March to College
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Less than 6% of low-income, minority youth graduate from college. We aim to change that! Please join with us and March to College.
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Wednesday, April 4, 2012 at 5:30pm. (Entertainment begins at 4:00pm.)
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Upper Hutchison Field at Grant Park, Chicago
Start at SW corner of Balbo and Columbus
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| Who Should Participate: | Everyone who believes in a college education; students and adults! | |
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$30 for adults
$25 for families- an adult and 2 kids
$10 for students (College-aged and below)
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| Register: |
Register online to run/walk in the March to College here. Or, you can also download a paper registration form and send it in.
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The Volunteer Registration is now closed, please click here if you would like to donate to our cause. Donate here. |
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More Info About This Event
Only 6% of students entering a Chicago public high school will receive a Bachelor’s degree by age 25. In response to this alarming finding by the University of Chicago in 2006, Center for Companies That Care launched AIM High, a ground-breaking initiative to ensure that 100% of participating students will attend and graduate from a four-year college.
On Wednesday, April 4 at 5:30pm, in Grant Park, Companies That Care is holding the Inaugural "March to College" 5K Run/Walk benefitting AIM High. The purpose of the March is to motivate college attendance among underprivileged, school-age, minority youth. Research has repeatedly shown that one of the biggest reasons low-income, minority students don’t go to college is because they never felt it was expected it of them. The March to College will change that. Each year, student walkers will receive a t-shirt that says “College Bound” until one year, they matriculate to the T-shirt that says “In College,” and eventually earn the right to wear the “College Graduate” t-shirt.
About the Beneficiary AIM High is a long-term structured, more-than-mentoring program dedicated to dramatically improving college graduation rates among urban youth by matching teams of employees with individual, vulnerable, minority high school students to ensure they graduate from college and are prepared for tomorrow’s workplace.
Center for Companies That Care is a national 501(c)(3) nonprofit dedicated to improving the lives of individuals, families and communities.
Fees
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5K Walk - Students |
5K Walk - Adults |
5K Walk - Families |
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$10 from now till Event Day (April 4th) |
$30 from March 2nd - Event Day (April 4th) |
$25 for one adult and two kids from now till Event Day |
Start TimeEntertainment begins at 4:00pm. The run/walk starts at 5:30 pm.
Location and CourseUpper Hutchison Field, Grant Park (SW Corner of Columbus and Balbo, Chicago, IL 60601)
The 5k course heads out and back on bike paths along Chicago's scenic lakefront.
Refreshments & First AidWater will be provided at the start, finish and midway through the course. An Advance Life Support unit will be on-site through the duration of the event for any First Aid needs.
Transportation and ParkingPaid parking is available in the Grant Park and Millennium Park parking garages. Visit www.millenniumgarages.com for exact locations and rates.
Public transportation is convenient and highly recommended. Please visit The Chicago Transit Authority online for directions from your home to the event site via public transportation. To get to the event site via public transportation, recommendations are to exit the Red Line at State and Harrison and Walk SW to Columbus and Balbo. Also, bus routes 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 10, 14, 26, 129, 147, and X28 all stop at Michigan and Balbo (One block West of Event Site)
