This summer, the Off The Street Club is sending out a huge S.O.S.—Save Our Summer. And we need your help! While summer for most kids equates to carefree days spent playing in the sun, summer can mean idle time and danger for kids on Chicago’s West Side. These kids deserve a safe, worry-free summer where they can make memories and forge friendships that will last a lifetime. That’s why we’re raising funds to send 500 Off The Street Club kids to summer camp through our Save Our Summer program.

The fresh air and activities at our Camp Mathieu, on thirty beautiful wooded acres just 30 miles from Chicago, makes the quintessential summer camp a reality for our kids. Help us replace violence and drugs in their neighborhoods with cookouts and sing-alongs, gunfire with campfire and the gang activity with swimming, hiking and horseback riding.

For every $500 donated, one child, who bravely said no to gangs and drugs, will be sent to camp. Make your contribution today. After all, hope grows stronger in fresh air and sunshine. So do kids.