10,000 BOOKS TO 10 CHICAGO COMMUNITIES!!!

ACTS OF LOVE TAKES TO THE STREETS OF ENGLEWOOD TO KICK-OFF THE "LOVE YOUNG PEOPLE" TOUR, DISTRIBUTING 10,000 BOOKS TO 10 CHICAGO COMMUNITIES A Goal of Getting 1,000 Pledges to "Love Young People" Can Help Change Chicago, One Child and One Block at a Time      CHICAGO, IL - July 19, 2013 - On Thursday, July 25, 2013, Acts of Love will kick off its 2nd "Love Young People" Tour that distributes books to young people in need. In 2012 the tour visited 7 cities across the country, and distributed over 7,000 books to young people in the poor communities, and inspired over 1,200 adults to take a pledge to love young people in their home and community. This year, the organizers have decided to focus on 10 communities in need, right here in Chicago. The 1st stop will be one of Chicago's more troubled neighborhoods - Englewood. Next Thursday at 6:30pm at Hamilton Park located 513 W. 72nd St. (72nd & Stewart Ave.), Acts of Love along with local officials; volunteers from across the city, and Englewood residents will walk the streets to extend a hand and heart to young people. Together they will give away 1,000(+) books, distribute book bags filled with new books, build a reading room in a home, and ask adults in Englewood to take the Acts of Love Pledge to love young people in their homes and on their block. "With all of the unrest here in Chicago, we were moved to concentrate our efforts at home this year, because home is where the heart is," says William E. Hall, founder of Acts of Love and Chicago native. "Since making that decision, we have received overwhelming love and support, including a donation of 30,000 new books. It's acts of love like that, which let us know we are doing the right thing." The full tour schedule is as follows: July 25th - Englewood (Hamilton Park)  July 27th - Taste of WVON July 28th - Garfield Park August 1st - North Lawndale August 9th - Humboldt Park August 10th - Altgeld Gardens August 11th - Roseland August 12th - Washington Park August 13th - Bronzeville August 14th - Dearborn Homes August 17th - Family Fun Fest August 25th - Chicago Westside Music Festival  For more information on the tour visit www.millionactsoflove.org, Facebook (Acts of Love Campaign) and Twitter (@loveyoungpeople). ### ABOUT ACTS OF LOVE  CommuniGize™ is a unique 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization developed out of the genius and dedication of professionals within the education, social service, finance and healthcare industries. Acts of Love is a strategic global initiative within CommuniGize™ that is committed to inspiring adults to extend love in the form of kind acts to marginalized youth, ages 3-19 all across the world. Various strategies within this global initiative will provide the essential resources needed to reduce the physical, intellectual and emotional needs present in the lives of young people. To date, Acts of Love has given away 61,815 books to young people standing on community blocks, studying in local schools, residing in shelters, and early childhood nurseries in the poorest communities in the following cities: Chicago IL | Baltimore MD | Cleveland OH | Detroit MI | Gary IN | Columbus OH Flint MI | Washington DC | Atlanta GA | Memphis TN | Milwaukee WI | Minneapolis MN   In addition to the distribution of books to young people in poor communities, Acts of Love has inspired 4,318 adult to take a pledge to love young people in their homes and community. For more information visit www.millionactsoflove.org. "Extending a hand and a heart to the next generation." ™

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