Tag: Chance the Rapper

Chance The Rapper and Colin Kaepernick are among DoSomething.org’s 2017 Celebs Gone Good List

Stuart Mitchell

DoSomething.org, one of the largest organizations for young people and social change, announces its tenth annual Celebs Gone Good list. Celebs Gone Good is an annual list that recognizes the year’s top celebrities who use their star power for social change. Among the list is 25-year-old musician Chance the Rapper, who continues to push for improvements in Chicago’s education system. This year, he launched the New Chance Arts & Literature Fund to support arts in the public school system. Before that, he co-founded SocialWorks, a charity foundation devoted to empowering the…

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Chicago-area student athletes rally together to surprise and help Chance The Rapper make the holiday season brighter for children

Stuart Mitchell

They’re competitors on the field, and teammates off the field in the game of life.  Student athletes from Chicago-area high schools rallied together over the past 30 days to collect more than 10,000 children’s toys and make homemade cards for thousands of children. The massive effort was a part of the Making A Difference On AND Off The Field campaign presented by Buddy’s HELPERS and the PepsiCo Showdown. “Just like all the professional franchises here in Chicago, it’s really important to all the players in the PepsiCo Showdown to give…

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