Urban Sustain receives seed grant from Heineman Foundation
Urban Sustain received a grant from the Heineman Foundation for Research, Education, Charitable and Scientific Purposes. The $25K grant, will allow Urban Sustain to expand its "Exposure 101" Environmental STEM program to reach more Chicago-area youth.
- Chicago, IL (1888PressRelease) December 11, 2011 - Urban Sustain announced today that it again received a grant from the Heineman Foundation for Research, Education, Charitable and Scientific Purposes. The $25K grant, will allow Urban Sustain to expand its "Exposure 101" program to reach more Chicago-area youth. Exposure 101, first launched in the summer of 2006, served 20 at-risk youth from Chicago's South Shore community, targeting disadvantage youth with a focus on Environmental Health.
Additionally, the Exposure 101 program is specifically designed to challenge urban youth to appreciate their current surrounding by identifying core environmental problems that affect their day-to-day existence in the face of youth violence. Urban Sustain, a 501 3 c nonprofit organization founded in 2006, seeks to transform the lives of youth by raising social consciousness, through education and leadership development on environmental health concerns in violence plagued communities. For more information, contact Tammy Steels at 312-602-9763 or info ( @ ) urbansustain dot org.
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