09/21/2026
Hi, Neighbors! This week's Mission Moment is inspired by our service experience last week at Hyatt's World of Care Day, a global expression of what it means to advance care - for the planet, people, and responsible business.
The day was a beautiful reflection of our mission in action. We mobilized over 400 volunteers in service, built 10,000 kits, mulched 63 trees, and landscaped 3,000 square feet of land across four sites- Carpenter Street Farm, Jean Carter Hill Garden, Ogden Park, and Wolcott Street Farm. We also picked up over a dozen bags of garbage, and demolitioned multiple planter benches and boxes. But we did so much more than that.
We connected colleagues across lines of difference. We built bridges between volunteers and our community partners. We ensured that strangers who showed up on buses left feeling like they were friends. And, most important, we showed up for each other. At all of the sites, our team was smiling, laughing, instructing, pivoting, and caring. We were all glowing.
Many thanks to our corporate partner Hyatt, for creating this meaningful initiative, and to Chicago Cares' Programs Team for their planning and preparation and for pulling off a multi-site event like it was a regular day. A huge thanks as well to our Advancement Team for securing the means to make the mission come to life and to everyone who supported the event and managed the group of volunteers expertly and with an abundance of civic love.
