Together, we can create lasting change for Chicago's future. Make your gift today.
Together, we can create lasting change for Chicago's future. Make your gift today.
CONSTRUCTION PLANS COMING SOON
The Carole Robertson Center for Learning educates, enriches, and empowers children and families through comprehensive child and family development programs. As we conduct the Center’s first campaign, Invest Today, Empower Tomorrow, we invite partners to support necessary capital investments to our North Lawndale site and bolster our capacity to bring high-quality education and family support to residents in this robust, but historically marginalized and disinvested, community.
The North Lawndale site is located at 3701 West Ogden Avenue. It is a 20,543 square foot, single-story building that serves more than 200 children and youth. The building, which was built in the late 1990s, needs significant capital investments to address deferred maintenance in an aging building, and meet research-based environmental tenets that we know matter when delivering high-quality services to children and families. We believe our buildings serve as learning environments where children can thrive and develop, and each dedicated space must be carefully designed, curated, and maintained to help each child reach their fullest potential.
The Carole Robertson Center for Learning seeks to raise $20 million to support the total capital enhancements needed at our three flagship sites. The improvements planned for our North Lawndale location will allow it to continue to be a community beacon where children and families can thrive.
PLANNED IMPROVEMENTS
The following spaces will be upgraded through the support raised by the capital campaign:
- Upgrade the technology and infrastructure of the building’s 13 classrooms
- Update the lighting, intercom, and camera systems to ensure a safe and secure environment for our children, families, and staff
- Install more durable windows so that the building is well protected from external stressors, like community violence
- Refurbish the multi-purpose room to serve as a community resource
- Replace the roof and repair the brick masonry to ensure the building’s continued integrity
- Replace the ventilation system to ensure better air circulation, which will enhance comfort in summer and winter months, and promote a healthy indoor environment (especially important given the rates of asthma and allergies among North Lawndale residents)
Carole Robertson Center at North Lawndale
3701 W. Ogden Avenue
Chicago, IL 60623
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Surrounding Partners and Community Spaces
- 0.6 miles from Cardenas Modular School
- 0.8 miles from Little Village Academy
- 0.8 miles from Legacy Charter School
- 0.9 miles from Lawndale Community Academy
- 1.0 miles from KIPP Ascend Primary
- 1.4 miles from Carole Robertson Center for Learning at North Lawndale
- 1.4 miles from Charles G. Hammond Elemntary School
After launching our campaign in September 2022, the Carole Robertson Center has already made tremendous progress toward our overall goal, with $1,250,000 raised to date for our North Lawndale site.
Together, we can create a lasting change for our future. We welcome the opportunity to discuss the capital campaign and pursuant gift recognition opportunities in more detail, including opportunities to name spaces in the renovated facility.
For more information, contact:
Erica Rangel, Senior Director of Development
(312) 243-7300 x201
invest@carolerobertsoncenter.org
