February Thirsty Thursday

About this Giving Opportunity

Join Chicago Social Impact, BIG Chicago, and Cass Curry as we raise funds for By the Hand Club for Kids & Guitars over Guns.

Located strategically throughout Chicago’s most underserved, high-risk neighborhoods, By The Hand is an after-school program that helps kids have abundant, eternal life. We literally and figuratively take our students by the hand and walk alongside them—from the time they enroll in our program until they’re adults walking on their own. The kids are tutored to academic excellence. They are given opportunities to discover their God-given talents and mentored to make wise, life-defining decisions. Their basic nutritionaland medical needs are met. And they are loved as our own—mind, body and soul.

Guitars Over Guns is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit based in Miami and Chicago that offers students from our most vulnerable communities a powerful combination of music education and mentorship with professional musicians to help them overcome hardship, find their voice and reach their potential as tomorrow’s leaders. Guitars Over Guns creates safe spaces for youth to express themselves through music and empowers them to make positive choices at school, at home and in their communities