Our Mission HPNC is a not-for-profit organization providing high quality childcare, academic support, and enriching activities for infants to teens so they can learn, grow, and thrive. For 110 years, this has been our mission. Our Core Values The principles that drive our programming and long-term strategy are Inclusiveness, Quality, and Community. Our Story The Hyde Park Neighborhood Club was founded in 1909 in response to the needs of local youth. Today, in order to continue to meet young people’s changing needs, HPNC has grown and evolved. With a focus on inclusiveness and diversity, one of our major goals is to support working families at all income levels with high-quality childcare and enrichment programs. HPNC draws young people aged 0-18 from across the South Side. It offers them, their families and caretakers, a broad array of options that include early childhood classes, after school programs, teen mentoring full-day camps, recreational classes (basketball, tumbling, roller derby), and theater. We approach our next century looking forward to further expansion and evolution. While continuing as a collaborative, well-respected and sustainable organization, HPNC plans to expand into a hub providing even more high quality, accessible programming to greater numbers of young people and their families on Chicago’s South Side.