PHILANTHROPY / COMMUNITY
Kenny Construction Company is proud to support many worthwhile causes. Here are a select few:
As many as 3 million Americans have type 1 diabetes, a disease most often diagnosed in childhood that strikes suddenly, lasts a lifetime, and carries the constant threat of deadly complications, including heart disease, stroke, blindness, kidney failure, and amputation. JDRF's mission is constant: to find a cure for diabetes and its complications through the support of research. Thanks to dramatic research progress, a cure is now within our reach.
The Walk draws people together in a healthy activity for a worthy cause, raising money to help find a cure for diabetes. It's fun for families and builds camaraderie among company employees. Above all, it's an event you will feel good about being a part of.
Kenny Construction Company is proud supporter of JDRF. Each year, our employees participate in the Walk to cure and raise tens of thousands of dollars that go towards important research that is vital to a cure.
Chicago Women in Trades (CWIT) is celebrating 25 years of supporting, encouraging, and training women in high-skilled, high-wage nontraditional careers. Originally established by tradeswomen as a support network, CWIT addresses the barriers that prohibit women and girls from entering and succeeding in male-dominated industries by creating opportunities and promoting equitable workplaces and conditions.
To accomplish these goals CWIT provides support, advocacy, and education to tradeswomen; works to increase training for women and girls to enter nontraditional jobs; provides technical assistance to employers, unions, and other tradeswomen groups; documents trends in the nontraditional workplace; and advocates for improved policies and practices that support women's access to nontraditional training and jobs, as well as success and safety on the job.
Since its founding in 1981, Chicago Women in Trades has grown from a small, all-volunteer networking group into a multi-service organization with three direct service p rograms, numerous policy initiatives, technical assistance services, and paid staff. Today, CWIT is the only organization in Illinois working consistently on issues concerning equitable employment conditions and policies for women in the trades and other nontraditional occupations and is a leader of this work nationally.
Spanish Coalition for Jobs (SCJ) has been a principle influence in the Latino community, the City of Chicago and the State of Illinois for nearly three decades. From its beginnings as a social advocate to a successful job-training agency, SCJ has provided positive lea dership as it has advanced the cause of equal opportunity for equal sharing by the Latino community in the social and economic life of the city, state and country.
The Construction Industry Service Corporation (CISCO) is a non-profit labor management association. CISCO was co-founded by John Kenny, Jr. in 1988 in an effort to bring union construction labor and management representatives together to work cooperatively in order to better the construction industry as a whole.
Kenny Construction Company is a proud supporter of Cisco.
CISCO currently represents over 8,000 union contractors and 130,000 workers in Cook, DuPage, Lake, Kane, Kendall and McHenry Counties.
HACIA was founded in 1979 to create equal access for minority firms in the construction industry.
Through comprehensive services to its members, contractor and employee outreach, training and education programs, and policy advocacy, HACIA has opened doors of opportunity for thousands of construction businesses across the Midwest.