In support of the Chase Legal & Compliance Department's signature project with CCH – Every Child in School, Every Day -- 51 volunteers from JPMorgan Chase Bank fanned out across the West Side Austin community Thursday to distribute back-to-school information to homeless and at-risk families.

The End Demand Illinois coalition celebrated a major victory Aug. 20 when Gov. Pat Quinn signed the Illinois Safe Children Act into law. This groundbreaking legislation, spearheaded by Cook County State’s Attorney Anita Alvarez, protects minors who have been coerced into the sex trade, by making them immune from prosecution and linking them to child protective services.

CCH rallied Aug. 6 at LaSalle and Jackson to call on Congress to renew funding for the state jobs program, Put Illinois to Work, and to pass a federal jobs package through the Local Jobs for America Act.

Homeless students received new school supplies and backpacks through a generous gift from the Office Depot Foundation.

Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn (far left) presented the gifts to the children at an August 7 event touting the state’s first-ever sales tax holiday on school supplies.

On July 21, the Host Committee for Decks and the City met at Zhou B Arts Center to start planning for the big event.  Decks and the City will be a night of fashion, art, dance & chance!

The 15 leaders who serve on the CCH Speakers Bureau met for their year-end meeting July 13.

In FY 2010, which ended June 30, the Bureau spoke to an audience of 4,139 people at 72 events, a feat in itself.