News & Notes

2018 Report to CAC Community Thank you for pouring into the lives of children, youth, and their families in 2018! What you accomplished...

In September, we went with a couple of our CAC children to Costa Rica, where we stayed with Jimmy Downing and his family. Jimmy is a...

October was a very active month for our children and staff! From soccer tournaments and chess competitions to mural painting and business...

In late September CAC was able to take 12 Elementary kids to their first professional soccer game thanks to Aegis Strategies! We watched...

August and September were incredibly exciting for our children as we wrapped up the summer and moved back to a routine for the new school...

July was an incredibly exciting month with our CAC kids taking trips all over! While everyone remained busy, it's par for the course at...

For Immediate Release Contact (Media): Parker Tilley 618-874-5615, parker.tilley@cacesl.org East St. Louis – Kindergarten through 5th...

CAC took a trip to Colorado at the end of June and oh what fun we had! The main task at hand was to reach the top of Quandary Peak,...

Wow! June was a month buzzing with activity both at CAC and wherever our kids traveled across the country! Our kids attended two camps,...

The month of May brought lots of celebration as you will see in this month's edition of "News & Notes." We were able to honor a CAC "kid"...

A huge thank you to everyone who attended the 12th Annual Golf for a Brighter Future tournament on Friday, June 1st! It was our largest...

From day one we instill high expectations within all of our children, and remind them how important it is to graduate from high school...

April kept us busy, that's for sure! Children at CAC continued gardening, ran multiple races, competed in several chess tournaments, and...

March was a full month at CAC! We celebrated the Easter story, practiced emergency preparedness, learned about building community...

Martial arts is a long standing program at CAC that has garnered a great deal of success in recent years. Seth, our Foreign Language &...

Catch up with all of the February happenings at CAC! Read our February "News & Notes" to learn more about our recent STEM night, trip to...

Recently I took 6 young men with me on a trip to Carlinville, IL as I spoke at the Men's Day for Emmanuel Baptist Church. Cliff (the head...

Catch up with all of the January happenings at CAC! Read our January "News & Notes" to learn more about our Christmas giveaway, upcoming...

Although these pictures don't quite encapsulate the whole extent of the trip, it shows a couple of things we were able to do. A group...

CAC Family, Welcome to the new News & Notes blog! This is an area where we will post all of the "News & Notes" updates that are sent to...