Announcements
Fall Jobs Available!

JOB NOTICES

Starting in the fall of 2010 positions will be available for Youth Advisors with the CPS and CVFZ. Open house / orientation will be held Friday, July 2, 2010, 2:00p.m. at the K.L.E.O. Center, 119 E. Garfield.  To read more about this opportunity see the Violence Reduction Programs / Youth Advisor Job Description. 


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KLEO Summer Camp Is Here!

As of June 21, 2010 the K.L.E.O. Center is now open for all children for the summer. Regular hours are 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday - Thursday. Registration is now open and remember are programs are FREE, fun and educational! For more information call the K.L.E.O. Center at 773-363-6941.

 

2010 Peace Fest and Back To School Rally!

2010 Peace Fest and Back To School Rally August 28, 2010 from 10am - 6pm!  See here for more info, vendor info or sponsorship opportunities. Or contact Torrey Barrett at 773-363-6941.

 

Food Pantry Open to the Public!

The K.L.E.O. Center is now an official site of the Greater Chicago Food Depository. Please join us every 1st Wednesday of Every Month from 3:30 - 5:30. Over 6 tons of free food! Located in the parking lot of the K.L.E.O. Center located at 119 E. Garfield. (Garfield & Michigan)

 

Northwestern University highlights the Kleo Center's Progress

Northwestern University featured an article on the works at the Kleo Center. You can read the full artcile here.

 

   
Friday Night Live

Peace and Blessings to everyone

Inspiration for the week- “Establishing goals is all right if you don’t let them deprive you of interesting detours.”- Doug Larson


It is official! Bryan aka Miracle is our new host for FNL. Congrats Fam. We are really proud of you in just the small amount of time you put in work in the past couple of weeks.


Come check him and the FNL band The Miracles aka Remedy.... each and every Friday from 10:30pm to until. $50 of dem thangs will be given to the winner and their song will be posted on the myspace site(if available to post). Doors open to the public promptly at 10:00pm and artists must sign in by 10:30. We only have 12 spots so get in where you fit in or we will see you next week. WE DO START ON TIME so PLEASE BE ON TIME! 


We are a non-for- profit organization and we need the help of the community to keep our doors open. So please be advised that there will be a  MIMIMUM DONATION OF $3 collected at the door upon entry. We do this for the community and for us to prosper we have to help each other.


Our winner last week was no other than Kutta with Facebook Poppin”.  Hollywood brought the goons on stage with him during his “BET Moment”  of Goon to a Goblin. Ya’ll getting it in for real! Other notables was 7-11 with “Rock, Paper, Scissors” I like that!!! Bring it back! Week to week, you never know what may happen at FNL at KLEO and you don’t want to miss out on your opportunity to shine. All other contestants thanks for blessing our stage. Check out our page for FNL on my space:

http://www.myspace.com/kleo_friday_night_live

Pictures and some of our artists’ music are posted on the site!


So if you have a talent you would like to showcase, PLEASE REMEMBER YOU MUST SIGN IN BY 10:30PM IN PERSON. There are only 12 spots available and once there gone, they are gone forever until next week of, course!!! If you wanna get ya self noticed come prepared. Let the host know where people can find more about you and the genre ya reppin. This can be jotted down on a index card and given to him. Look at it as a small introduction to the world of professionalism!


So come down and show your skills and see what other competition is out there. Step up to the Hottest Open Mic on the SouthSide of Chicago and try to win $50 of dem THANGS. And, bring it cause you don’t wanna be left behind or left out of the fastest growing event Chicago has to offer! WE ON FIRE!!!!!!!!


Our turnout is growing each and every week for our adult FNL session.  Thank you for coming out and showing your support. We hope you enjoyed the session. Please remember to SIGN THE EMAIL LIST so that you can stay in-tune with the hottest open-mic show located on the South Side of Chicago.


And remember, there is a  MINIMUM $3 donation that will be collected at the door upon entry and this is to help keep KLEO and FNL going .We have big plans and we want everyone to be a part of our journey. So let’s keep our dream alive with so that we all may flourish.


When you support FNL you support the whole organization of the KLEO Community Center. Therefore let’s help keep our programs growing so that we can help our community grow and succeed. We look forward to seeing each and everyone of you so pass this along to friends and family.

 

And Remember we have programs all throughout the week! Not just Friday nights. Check out what our website has to offer you, a friend or a loved-one!!! This center is for our community and everyone is welcomed! We are looking for volunteers to help out our organization. So please see one of our staff members if you are interested in helping out the movement.


Special thanks to all volunteers who held things down last week. You are much appreciated!

www.kleocenter.org
http://www.myspace.com/kleo_friday_night_live


As always,
Keep Loving Each Other (K.L.E.O.)
“Building A Better World One Community at a Time”

Yumeka Johnson-Smith
Executive Assistant, F.N.L.