Accomplishments    continued

2008
• Second year in a row, Ms. Fisher received the Presidents Volunteer Award.
• Three years in a row, Ms. Fisher has been Principal for a Day at Gallistel School.
• KHU and IBM have improved web-literacy at Gallistel Elementary School. Gallistel received IBM's Reading Companion web-based literacy program with KHU's sponsorship. Children who use this
software test significantly higher on word recognition and comprehension tasks. Gallistel's Principal McMahon is very excited that his 2nd graders have an opportunity to use IBM's innovative software thanks to Ms. Fisher and Robert Reed of IBM Chicago.
• Friday, September 19, 2008 KHU brought in the Life Source Van for a Community Blood Drive, to increase the shortage of donations in our community.
• Saturday, September 27th, volunteers from KHU and Boy Scout Troop 701, helped the East Side Chamber's Clean-N-Green spruce up our business district.
• Ongoing: Helping the Environmental Task Force bring awareness to green space, reserves and marsh land protection.
• We are working with other organizations to bring another Community Media Workshop to the neighborhood. We hosted a workshop at KHU on July 22, 2008.
• KHU worked with the Claretians and several local environmental groups to help bring about the Green
Summit, which was held Saturday, May 31, 2008 in the 10th Ward.
• KHU is also going to be working with the State of Illinois as an Access Site for Illinois WorkNet.
August-November 2007. KHU hosts seminars for community improvement. Speakers include the Claretians on home ownership, SCDCom on job resources, Southeast Environmental Task Force, Hegewisch Marsh Restoration Project, and F. Ramirez, a psychiatrist from the Confederation of Spanish American Families.
August 2007. KHU donates the computer lab to After School Matters to train instructors. ASM is a
non-profit organization that partners with the City of Chicago and Community-Based Organizations to expand out-of-school opportunities for Chicago teens.
March-May 2007. KHU begins teaching classes at Gallistel Language Academy for parents wanting to learn computer basics.
March, 2007. KHU gratefully receives monetary donation from LaSalle Bank.
February, 2007. 2nd ESL Classes begin at KHU taught by Olive-Harvey College.
January, 2007. Students give Patty Fisher birthday party.
November, 2006. Community Weaving meeting hosted by KHU.
October, 2006. Olive-Harvey ESL classes begin. KHU extends hours to accomodate more students.
September 21, 2006. Successful Grand Opening Party with about 200 attendees.
September 17, 2006. KHU joins the South Chicago Mexican Independence Day parade, distributing brochures and candy from the KHU van (the manager's van with magnetic KHU signs affixed).
September 14, 2006. KHU designated as a location for the Tax Assistance Program (TAP) for residents needing free assistance in filing their tax forms.
September 1, 2006. Olive-Harvey College to teach GED, English as a Second Language, and Citizenship classes at KHU lab.
August 23, 2006. Write-up about Knowledge Hook-up appears in Southeast Chicago Observer.
August 23, 2006. KHU mobile training unit starts classes on 6 laptops for Seniors at
Lebanon Lutheran Church.
August 10, 2006. School supplies are donated by KHU for the East Side Chamber of Commerce August 19th Back-to-School Rally.
August, 2006. Basic PC literacy classes begin in the lab, taught by Edith Padilla from Gallistel.
August 1, 2006. Skype technology installed.
July 27, 2006. A brand new Color Laser Multifunction Printer that prints color pages at 20 ppm
is donated to KHU by Hewlett-Packard.
July 22, 2006. Website launched.
July 19, 2006. Lab videotaped for National CTCNet conference in Washington D.C.
July 6, 2006. KHU meets with community leaders.
July, 2006. Purchased 25 computers +10 printers. All computers have cable modem internet access.
June, 2006. Workstation tables are built, electric is upgraded, security doors and windows installed.
May, 2006. Cork floor installed.
February, 2006. Website content and design in development by Flying Scarlini’s Webwork.
January, 2006. KHU reserves computer lab for Jane Addams Elementary for before-school
computer classes.
December, 2005. KHU receives a donation of 50 computers, a server, and Cisco routers and
switches from ABN/AMRO.
August, 2005. Computer lab upgrades begin: history of Southeast Chicago painted as border on walls.
July, 2005. KHU receives non-profit status.