Chicago Tougaloo College Alumni Association Inc

Willard Elementary School offers a range of educational programs to students in kindergarten through grade four. Its curriculum includes reading, writing, physical education, music, math, art, science and English. The school administers special education and English Language Learners programs, as well as employs a custodial engineer, nurse, speech pathologist and social worker. It also operates a parent-teacher organization that conducts several fundraising events and programs. The school maintains a library and media center that features a collection of books and reference and instructional materials. It organizes a variety of events, including book fairs. Located in River Forest, Ill., Willard Elementary School is a part of River Forest Public Schools District 90, which was founded in 1850. The school district serves more than 1,300 students in kindergarten through grade 8.

The Hephzibah Children s Association was founded in 1897 with 14 children when Mary Wessels took in the children of an orphanage destroyed by a fire. Now the company is divided into four sectors; daycare, family based services, group homes and the Hephzibah Academy. The HCA offers nine school day care sites with more than 334 children and one summer day care site, which enrolls nearly 230 children. The firm also offers after school care at all eight elementary schools in Oak Park, Ill. The HCA s family based services division offers six community based programs designed to assist with reunification with a child s family of origin, placement with relatives or adoption. The association offers group homes for child trauma victims and children in need of full-time care and a variety of academic programs, such as summer reading programs, to encourage at risk children s academic performance.