Vondale Eugene Singleton Sr. was born on the Southside of Chicago. After overcoming the death of his mother who struggled with crack-cocaine throughout her life, an incarcerated father throughout high-school, and the negative influences of the Ida B. Wells Housing projects, he beat the odds, becoming a first-generation college student earning his Bachelors of Science Degree in Elementary Education and his Master’s Degree in Marital and Family Therapy from Oral Roberts University in Tulsa, OK. He credits his mentor, Steven Robertson as the person who invested in him sacrificially to help him  become the man he is today.

The last 16 years he has worked as an advocate in primary, secondary, and higher education, as both a teacher and administrator. He believes that “salvation plus education is an unbeatable combination.” He started C.H.A.M.P.S. for young men in an effort to mentor young men with similar circumstances.  He helped organize the Award Winning Music Video at the White House Film Festival, which landed the C.H.A.M.P.S. a visit to the White House with President Obama.

Vondale has won numerous awards and received many recognitions for his work with C.H.A.M.P.S. He was recently named the MLK Community Champion, "Father of the Year" for the State of Illinois by the Illinois Fatherhood Initiative, and most recently a Walmart Community Playmaker through the coveted Chicago Blackhawks. He is married to his College sweetheart, Dr. Patrina Singleton.  They reside in Chicago, Il with their two beautiful children, Promise Singleton (10), and Vondale E. Singleton, Jr, (5).

Born on the Southside of Chicago, Steven Burres Jr now attends the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor as a junior studying Sound Engineering. He is the 4th of 5 children, raised by single mother Lisa Cunningham. Steven received his first ever job at the Gary Comer Youth Center working at the outdoor farm with the youth employment program Green Teens. This opportunity gave his