Connecting & Engaging our Community!

To fund effort to connect and engage a diverse community of people of different ages, backgrounds, and income with ONE common goal: Safe & Vibrant Community

A fundraising campaign for The Community Builders

Home of over 2000 residents Oakwood Shores is a mixed income community located on the South Side of Chicago in the historic Bronzeville Neighborhood with a rich culture. We are working toward a Strong and Engaged community where neighbors are connected with each other and active toward the achievement of our full potential both as a neighborhood and as individuals that live in that neighborhood. Currently we connect through the creation and implementation of festive, meaningful, annual opportunities that get neighbors out of the house and working together in:

  • Community Events
  • Neighborhood Excursions
  • Community Groups
  • Neighborhood Meetings


Annual Community Events 

  • Spring Egg Hunt
  • Mother's Day Event
  • Summer Block Parties
  • Annual Yard Sales
  • Halloween Event and Neighborhood Candy Navigator/ Halloween GPS
  • Breakfast with Santa  

  

                 Movies in the Park                                          Halloween Kozy Karnival

Neighborhood Excursions

  • Fall Apple Orchard Trip
  • Senior Trip to Universal
  • Family Trip to the Zoo
  • Teen Trip to Great America 

Community Groups

  • Oakwood Shores Community Asociation (OSCA)
  • Bronzeville Shores Partner Coalition (BSPC)
  • Oakwood Trekkers-Girl Trek
  • Youth 360 Initiative Youth Council
  • Oakwood Seniors Group  

 

Neighborhood Meetings

  • Neighborhood Meetings
  • On The Table Discussions
  • Q Mixers
  • Neighborhood Leaders Summit


    

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