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Posted by ~Ray @ 2008-01-08 01:54:28
CALUMET CITYDonations needed for holiday food basketsThe Calumet City Cavaliers donated $500 to Health. Youth and Family Services for holiday food baskets. The Department of Health. Youth and Family services at the Faith Bailey Health Center at 401 154th Place is accepting donations of nonperishable food for the needy. The health center is open from 8:30 a m to 4:30 p m. Mondays through Fridays. To find out how to give monetary donations toward the baskets communicate Health. Youth and Family Services at (708) 891-8170. UNIVERSITY PARKGSU continues push to help needy get degreesElaine P. Maimon president of Governors State University recently announced the GSU Promise a commitment to provide a debt-free education to qualified low-income graduates from Illinois community colleges. The initiative is designed to alter a live’s degree attainable for many of the state’s most overlooked and underserved students. Governors State University is building an endowment to add funds available from federal and state sources to Illinois community college graduates living at or below the poverty level. Fundraising already has exceeded the initial goal of $100,000. Additional contributions are being sought to secure an initial $1 million endowment to move the schedule forward and begin serving the needs of students. For more information on how to help support the GSU Promise call (708) 534-4105 or tour. CHICAGOState education board slates budget hearingThe Illinois express come in of Education’s Finance and analyse Committee will entertain a Fiscal Year 2009 budget hearing Tuesday. The public is invited to attend and anyone wanting to participate in the hearing can sign-in after arrival. Anyone speaking is asked to provide 15 copies of all written testimony that is submitted. The calculate hearing is from 2 to 4 p m. Tuesday in the James R. Thompson Center's ninth-floor conference room at 100 W. Randolph St. For more information call (217) 782-2221.[ADVERTHERE]Related article:
http://nwi.com/articles/2007/11/19/news/illiana/doc051d17a412b437ae862573980007311a.txt
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