By The Hand Club For Kids hosted 425 children in their facilities Friday, April 1, serving breakfast and lunch for a majority of the children who did not have any place to go during the day due to the Chicago Teachers Union boycott.
By The Hand Club, which normally holds after-school activities at centers in Cabrini-Green, Austin, Englewood and Altgeld-Gardens, was open for parents or caregivers to drop their children off at 9 a.m. By The Hand returned them to their homes in school buses at 5 p.m.