Inside the Tim McCormick Community Center
SOS Illinois is proud to share this cutting-edge facility with our community, as we seek to nurture and transform lives through this Community Center, located at 13th Street and Blue Island. The Center will be a hub of family reunification, therapeutic, academic, social, civic, enrichment, and recreational activities.
SOS Illinois is excited to celebrate the launch of the Tim McCormick Community Center, a first-of-its-kind facility in Chicago. A virtual tour, consisting of a series of twelve videos, including footage of the building and interviews with corporate partners, donors, board members, and staff, is available now. See the tour and learn about other key features in this incredible building.
A Look Back at the Year-Long Construction Project
If you are learning about the Center now and want to revisit the construction project for the Tim McCormick Community Center, see our blog.
Read the milestones the project reached each month during an unprecedented time in history to be constructing a building. Check out the updates. We are grateful for our partners at JGMA, as the project architect, as well as Lendlease, as the project manager, for helping us stay on time and on budget.
Click here to check out all the sustainable and eco-friendly features of the Center.
About the Center
The construction of the 11,000+ square foot facility, designed by internationally recognized architect Juan Moreno, will serve over 5,000 individuals annually from University Village, Lower West Side/Pilsen, Little Village, North Lawndale, and other surrounding neighborhoods. The Center will serve as an urban prototype for the delivery of human services that will specifically provide:
• Academic, therapeutic, social, and recreational outlets for youth and families served at the Roosevelt Square Village homes through the SOS Illinois programs and services.
• A communal center for neighborhood residents – a safe place where they can meet in the community and connect to public resources and engage in training, activities, seminars and special events
• Family meeting rooms and learning center providing financial and educational training
A Centerpiece Goya Learning Kitchen designed to educate the community about nutrition and culinary education including relevant job skills training will be a key component of the Center:
• 3,000-square-feet of kitchen and dining space
• Intentional design for culinary demonstrations, hands-on learning experiences, and special event entertaining space
• Stations for cooking instruction and student prep area to promote culinary and nutritional education programming
Invest in the Center
Through the generous commitment of time, resources, and financial support of many, SOS Illinois has raised the necessary investments to build the Community Center and provide a beacon for the Village residents and surrounding neighborhoods. Ongoing programming will support children and families at SOS Illinois, as well as for surrounding communities.
The Center will be the ultimate example of the collective power of Foster Parents, staff, the surrounding community, dedicated donors, and friends.
To learn more about becoming a part of the legacy of the SOS Illinois Tim McCormick Community Center, please contact Michael Collins, Chief Advancement Officer at (312) 854-0990 or mcollins@sosillinois.org.
Did you Know?
SOS Children’s Villages Illinois children achieve a 100% graduation rate. Nationally, only 50% of children in foster care graduate high school.
SOS Illinois children receive comprehensive wrap-around services that address their whole self—physical, mental, and emotional.
SOS Illinois children benefit from permanency and stability. They can always “come home,” even when they are in college or have graduated.
SOS Illinois Foster Parents receive professional training and support to be effective parental figures, receive a salary and full benefits, and have access to a supportive network of other SOS Illinois Foster Parents.