Our mission is to celebrate and nurture youth leaders by helping them develop a deep sense of self and responsibility for improving their communities.
IMPACT
The youth in our program serving the community during the 2018-19 school year
Total service hours to date
Beach clean up - Alliance for the Great Lakes
Connections for the Homeless
A Just Harvest
Beth Emet Soup Kitchen
Connections for the Homeless
The Talking Farm
Pre-Thanksgiving Dinner - Fleetwood-Jourdain
The Cradle Holiday Party
Beth Emet Soup Kitchen
Trunk or Treat - Girls Play Sports
November Food Drive
Beach clean up - Alliance for the Great Lakes
Toiletries collection - Connections for the Homeless
Blizzard boxes - Meals at Home
The Cradle Holiday Party
Chandler Park Clean up
November Food Drive
Toiletries collection - Connections for the Homeless
The Talking Farm
Pre-Thanksgiving Dinner - Fleetwood-Jourdain
Connections for the Homeless
Vineyard Food Pantry
Campus Kitchens
Sack lunches - Connections for the Homeless
Campus Kitchens
Community partners to date
NEWS
The 2018 Justin Wynn Fund SoccerFest
On a hot and humid September day, 115 soccer players from 1st through 8th grade came together to play in the annual Justin Wynn SoccerFest at ETHS Lazier Field. The day was a true celebration of community and soccer as players affiliated with area organizations like AYSO, JaHbat, Team Evanston, Chicago Fire Juniors North Shore,…
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The 2018 Justin Wynn Awards Brunch
Congratulations to the 2018 Justin Wynn Award recipients! These 24 fourth grade students from across District 65 were honored at the annual brunch held at the Hilton Orrington/Evanston. Close to 300 people attended the ceremony, including Mayor Hagerty, Dr. Witherspoon, and Dr. Goren. Pictured with the 2018 Justin Wynn Award recipients from left to right…
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The 2018 JWLA 3-on-3 Basketball Tournament
Thank you to the over 200 players who participated in our tournament. New this year, we added a 7th/8th grade tournament and it sold out!
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The 2018 Red Tie Soirée
The Justin Wynn Fund Red Tie Soirée was a huge success! Thank you to the almost 200 attendees who helped us raise over $41,000. This money will be used to support our community service based youth leadership program.
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JWLA Holds 10th annual November Food Drive
More than 60 youth (grades 5-12) from the Justin Wynn Fund leadership program gathered in Kingsley School’s gym to sort and bag food that they had collected from their neighbors as part of the organization’s 10th annual November Food Drive. Some of the students and their families then delivered over 200 bags of groceries to…
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A successful relaunch of SoccerFest!
140 players from all the Evanston soccer organizations participated in SoccerFest, held on September 3rd at ETHS. Thank you to all the volunteers, community members and in-kind donors who helped make SoccerFest a big success!
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