Karen O’Donnell greets the audience as they settle in for the November session of Homewood Stories at the Flossmoor Community House. (Karen Torme Olson photos/H-F Chronicle)
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Friends vow Homewood Stories will continue as founder battles cancer

The September Homewood Stories program has been canceled due to founder Karen O’Donnell’s ongoing fight with cancer, but supporters say the storytelling program will continue.

“Karen’s all about positivity and love. We want to see this go on because it would be a shame to lose it,” said her friend Suzy Dritz who has been a presenter at Homewood Stories and whose husband, Randy, is the sound engineer.

Karen O’Donnell greets the audience as they settle in for the November session of Homewood Stories at the Flossmoor Community House. (Karen Torme Olson photos/H-F Chronicle)
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