Neighborhood Services Staff Perform CommUnity Matters Site Visits
Neighborhood Services staff recently performed site visits for CommUnity Matters summer programs. These periodic visits allow City staff to tour the facilities and witness the youth participate in the programs receiving CDBG funding throughout the year. Operation Hope hosted NSD staff at their end-of-summer celebration. Many students participated in the Youth Employment Services (YES) Program. […]
CommUnity Matters Quarterly Meeting and Program Updates
The CommUnity Matters program is excited to kick off its 16th year of providing youth services! On July 23, Community Development Specialist, Shelby Mammano, hosted the partner agencies for a quarterly meeting. Here are updates on what our program partners are accomplishing with funding from the City’s Community Development Block Grant. Champaign Park District is […]
Champaign County Community Coalition Focuses on Youth Perspectives
The Champaign County Community Coalition is focusing on local youth in this month’s meeting on Wednesday, April 10, 2024. The meeting starts at 3:30 p.m. and will be held at the Holiday Inn Conference Center (101 Trade Center Dr., Champaign). Youth representatives from Youth for Christ – Midnight Basketball, DREAAM, Urbana Park District, Don Moyer […]
Neighborhood Services Completes CommUnity Matters Site Visits
Neighborhood Programs staff members Jennifer Carlson, Betsy Barclay, and Shelby Mammano recently wrapped up site visits with the City’s CommUnity Matters partners: DreAAm, Champaign Park District, and Don Moyer Boys and Girls Club. The site visit for Champaign Unit 4 School District will take place during the school year. Boys and Girls Club youth were […]
Neighborhood Services Hosts Quarterly CommUnity Matters Meeting
Neighborhood Programs staff met with representatives from Champaign Park District, Unit 4, and Don Moyer Boys and Girls Club on July 11, 2023, for the first Quarterly Meeting of FY 2023-24. These agencies shared information on their active summer youth programming, such as success and areas for opportunity, upcoming events, and emerging issues amongst the […]
Champaign Coalition Hosts Black History Month Trivia Challenge Event
On Friday Feb. 26th Mary Catherine Roberson, Community Relations Specialist, joined HITNHOMEBOY, Don Moyer Boys and Girls Club, and the Coalition youth partners at their Black History Month trivia challenge event. To join the Coalition at their next event and receive daily information, please click here.
CommUnity Matters Spring Fling
CommUnity Matters Spring Fling The CommUnity Matters Spring Fling was held this year at Garden Hills Elementary School on Monday, May 22, 2017 from 5-7pm. An estimated 250 members of the community attended this free family event. The goal of the Spring fling is to provide awareness on the health, wellness, safety, and other community […]
CommUnity Matters Spring Fling
The Neighborhood Services Department, along with CommUnity Matters partners Champaign Park District, Unit 4 School District, Don Moyer Boys and Girls Club, and Lifeline Inc., hosted the 2016 Wellness Spring Fling at the Douglass Center on May 16. Twenty-two vendors participated in this year’s vendor fair, including Community Elements, the Land Trust Farmers Market, Champaign […]