What Does Giving Tuesday Support?

Our goal is to raise $75,000 during Giving Tuesday. Your donation is tax-deductible, needed and appreciated! You may designate your gift to any of these meaningful programs:

Annual Fund - Donations raised for the Annual Fund help fulfill the needs of our passionate students. Funds raised go directly to support their academics, performing and visual arts, clubs, and sports - programs not funded by CPS. The 100 clubs, 37 interscholastic sports teams, and every classroom are eligible to ask for funding through the Annual  Fund. In addition, giving to the Annual Fund allows us to support the Diversity, Equity & Inclusion committee, fund parent gatherings such as Hot Topics and Coffee with Kenner, assure that important student celebrations continue and be there when the school is faced with an unforeseen expense that is not met by CPS.  

Whitney Young Refresh - Every dollar designated to Whitney Young Refresh is used to spruce up the hallways, lunchrooms, lobbies and common areas around the school. We have already freshened up the Laflin Street main lobby and created a new "Whitney Young Lobby". Help us freshen up Red House and Blue House as well as some of the dreary hallways and common spaces around our school where your students study, meet and socialize. Help us turn some 45-year old drab spaces into bright inspiring spaces and Refresh Whitney Young! 

Dolphin Pond - It's the Whitney Young version of Shark Tank! Dolphin Pond provides a place where students pitch their idea to start a business or fund a Senior Experience project. Your donation will help us fund creative ideas brought to us by our amazing students. Last year we received 18 student proposals totaling $13,000 in need. We had only $5000 to allocate but we were able to fund seven innovative ideas including a magazine startup, an art shop in Etsy, a teen technology coding site and others. Help fund even more projects this year!

Thank you for your support of Whitney Young and all of its students on Giving Tuesday.