Project HOOD receiving $8M donation towards new community center
CHICAGO (CBS) -- A big donation toward the construction of the Project HOOD Community Center is happening Wednesday.
The Robert R. McCormick Foundation will donate an $8 million matching gift, and the center will be named for the foundation.
Pastor Corey Brooks is seeking to build the $35 million community center at 67th and King Drive in Woodlawn debt free.
The donation is the largest single-gift project hood has received so far.
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