Social services organization Youth Guidance, headquartered in Chicago, holding fundraising gala this week
Youth Guidance is located around the nation, but its central office is in Chicago.
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The Bright Futures Gala, Youth Guidance's premier annual fundraising event to support programs like Becoming A Man (BAM) and Working on Womanhood (WOW), is this Thursday, May 29, at the Hilton Chicago on Michigan Avenue.
Skaykira Richards, WOW Director of Program Administration, and Lissette Guzman, WOW Senior Counselor, joined Jewell Hillery — who happens to be emceeing the Bright Futures Gala — on Sunday's WGN Weekend Morning News to talk about Youth Guidance and the gala this week.
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See the attached video player for the interview, and visit youth-guidance.org for more information.
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