Andre C Russell is proud to be a product of his environment. Having been born into a single parent household and raised on the South side of Chicago with the support of grandparents from both sides of the family - Read More
The Smith Center will focus on creating and supporting various community ACTION projects in an effort to create family involvement and investment in the community. Most of these projects will function on a quarterly and annual basis. The following is a list of projects accomplished thus far. Further details about these events can be found in our Updates Section
The Smith Center for Community Advancement
Mission
The Smith Center for Community Advancement (SCCA) is a nonprofit organization that serves the South Side of Chicago. We believe strong families are the cornerstones of strong and thriving communities. We seek to elevate family stability, improve academic success, counteract harmful behaviors, and strengthen community pride and involvement. - Learn More
The Smith Center for Community Advancement will focus on two components of service that will be broken down specifically to address the key core concerns of the client.
The Smith Center will focus on creating and supporting various community ACTION projects in an effort to create family involvement and investment in the community.
The Smith Center for Community Advancement is a 501c3 Sponsored Organization with Goodcity Chicago. All donations and contributions are tax deductible.
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Two years ago we started the Annual Smith Family Health Fair in order to provide a new venue for community access to much needed health related resources. It was also a wonderful opportunity to highlight organizations and businesses in the community that were either overlooked or just starting out but had the passion and the […]
March 7, 2016
The Smith Center for Community Advancement is proud to announce Reginald L Cotton as our Smith Center Spotlight for September! Reginald aka “Reggie” has been an extremely dedicated and passionate young man who’s multiple projects in business and philanthropy has been a wonderful addition to the Chicago community as well as assisting many other nonprofit […]
September 27, 2017
Earlier last month I was diagnosed with Type II Diabetes. This was both an emotional and physical shock to the system as everything that I knew as a lifestyle will be forever altered.. even if it was for the better the experience will be something that I will never forget and I am forever grateful to […]
April 2, 2014