Chicago Cares and Chicago White Sox Volunteer Corps to Commemorate 10-year Anniversary of Sept. 11 Attacks with School Transformation Project

Hundreds Will Participate in Restoring McClellan School Sept. 10

Chicago Cares, the city’s premier nonprofit volunteer service organization, and
the Chicago White Sox Volunteer Corps, along with volunteers from Chicago area
companies and community organizations, will participate in the 9/11
Day of Service
and Remembrance by transforming McClellan Elementary School, 3527 S. Wallace,
Chicago.

Chicago Cares will manage the project, in primary partnership with the
Chicago White
Sox and engaging volunteers from the White Sox Volunteer Corps, JPMorgan Chase,
Best Buy and the community. Volunteers will complete hands-on projects such as
painting, murals, mosaics, construction and landscaping.

Chicago Cares is joining organizations and individuals around the
country that are
participating in the 9/11 Day Observance in an effort to create the
single largest day of
good deeds, charitable activity and volunteer service in U.S. history
to pay tribute to the
9/11 victims and survivors and those who rose in service following the
attacks. Join the
9/11 tribute movement and post a tribute on 911day.org and Facebook.com/911day.

Date:
Saturday, Sept. 10, 8 am – 3 pm

What:
Transformation project to include painting, murals, mosaics, construction
and landscaping.

Where:
McClellan Elementary School, 3527 S. Wallace, Chicago

Who:
Chicago Cares, White Sox Volunteer Corps and volunteers from
JPMorgan Chase, Best Buy and community organizations

“This movement captures the desire of millions of caring Americans and
people around
the world to pay tribute, as well as our collective determination to
not forget those lost,
the injured, and the many who rose in service in response to the
attacks,” said Jay S.
Winuk, vice president and co-founder of MyGoodDeed, and brother Glenn J. Winuk,
an attorney and volunteer firefighter who died in the line of duty on
September 11,
2001. “The 10-year anniversary of 9/11 provides a remarkable
opportunity to rekindle
that much needed spirit of unity and create a historic tribute of
service and reflection

that will forever honor both the victims and heroes of the 9/11 attacks.”

About 9/11 Day: The annual 9/11 Day Observance is a day when
individuals, nonprofits,
companies, schools and other groups around the world remember by
doing, taking time
to engage in charitable service in tribute of the victims and
survivors of 9/11 and all
those who rose in service in response to the attacks. MyGoodDeed, the
prominent 9/
11 nonprofit, and HandsOn Network, the volunteer activation division
of Points of Light
Institute, are leading an influential coalition of organizations that
are working together to
plan and implement the 9/11 Day Observance for the 10-year anniversary
of 9/11, with
the goal of organizing the single largest day of charitable service in
U.S. history.

In 2009, the United States Congress passed bipartisan legislation,
signed by President
Barack Obama, which formally recognized Sept. 11 as a National Day of
Service and
Remembrance. Thanks to the tireless efforts by the 9/11 families and community,
nonprofits, governments and businesses that support them, 9/11 Day Observance
creates a permanent, positive tribute to all those lost and those who
rose in service.

Many tools and more information are available at: 911day.org;
Facebook.com/911day;
Twitter.com/911day for more information. At 911day.org volunteers can search for
volunteer opportunities and post their plans for 9/11 and at Facebook.com/911day
volunteers can download custom volunteer and tribute Facebook applications.

9/11 Day Supporters: Joining MyGoodDeed and HandsOn Network to lead the
observance are the National September 11 Memorial and Museum, U.S. Chamber of
Commerce’s Business Civic Leadership Center, AARP, The Mission Continues and the
Corporation for National and Community Service. National lead
contributor includes
American Express and national contributors are GlaxoSmithKline, JPMorgan Chase
and Best Buy. In Chicago, supporters are Chicago Cares, Chicago White
Sox Volunteer
Corps, JPMorgan Chase and Best Buy.

About Chicago Cares
For 20 years, Chicago Cares has been building stronger communities in Chicago
through volunteerism. Founded in 1991, Chicago Cares is the city’s premier
nonprofit volunteer service organization. We provide opportunities for
individuals and
corporations to improve the Chicago community through participation in creative,
structured group volunteer programs that address Chicago's most pressing needs,
thereby greatly building the capacity of hundreds of agencies and
schools across the
city.

Chicago Cares strives to address community need while building an informed,
productive and active citizen base. Guided by our program expertise,
our volunteers

experience first hand the challenges others face, and as a result,
they develop a deep
and lasting sense of civic responsibility.

Contact: Melody Burton, Chicago Cares, 773-459-4903, mburton@chicagocares.org

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For more information: go to: www.911day.org or www.Facebook.com/911day;
Download TV & radio PSAs at: www.magicbulletmedia.com/MNR/911day;
View & share TV spots at: http://www.youtube.com/911DayofService