase experience with us – “It helped me give a prototype into how to give a presentation and get people excited about a project that you have.” (time stamp 00:22:56 – 00:24:18)[passcode – Y9ji&J0E]

Young Ambassador, Willian Sousa (Sports, Brazil) shared -“it was a nice experience because it gave me the opportunity to find out about what other teams are doing, because we have incredible people in our group, but we got to also learn how our teams projects can be better.”(time stamp 00:24:50 – 00:26:40)[passcode – Y9ji&J0E]

Young Ambassador’s Midyear Showcase presentations => Click HERE [passcode 2$s?=1Zc ]

Help us keep these experiences going!

DONATE NOW!

THIS WEEKEND

August 7th

(Donate a bike or 2!)

Masonic Parade/Resource Fair/Bike Drive (Austin)

Join us at this year’s Parade, Cookout, Bike Drive and Resource Fair. This will tee us up for the following weekend with our Historical Bike Scavenger Hunt. On this day we are looking for bike donations and will have a bike fixing station and will be partnering with Divvy as well as a few other community organizations. There will also be FREE FOOD & COMMUNITY RESOURCES available.

LEARN MORE!

August 14th

Historical Scavenger Hunt (Austin & Oak Park)

This will be similar to last year but we’re adding a Virtual Reality component to include Brazil & South Africa in a creative way. Grab your bicycles, or come jump on one of Divvy’s bikes, and embark on a historical journey with your neighbors.

Divvy will have a bike stations available on the day.

LEARN MORE!

Upcoming events:

September 18th:

Reopening of Fulton Market (Chicago)

We completed the official ribbon cutting ceremony on June 25th, and now it’s time for the big celebration. 10 blocks of action to include great food, live music, DJs, Live Art, Entertainment, community conversations, interactive kids activities, a highly anticipated DUNK TANK + more

November 10-17th:

MCH International Weekend & Workforce Readiness Music Festival (Hybrid)

Over 150 content contributors from 20 different countries will join our Young Ambassadors for an extraordinary week, 24hrs/day production. You’ll be able catch our 2nd annual pitch competition, our five team productions + more!

December 18th

YP1 End of year Gala (Hybrid)

This will be a night filled with joy as we celebrate our Young Ambassadors for a completing the program, and acknowledge you and our amazing team for supporting our program.

GET INVOLVED!

Podcast news:

For the next few weeks!

Our podcast team, compiled of creative

young adults, will be out engaging subjects, interviewing, and collecting content for this season. If you see them, feel free to share your views from hotbed issues to thought provoking insight.

Stay tuned!

August Newsletter 08-05-21