March to College

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IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT: Now that we have your attention, please note that we will be removing this page on March 8. To get all the updates on March to College, please “like” The Center for Companies That Care” page at: https://www.facebook.com/CompaniesThatCare

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT: Now that we have your attention, please note that we will be removing this page on March 8. To get all the updates on March to College, please “like” The Center for Companies That Care” page at: https://www.facebook.com/CompaniesThatCare

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT: Now that we have your attention, please note that we will be removing this page on March 8. To get all the updates on March to College please “like” The Center for Companies That Care” page at: https://www.facebook.com/CompaniesThatCare

Center for Companies That Care Help first gen, low income, minority, invisible difference high school and college students succeed

KUDOS...
CONGRATULATIONS to newly minted AIM High alum Alexandria Parchman for graduating valedictorian of Chicago Talent Development High School! We're so proud of you, Alex!
College : Hiram College

Parental involvement is key....
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/10/121010112540.htm

Parenting more important than schools to academic achievement, study finds New research finds that parental involvement is a more significant factor in a child's academic performance than the qualities of the school itself.

Another important column by Dawn Turner Trice in today's Chicago Tribune on how college can make a huge difference in life.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/ct-met-trice-graduate-0610-20130610,0,972625.column

Chicagoan's long road from housing project to DePaul graduation In 2004, Credell "Cre" Walls was working at the Garfield Park Conservatory when he took a group of teens from Chicago's West Side to Peru to study tropical plants.

Tonight, Companies That Care celebrates the fantastic families, communities and individuals that make this organization possible! Congratulations to the students of AIM High, and the 2013 Honor Roll.

See you at 11am at The Book Cellar for family storytime and then again back at 7pm for an author event--Susan Benjamin Feingold, author/psychologist will be discussing Postpartum Depression. I will be reading from her book tonight....