Showing posts with label The Big Shoulders Fund. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The Big Shoulders Fund. Show all posts
Wednesday, April 02, 2014

Catholic and Private School Families Continue to " Carry the Turf"

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Children carrying turf to pay their school fees from 'The Graphic' on this day in 1888. Paying tuition is an obligation parents...
Monday, March 17, 2014

I reconnect with some Funny Little People at the Downtown St. Paddy's Day Parade

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You will always run into funny people at public events . " Funny How?  Like a clown?  "  Sometimes.  Funny can be  like the ...
Tuesday, April 02, 2013

Catholic Schools - It Ain't Just About the Bucks

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Catholic schools operate on tuition ( which is brutal to budget and, in this economy, for families to meet) and on fund-raising.  The cos...
Friday, August 24, 2012

Thank You Big Shoulders and Prof. Hank Perritt's Kent Law Students!

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Kent Law Professor Hank Perritt,* a wildly accomplished gentleman, brought a score or more Kent Law Students to help gussy-up the grounds...
Thursday, August 23, 2012

The Big Shoulders Fund - The Real Deal: Catholic Schools for All

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Today, Leo High School will welcome scores of volunteers shepherded by the staff of Chicago's Big Shoulders Fund.  The volunteers a...
Thursday, May 24, 2012

Catholics Forward - The Big Shoulders Fund 25 Years of Success and Opportunity for Poor Kids

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The Big Shoulders Fund supports Cardinal George's Lions at Leo High School! Chicago has the largest Catholic school system in Ame...
Thursday, August 18, 2011

Warren Buffett! Warren! Mr. Buffett, Over Here! What Leo High School Could Do With Some Stimulus Money; Why Wait For a Tax.

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"My friends and I have been coddled long enough by a billionaire-friendly Congress," Mr. Buffett argued forcefully in a New Yo...
Thursday, May 26, 2011

And Palms Before My Feet: Leo Boxers Eat With George Foreman

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This donkey needs a shave, a shower and a financial bail-out - too blessed to fail. Where do I begin? Hours ago! It was a stormy day outside...
Wednesday, May 25, 2011

Leo High School Boxers to Meet George Foreman and The Big Shoulders of Chicago

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The Big Shoulders Fund of Chicago has boosted thousands of inner city kids up through the financial ropes and put them toe-to-toe with succe...
Saturday, May 01, 2010

Support Big Shoulders and 1st Annual Field Day on June 19th!

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The Big Shoulders Fund supports inner city Chicago Catholic schools - you know, the schools that help make kids successful and save tax-paye...
Saturday, August 15, 2009

Catholic Schools Work for the Kids Who Attend Them - School Choice Needs Town Halls

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My youngest, Clare, begins her high school experience next week at Mother McAuley Liberal Arts High School - the largest all-girls school in...