Illinois Department of Human Services
Illinois Department of Human Services
Illinois created DHS in 1997, to provide our state's residents with streamlined access to integrated services, especially those who are striving to move from welfare to work and economic independence, and others who face multiple challenges to self-sufficiency.
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House of Prima Donnas
House of Prima Donnas
House of Prima Donnas (HPD) is a non-profit organization that equips young ladies facing homelessness with the resources and support to reach their full potential in life. HPD provides transitional housing, health and life skills, and character development education specifically to young ladies between the ages of 18 and 24.
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Link Unlimited
Link Unlimited
Founded in 1966, LINK Unlimited is Chicago’s oldest mentoring and college preparatory organization. LINK has successfully transitioned 1,700 economically disadvantaged African American youth to college by providing academic support through their high school years. LINK’s scholars’ success through high school is supported through Mentoring, Academic Enrichment, Leadership Development, and Tutoring and Study Skills programs.
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A Million Acts of Safety
A Million Acts of Safety
Each day you do things to protect yourself, your family, your coworkers and those important in your life. Here’s your chance to share these safety acts with the world. A Million Acts of Safety is about sharing YOUR stories and learning new ways to stay safe at home, at work and on the roads. Join the movement - with a million ideas - and let the world know that safety is important to you.
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Report: Chicago food desert shrinks 40 percent
Report: Chicago food desert shrinks 40 percent
On the eve of first lady Michelle Obama’s visit to a Chicago food desert neighborhood, a report out Monday shows Chicago’s food desert has shrunk by 40 percent in the past five years, but the number of adults and children still thirsting for healthy foods remains high.
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Michelle Obama Urges Mayors to Adopt Chicago’s Food-Desert Fight
Michelle Obama Urges Mayors to Adopt Chicago’s Food-Desert Fight
Michelle Obama returned to her hometown yesterday to implore mayors across the U.S. to follow the lead of Chicago, which has shrunk the size of its so-called food deserts, where families can’t easily buy healthy foods.
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Michelle Obama Plays It Safe with 'Let's Move!' Campaign
Michelle Obama Plays It Safe with 'Let's Move!' Campaign
Michelle Obama was in Chicago Tuesday to promote her “Let’s Move!” campaign for healthy eating and exercise. Rahm Emanuel played host to the First Lady in her visit to a South Side Walgreens that now stocks fresh produce and grocery staples—and then at Growing Power’s Iron Street Urban Farm.
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Executive Director’s Message
First and foremost I want to say thank you to everyone that has helped to make this a reality, from the Directors and Board Members to all those that have pitched in to help lend a hand. I have rarely been a part of something so fulfilling or been involved with such an amazing group of people.
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One of the biggest ways to help fight hunger and offer other forms of relief is to raise as much money as possible for the fight. Our main fundraising engine is to partner with individuals and organizations that can help us conduct candy sale fundraising drives.
If you or your organization are interesting in conducting a candy sale or having a food or clothing drive, please go to our fundraising tab and send us a note, we would love to work with you in a way that may fits your availability. We will send you all the candy and materials necessary at no cost to you organization, all we ask is your help in selling the candy to raise the money.
On that note, we’d like to express our thanks to the many Masonic Lodges throughout the state of Illinois that we have been in contact with who have expressed a great interest in helping us out on this front, we greatly appreciate their willingness to step forth and lend a hand by engaging in candy sale fundraising drives to benefit our organization at large.
True Nature Foods Rooftop Victory Garden
True Nature Foods Rooftop Victory Garden
Demonstrating the viability of sustainable concepts and practices in urban environments through research, education, and hands-on projects.
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