WHY BE AN ADVISOR THIS SUMMER AT MIDTOWN - Chicago, USA June 21 - August 8, 2021

WHY
BE AN ADVISOR
   THIS SUMMER
  AT MIDTOWN

       June 21 - August 8, 2021
       Chicago, USA

service
 As a Midtown Summer Advisor, you
 will be a character-growth coach
 to a team of young men. Through
 regular individual meetings, Advisors
 work with each boy throughout the
 six-week program to develop and
 follow through on practical goals
 and resolutions pertaining to virtue,
 work ethic, a spirit of service, and
 friendship.

Personal
Development
Volunteering at Midtown isn’t     Professional experience
just about giving to others. To   and intensive development
                                  of in-demand skills in
give, you have to receive! As     communication, adaptability,
a volunteer this summer you       and emotional intelligence.
will have opportunities built     Guest speakers, movies, and
into an intense daily schedule    discussions on contemporary
for your human, cultural, and     issues.
spiritual development.            Daily Mass and times of
                                  prayer.

friendship
The Advisor experience
will give you an
opportunity to form
deep friendships with
the seventeen other
volunteers. For seven
weeks, you'll share meals,
work, sports, visits to local
Chicago sites, weekend
excursions, and most of
all the common goal of
helping young men grow
in character.

Be a Midtown
Advisor
         Midtown seeks seventeen mature college
         men to serve as Advisors and role models
         to over four hundred 4th-12th grade boys
         during Summer 2021. Advisors must have
         demonstrated academic achievement and
         leadership ability. Previous experience working
         with young people is desired. Advisors should
         be motivated to serve as effective role models
         and to form genuine friendships with their
         students and fellow Advisors.

dates
        June 21 - August 8, 2021

        accomodations
        Midtown Center for boys in Chicago, IL
        (Bucktown)

        All room and board expenses are covered.

        Want to join the 2021 team?
apply

        Apply today at:

           tinyurl.com/midtownadvisor21
        Priority deadline is April 1, 2021.
        Upon applying, prospective
        volunteers will be contacted
        to set up an interview.
        Late applications will be waitlisted.

        Applicants must be 18 or older
        on or before June 21, 2021.

About Midtown
ABOUT MIDTOWN                            Center for boys
SUMMER PROGRAMS
                                         Midtown Center is a
 During normal summers, four             supplementary educa-
 hundred 4th-12th grade boys             tional program serving
 experience several weeks of             4th-12th grade boys
 hands-on academics, compe-              from low-income fami-
 titive sports, field trips, character   lies in the city of Chicago.
 education, and fun. Students            Since 1965 Midtown
 attend daily classes in subjects
                                         has provided academic
                                         enrichment, character
 like math, science, reading, and
                                         education, individual
 language. Sports foster a cha-
                                         attention, and extra-
 racter-based and competitive
                                         curricular activities for
 learning environment. During
                                         students, and paren-
 a remote programming sum-
                                         ting classes and discus-
 mer, advisors continue to live          sions for parents.
 and work on site. From home,
 students attend hands-on                Midtown Center is
 online activities designed to
                                         operated by Midtown
                                         Educational Founda-
 be engaging and fun while
                                         tion (MEF), a non-profit
 sharpening math, English, and
                                         organization. The Chris-
 science skills. Advisors mentor
                                         tian orientation of Mid-
 their students and collaborate
                                         town Center for boys is
 with parents remotely.
                                         entrusted to Opus Dei,
                                         a personal Prelature
                                         of the Catholic Church
+information,                            (www.opusdei.org)
contact:
    Peter Ladwein
    Assistant Center Director            Midtown
    pladwein@midtown-metro.org           Center for boys
    (773) 292-2664                       1819 North Wood Street
                                         Chicago, IL
                                         www.midtown-metro.org
                                         www.midtownathome.org