Children and Youth Programs

Children and Youth Programs include a children’s program that provides academic support and learning opportunities, as well as a Youth Program that offers classes, after school programs, and summer enrichment programs. The broader set of services connected with these programs also includes Adult ESL, citizenship classes, work-related classes, Food Service Sanitation, adult tutoring, an Immigrant Welcoming Center, Hope Counseling Services, disability services, and outreach.

• Schedule: Program and center hours are Monday–Friday 8:00 am–7:00 pm and Saturday 9:30 am–12:30 pm

Pui Tak Center has been serving Chicago’s Chinatown since 1994 and was started by the Chinese Christian Union Church. The Pui Tak Center was established to be a Christian witness to Chinese in Chicago through educational, family, and community services. The organization continues to partner with the Chinese Christian Union Church and other churches in sharing the Gospel. In Chinese, “Pui Tak” means to build character or cultivate virtue, and the center serves about 3,500 individuals each year through Adult Education, Children and Youth, and Community Services departments. Over the past sixteen years, 1,910 children joined the July Summer Program/Jumpstart, and over the past seventeen years, 8,630 unduplicated adults learned English in Pui Tak Center classes. Over the past nine years, 5,796 unduplicated adults received personal help through immigrant services. Pui Tak Center’s founding President is Mr. Stephen Yeh and its founding Executive Director is David Wu. The Chicago Sun-Times wrote that the “Chinese Church Gives Landmark a Rebuilt Image,” and Mr. Stephen Yeh described his vision that the building could be like a “gas station” and provide immigrants everything that they needed on their immigration journey in the U.S.

Last updated July 30, 2026.