Entries by Argus

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AGB Divvy Bike-A-Thon Rolls on 8/6/22

Hey Chicago, join us Saturday, August 6, for a fun event that will get your blood pumping—and support our work to develop young business leaders of color. The first annual DIVVY Bike-A-Thon is a 5K route that participants can either ride or walk. The event benefits the Always Giving Back (AGB) Foundation’s Alumni Network and […]

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Double the Gifts, Double the Cheer

One of our favorite events at the Foundation is the annual Bike Giveaway, which helps kick off the holiday season early. Last year, we brought Christmas cheer to residents of the 60620 community with hot chocolate, a black Santa Claus, and 100 brand-new children’s bicycles. It gave us so much joy to give bikes to […]

A Wealth of Knowledge in Seven Short Weeks: Our Summer Internship is a Wrap

    Congratulations to our sixth cohort of Summer Business Interns! They spent seven weeks with us this summer, learning what it takes to run a successful business. The highlight of this year’s program was a capstone presentation to the executive team at AGB Investigative Services. The interns became department experts and provided assessments with […]

Intern Spotlight ~ Kinaya Kerr

“We have a powerful potential in our youth, and we must have the courage to change old ideas and practices so that we may direct their power toward good ends.” Mary McLeod Bethune. We love our Interns at AGB. This month’s news letter is dedicated to Kinaya Kerr. Kinaya is a recent graduate of Whitney […]

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Sweet Surprise for our Scholarship Recipients

  “Surprise is the greatest gift life can grant us” said Russian Poet and Novelist Boris Pasternak.  This quote rings true and was definitely a surprise for the five scholarship recipients. According to scholarship statistics by race, only 38% of scholarship recipients are minority students, and 62% are white students.  The AGB Foundation has leveled […]

Training Future Leaders & Awarding Scholarships—It’s What We Do

AGB Business Internship Updates Over the past seven months, our AGB interns completed an extensive training course in Workforce Development led by Sara Martinez, AGB Program Manager for the Foundation. The goal was to prepare them for employment and to teach them about the different departments within a thriving business like AGB Investigative Services. We […]

Ringing in Spring with Care Packages & Wealth-Building Workshops

Financial Wellness “Risk comes from not knowing what you are doing.”  —Warren Buffet This is especially true with personal finances. The AGB Foundation piloted a new Virtual Financial Wellness Workshop Series that will run throughout 2021. This program is a direct response to the youth in our community and their desire to accumulate wealth. At […]

April Newsletter

It is time to Celebrate! It’s time for a grandiose celebration folks! AGB Investigative Services turns 20! Can you believe that it all started in the basement of the Griffin Family home?  Fast forward to 20 years later and they are THE largest Black owned security company in the nation! They employ over 1200 individuals […]