Our afterschool programming is free for students who participate in the free or reduced lunch program or Medicaid.

During the 2010 programming year, Common Threads will serve approximately 1,000 students drawn primarily from a number of low-income neighborhoods in Chicago.

Chicago
We currently serve students at the following locations:

• Archer Heights Greater Chicago Food Depository
• Austin St. Angela's School
• Bridgeport Sheridan School
• Englewood Kennedy King College
• Hyde Park Ronald McDonald House
• Kenwood Kenwood Park
• Lincoln Park St. Vincent Depaul Center
• Lincoln Square The Chopping Block
• Logan Square Chicago International Charter School, Bucktown
• Loop Robert Morris University
• Near North Side Whole Foods Lincoln Park
• Near South Side Whole Foods South Loop
• Rogers Park Jordan Community School
• South Shore South Shore Cultural Center
• West Town Von Humboldt School

Los Angeles
We currently serve students at the following locations:

• South Central Accelerated School
• South Central Challenger's Boys and Girls Club

Miami
We currently serve students at the following locations:

• North Miami Florida International University
• Miami Miami-Dade College

Washington, DC
We currently serve students at the following locations:

• Downtown CulinAerie
• Adams Morgan Oyster Adams Bi-Lingual Campus
• Anacostia Riverside Center
• Capitol Hill Tyler Elementary

Partner Organizations

Common Threads partners with public schools, health educators, neighborhood groups, and community organizations that serve low-income and at-risk youth. We offer our classes to students enrolled in these programs or schools, as well as to unaffiliated neighborhood children.

Partner organizations and schools include:

• Accelerated School South Central - Los Angeles
• Amigos for Kids Little Havana - Miami
• Armour School Bridgeport - Chicago
• Bancroft School Anacostia - Washington, DC
• Banneker School Englewood - Chicago
• Chicago International Charter School - Bucktown Campus Logan Square - Chicago
• Challenger's Boys and Girls Club Los Angeles South Central - Los Angeles
• Claremont Academy Chicago Lawn - Chicago
• Darwin School Logan Square - Chicago
• Gregory School East Garfield Park - Chicago
• Jahn School North Center - Chicago
• Jordan Community School Rogers Park - Chicago
• Jungman School Lower West Side - Pilsen - Chicago
• Marsh School South Dearing - Chicago
• Nicholson School Englewood - Chicago
• Oyster Adams Bi-lingual Campus Adams Morgan - Washington, DC
• Riverside Center Anacostia - Washington, DC
• Sheridan School Bridgeport - Chicago
• South Loop School Near South Side - Chicago
• St. Angela's School Austin - Chicago
• St. Helen's School West Town - Chicago
• St. Vincent DePaul Center Lincoln Park - Chicago
• Tyler Elementary School Capitol Hill - Chicago
• William Jennings Bryan North Miami - Miami