Our current mural celebrates the importance of literacy—especially financial literacy—and highlights a great local organization working to encourage reading and education: Bernie’s Book Bank. Bernie’s Book Bank facilitates the collection, processing and redistribution of new and gently used children’s books to increase book ownership among at-risk infants, toddlers and school-age children throughout Chicagoland. The organization
This month’s mural highlights one of the largest nonprofit social service agencies in our area: The Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Chicago. Since 1917, the organization has worked to aid people in need, regardless of religious belief, ethnicity or background. Now, it still operates with that deeply rooted mission to provide food, shelter, counseling
Our current mural highlights City Year, an organization that works to combat the external factors and obstacles that interfere with Chicago students reaching their full potential. The organization has identified three warning signs that indicate a student is at risk of dropping out: poor attendance, disruptive behavior and course failure in math and English. City
Our current mural highlights the Chicago History Museum and its newest exhibit: Lincoln’s Undying Words. The artwork brings Abraham Lincoln’s most powerful speeches to life using pops of color, handwritten quotes and iconic imagery. The art celebrates history and a man who used his pen as a sword in the midst of Civil War. With
When Wintrust took over the lease on the iconic Mural Building along the Kennedy Expressway in 2013, the goal was to feature local non-profits, community groups and events that are improving the greater Chicago community. There’s been artwork inspired by The Great Chicago Fire Hydrants project, Ronald McDonald House Charities of Chicagoland & Northwest Indiana,
When Wintrust took over the lease on the iconic Mural Building along the Kennedy Expressway in 2013, the goal was to feature local non-profits, community groups and events that are improving the greater Chicago community. There’s been artwork inspired by The Great Chicago Fire Hydrants project, Ronald McDonald House Charities of Chicagoland & Northwest Indiana,