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Family Focus – Near West Side

If 48 People Donate $10, Then Family Focus Can Fund a Robotics Kit for Up to Four Youth to Build Eight Different Robots

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In a Nutshell

Donations help to provide a robotics kit that allows youth to build eight different robots and gain skills in science-related fields

The Fine Print

The Issue: Lack of Resources to Engage Youth in Science

Youth who develop skills in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics increase their chances for future success in higher education and the professional arena. However, schools in low-income communities often do not have enough resources to help engage students’ interest in science-related fields.

The Campaign: Funding a Robotics Kit for Youth

If this Grassroots campaign raises $480, then Family Focus can fund one reusable robotics kit with enough materials to create and program eight different robots, which youth can use to gain skills in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Each additional $479 raised will fund another robotics kit.

Teams of up to four students can assemble eight different robots; the complexity increases with each project. The youth build and program each robot, developing communication, critical-thinking, and problem-solving skills with their teammates. Family Focus runs robotics clubs at 18 of the 22 area schools where it provides afterschool programming.

Family Focus

While working at the University of Chicago's School of Social Service Administration in the 1970s, Bernice Weissbourd founded Family Focus to provide holistic social services to children and their families. Today, it continues to support students, teenage parents, and families with young children with a variety of programs, including adult-literacy classes, fitness and nutrition education, and homework help. Family Focus works with parents to help children grow into confident and successful young adults and assists youth in achieving their academic and career goals through projects such as afterschool programs.

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The Groupon Guide to: Red Rover Tips

Kids love playing a simple game, whether it's getting a rubber ball into a cup attached to the end of a stick or guessing which body parts their parents have tattoos on. Here are some tips for winning at one of the simplest kids' games—Red Rover:

  • Join the better team, which is the one that's just a chainlink fence dressed in kids' clothing.
  • A Red Rover line is basically impenetrable if everyone works really hard to fuse their arm skin together.
  • It's just a game, so don't worry about winning if you're the slowest, weakest child.
  • Play in a poorly ventilated gym. If you're the type of kid who's got big, fat lungs, you'll outlast everyone else.
  • Keep your head in the game and don't get distracted by the fact that, statistically, one of you will grow up to be a billionaire that will hire the others to keep his bathtubs always filled with warm water.

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Family Focus

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    Near West Side

    310 S Peoria St., Suite 404
    Chicago, Illinois 60607
    (312) 421-5200
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