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• Gratify Yourself and Others — Volunteer
  September 28, 2025

  Read the full article: https://chicago.suntimes.com/2025/09/28/gratify-yourself-others-volunteer SEPTEMBER 28, 2025, CHICAGO, MA — Retired librarian Esther Honson has spent the past four years helping scan, sort and package donated clothes, hygiene kits and back-to-school necessities for schoolchildren in need. In the process, she has become part of a group of six volunteers — all of whom retired […]

• Letters: Chronic absenteeism in young students is a symptom of a broader crisis of homelessness
  September 14, 2025

  Read the full article with a Chicago Tribune subscription: https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/14/letters-091425/ Want kids in class? Start with coats, shoes and dignity. The editorial board is right to call attention to the troubling rise in chronic absenteeism in schools across Illinois. But we must also recognize that for many students, absenteeism is not a matter of apathy—it’s […]

• Community comes together for first Cradles to Crayons Backpack-A-Thon
  August 9, 2025

  Read the full article and watch the video story: https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/community-comes-together-for-first-cradles-to-crayons-backpack-a-thon/ AUGUST 9, 2025, CHICAGO, IL — From one station to the next, volunteers stepped up to run 10 stops on an assembly line at the Cradles to Crayons Giving Factory on Saturday. “The organization I was in when I was younger used to do school […]