Local High School Student Leads Class in Giving Back
Palatine, Illinois (PRWEB) December 19, 2014 -- Amanda Trumbull, age 15, states it simply – “I believe that if we all work together we could accomplish something huge.”
Mrs. Amy Robinson’s sophomore health class at South Elgin High School wrote argumentative or persuasive essays about charities and causes, competing for the chance to raise money for one cause. All essays were read aloud, and Amanda’s inspiring and persuading essay was chosen by her classmates.
She wrote about Little City and her cousin, Michael, a teen with severe autism. Michael and 15 other teenage boys will move into two of six planned homes in the new Duffey Family Children’s Village, located on Little City’s 56-acre campus in Palatine, in January. Along with 19 other students, Michael attends the therapeutic day school, the ChildBridge Center for Education, also located on the campus.
Together, Amanda’s class raised the most money of all the health classes – a generous $909.54 from fellow students and the community to support the ChildBridge Group Homes and the ChildBridge Center for Education. In addition to the two new Duffey Family Children’s Village homes, Little City operates on campus four group homes for children, three adult supportive living arrangements, and another 15 group homes for youth and adults in communities across DuPage and Cook County. The therapeutic day school is expanding and doubling in square footage from 5,000 – 10,000 square feet, to support a planned census of 50 students by fall 2017.
“It was great to give people the opportunity to live a great life, and my class and I are very thankful and excited to give to Little City!” Amanda exclaimed.
For complete information, visit http://www.littlecity.org or contact Terry Braune at tbraune(at)littlecity(dot)org or 847-221-7831.
About Little City Foundation
Our mission is to provide children and adults with autism and other intellectual and developmental disabilities the best options and opportunities to live safely, work productively, explore creatively and learn continuously throughout their lifetime. At Little City, there is no finish line. Our goal is to make tomorrow better than today. The only constant is our desire to change and improve. We do so by continually making great strides to further enrich the lives of those we serve and help them flourish. The organization has a 56-acre campus in Palatine and offices in Schaumburg and Chicago. Visit http://www.littlecity.org.
Terry Braune, Little City, http://www.littlecity.org, +1 (847) 221-7831, [email protected]
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