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Do Your Part to Help Keep Douglas Park Beautiful
Riot Fest Foundation in partnership with Riot Fest, are looking for volunteers to help out a total of three days this summer by mulching trees, picking up trash, pulling weeds, planting flowers, and more. All are welcome, and no experience is necessary. Volunteers will be rewarded for their time with tickets to Riot Fest 2019.
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DPAC & RFF Throw 3rd Annual Easter Egg Hunt
With Easter right around the corner, we’ve partnered up with the Douglas Park Advisory Council to help make this year’s egg hunt better than ever. RFF donated 100 baskets and cellophane for this year’s event, which will be held at the Douglas Park Cultural and Community Center (1401 S Sacramento Dr, Chicago, IL 60623). You
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Riot Fest Coat Drive
We’ve teamed up with the Douglas Park Advisory Council once again for Let’s Share The Warmth Coat Drive and are now accepting new and gently used coats for children and adults as well as gloves, hats, and scarves. If you would like to donate a new coat or have a gently used coat at home that
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Annual North Lawndale Eagles Football Banquet a Success
After participating in the 2016 event, we were elated to continue our partnership with the North Lawndale Eagles football team to help support their annual banquet in May 2018. The North Lawndale Eagles is a non-profit company that was founded to provide at-risk youth with a safe alternative to gang and street violence. The program
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Riot Fest helps DPAC throw 2nd Annual Easter Egg Hunt
The Douglas Park Advisory Council held its 2nd Annual Easter Egg hunt on March 24, 2018 at the Douglas Park Cultural and Community Center. Riot Fest donated 100 Easter baskets and cellophane in an effort to contribute to this great event! You can check out more photos from the hunt on the DPAC Facebook page.
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Riot Fest Foundation continues partnership with Chicago SCORES for Literacy in Action Program
The Riot Fest Foundation is pleased to announce that we have teamed up with Chicago SCORES again to maintain the achievements of Literacy in Action, which is a free after school initiative that integrates soccer, poetry and service-learning. “SCORES uses poetry, creative expression, hip hop and presentation as tools for building literacy skills, self-confidence and classroom
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RFF teams up with DPAC for Winter Coat Drive
Established in October 2016, Douglas Park Advisory Council (DPAC) is a group of innovative, dedicated, focused, creative and critical thinking volunteers located on the Westside of Chicago at Douglas Park Cultural Center. DPAC mission is to provide opportunities to achieve community goals through community outreach, positive communications, and interaction with community residents, park patrons, and
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A Safe Haven 5K Run returns in 2017
Riot Fest continued our partnership with Douglas Park neighborhood organization A Safe Haven Foundation for its 7th annual 5K RUN! to End Homelessness. This year, the run was held at Montrose Harbor, and took place on Saturday, July 15th, 2017 at 8:30AM. The first 50 runners to finish each won a pair of 3-day passes to Riot Fest! As an
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Riot Fest Foundation awards grant to Chicago Community Alliance Back to School Festival
Riot Fest Foundation has issued a grant to the Chicago Community Alliance towards the 28th Ward Back to School Festival. The festival takes place on Saturday, August 26th, 2017 at Marshall H.S. Campus Park. CCA services over 2,000 residents for the event, including seniors, parents, and youth. Food, entertainment, and book bags for the students
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RFF partners with Latinos Progresando to introduce guitar lessons at Hammond Elementary
The Riot Fest Foundation has entered a partnership with Latinos Progresando, a program that works to provide resources, community initiatives, and cultural activities to immigrant families in the Little Village & Marshall Square neighborhoods. Specifically, the $2,000 grant will go towards after school guitar instruction for students at Hammond Elementary School for three 12-week sessions. “Music
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