Community Relations

Youth learn the value of giving back at Chicago first-responder event

Last April, University of Phoenix held a first-responder event in Dallas with the local police department and Boys & Girls Club. Volunteers stuffed teddy bears for children in need. The event was such a success that the Chicago Police Department asked to replicate the program with their local Club. As a result, more than 30 UOPX volunteers and Boys & Girls Club members took a field trip to the Chicago Police Department. They toured the facility, learned about police operations and even expressed their individualism with a chalk project in front of the building. They topped off the night by outfitting and accessorizing 100 teddy bears for children in need. First responders will keep the teddy bears on hand to give to local children in crisis and traumatic situations. UOPX has partnered with Boys & Girls Clubs since 2007. This is its first event with the Chicago PD.

Pictured above: UOPX volunteers and Boys & Girls Club members assemble teddy bears for the underprivileged.

Volunteers gather to support
inner city arts education

Twelve arts education classrooms at Rosemont and San Pascual elementary schools are now equipped with new art supplies thanks to 150 volunteers from University of Phoenix. The University recently partnered with L.A. Works to collect art supplies and build easels to benefit the two Los Angeles Unified School District schools.

Pictured left: UOPX volunteers model self-made art smocks.