Project HOOD Communities

What an incredible night of partnership, teamwork, and impact! 🙌✨

When organizations come together with a shared purpose, amazing things happen. The dressers assembled by the students were placed on the showroom floor, and the first two selected this morning were the top competition winners! 🏆👏
We are proud of the hard work, creativity, and dedication shown by our students. Opportunities like these continue to make a real difference in the lives of the people we serve and strengthen our community connections.

Thank you to We’re already looking forward to the next collaboration! 💙

Construction class with real impact! 🔨🛋️🪚

Yesterday, our Construction Cohort partnered with for a hands on furniture building and repurposing competition.

In just 90 minutes, our students worked together, competed hard, and created pieces that will soon be selected by families in need across Chicago.
With 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place teams, the competition brought energy, teamwork, and plenty of fun — but more importantly, it built camaraderie, confidence, and friendships that will last a lifetime.

Special thanks to Chicago Furniture Bank, an incredible nonprofit that helps furnish homes for more than 4,000 families each year. Knowing that the work created by our students will directly impact families over the next few days made this experience even more meaningful.

When partnerships come together with purpose, we can create real change in our communities.

Project HOOD celebrates progress of center, violence-free zone on South Side Roughly a 1,000 men came together to celebrate the progress of the Project HOOD Center on Chicago's South Side, while officially declaring it a violence-free zone.