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Dolton 149 “Breakfast with Santa” Brings Toys for Kids 1,000 Holiday Meal Boxes for Families
With no warning to residents, Santa Claus last week slipped past the North American Aerospace Defense Command’s radar, and made an early, unscheduled stop in Calumet City.
National Louis University Celebrates Upward-trending Undergraduate Enrollment as Challenges in Higher Education Persist
National Louis University, a Chicago-based institution providing educational opportunities to all types of learners for more than 135 years, welcomed the class of 2026 to its expanding community along with significant growth in Fall 2022 student enrollment.
The Gift That Keeps Giving for Your Child This Holiday Season
Financial education is crucial to longterm success – and that education begins at an early age. Research suggests many of the habits we carry into adulthood are set by age seven. For parents, it’s important to lay a foundation early that children can build on. Gifting a child a bank account this holiday season is one step to promoting financial literacy, empowering them to learn and develop healthy savings goals and budgeting habits that can help set them up for future financial success.
Olympic Medalist Jackie Joyner-Kersee Wraps “The Lincoln Laureates” 2022 Season
As a world champion athlete in the heptathlon and long jump , Olympian Jackie Joyner-Kersee traveled the globe with a goal larger than sports: to return to her roots in Illinois and build a youth center to serve the community that raised her.
Illinois Tech Joins Chicago ARC as Founding Innovation Partner in Pursuit of Innovative and Equitable Health Care
The Chicago ARC and founding innovation partner Illinois Institute of Technology (Illinois Tech) announced that they will come together to focus on equity in the management of chronic diseases and access to quality behavioral health services, including those for substance use disorder, as the first priorities for action using market-driven, community-informed solutions and the attraction of startups. Innovation and health care partners, which represent nearly 750 health care delivery and training locations across Illinois and neighboring states, gathered this week to set the strategic direction for the Chicago ARC venture collaborative at its first meeting.
SOUTHLAND COLLEGE PREP CELEBRATES BEING EXEMPLARY
The Southland College Prep Charter High School opened in 2010 with 121 ninth grade students, with a vision to create and refine a model that could be replicated and established a new standard of academic achievement and college success.
COURSE TEACHES ENTREPRENEURS TO MANAGE THEIR SMALL BUSINESS
Harold Washington College and the Illinois Hispanic Chamber of Commerce have launched Introduction to Small Business Management. The eight-week course is aimed at helping small business owners. On Tuesday, Dec. 6, there was a celebration for participants who completed the course in late November.
COVID-19 grief: four ways to cope with loss during holidays
The holiday season is touted as the most wonderful time of the year, but for so many, it’s painful to endure after losing loved ones to COVID-19. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that more than 1 million people have died of COVID-19 since 2020. Among them are more than 56,000 Black people who have lost their lives.
Clerk Karen Yarbrough Announces Lottery Drawing For Cook County’s First Marriage License Of The New Year
Clerk Karen A. Yarbrough is inviting couples interested in tying the knot in 2023 to apply to receive the first marriage license of the New Year and to exchange vows in the Cook County Clerk’s annual First Marriage Ceremony.
OVER 700 SOUTHLAND KIDS TO LINE UP EARLY FOR POPULAR CHICAGO-BASED CHRISTMAS GIFT GIVEAWAY
CONGRESSWOMAN ROBIN KELLY AND PRESIDENT TONI- PRECKWINKLE ARE AMONG OFFICIALS CONFIRMED TO JOIN IN SERVING CHILDREN MAYOR SHEILA CHALMERS- CURRIN AND TOWNSHIP SUPERVISOR- CALVIN JORDAN WELCOME HIGHLY ANTICIPATED CHRISTMAS GIVEAWAY, “CHRISTMAS IN THE WARDS” VILLAGE OF MATTESON SET TO GIVE AWAY HUNDREDS OF BIKES, SCOOTERS, TELEVISIONS, AND CLOTHES FOR STUDENTS IN NEED “CHRISTMAS IN THE WARDS” ADOPTS MATTESON AS THE FIRST SUBURB TO INCORPORATE “CHRISTMAS IN THE SOUTHLAND”
Tillman Pushes State to Release $4.7 Million OK’d to Fix Dolton 149 Schools Board Chief Pledges to “Deepen Engagement” with District Parents
In the $46.4 billion Illinois state budget signed by Governor JB Pritzker in April was $4.7 million for south suburban Dolton School District 149 to provide structural upgrades to the district’s schools, and Dolton 149’s top school board official is pushing the state to release the money as soon as possible.
ComEd Community Program Recruits Local Residents to Bring Bill-Assistance Awareness to Chicago’s South/Western Neighborhoods
To increase awareness of and access to financial assistance options that can help income-eligible customers pay their electric bills, ComEd has again launched its Community Energy Assistance Ambassador (CEAA) program.
Federal Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) gives Eligible Low-income Households up to $30/month toward the cost of their Internet and/or Mobile Service
Federal Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) gives Eligible Low-income Households up to $30/month toward the cost of their Internet and/or Mobile Service
Illinois Legislative Black Caucus Foundation answers the call
The Illinois Legislative Black Caucus Foundation was founded in 2002, it is the civic and philanthropic arm of the Illinois Legislative Black Caucus, which was founded in 1967. The Illinois Legislative Black Caucus Foundation’s aim is to enhance the quality of life for Black Illinoisans. The mission of ILBCF is to provide a forum for non-partisan, educational research, public policy development and analysis of various issues of social and economic importance for Illinois. It also provides students throughout the State of Illinois, in African American communities, with internship and scholarship opportunities so they can advance their educational goals.