Chicago Cook Technology Academy has partnered with Microsoft and National Able Network to offer a free seven-week program that provides veterans with critical career skills in the technology industry. Participants will be trained in cloud development or cloud administration and upon completion will have the opportunity to interview for full-time positions[Read More…]
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Franciscan Health Foundation Gala set for Oct. 29 at Field Museum
After cancelling in 2020 due to COVID-19 and hosting a virtual event last year, the Franciscan Health Foundation is pleased to announce the return of the annual gala, in-person, at The Field Museum in Chicago. The Franciscan Health Foundation Gala will take place from 6 to 11 p.m. on Saturday,[Read More…]
Winning photos selected for Izaak Walton’s 2023 calendar
The lavish sunsets, the beautiful greenery and nature alive in the environment will be well represented in the 2023 calendar presented by the Izaak Walton Nature Preserve. The top photos for each month, as well as the front and back covers have been selected. The winners are: January: “Wintery Glow”[Read More…]
Applications for the Cook County Promise Guaranteed Income Pilot open Thursday
The Cook County Promise Guaranteed Income Pilot will be opening its application portal Thursday, Oct. 6. Eligible Cook County residents will be able to apply for the pilot by visiting promisepilot.cookcountyil.gov. The application portal will remain open until Oct. 21. There is no benefit to applying early; after the application[Read More…]
Red Cross seeks help responding to Hurricane Ian devastation
The American Red Cross is working tirelessly to help people devastated by Hurricane Ian. Many communities are unrecognizable after the storm and volunteers from all 50 states and the District of Columbia are helping those affected and will be helping them recover for weeks and months to come. “People’s lives[Read More…]
Franciscan Health to hold Little Angels Memorial Service on Wednesday at Assumption Cemetery in Glenwood
Franciscan Health Olympia Fields will hold a Little Angels Memorial Service for the young lives lost to miscarriage, stillbirth, ectopic pregnancy or newborn death at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 12, at Assumption Catholic Cemetery in Glenwood. When a patient experiences a miscarriage or fetal demise, Franciscan Health buries those[Read More…]
Franciscan Health resident receives Goldberg Memorial Scholarship
The Franciscan Health Foundation announced that first-year medical resident Dr. Nishant Kumar is this year’s recipient of its prestigious Dr. Lowell Goldberg Memorial Scholarship. The scholarship is awarded annually to the graduating osteopathic medicine student who has earned the highest clinical rotation scores. “I feel very honored to have received[Read More…]
Poll workers needed in suburban Cook County for Nov. 8 gubernatorial general election
Suburban voters can do their part for local democracy and earn some cash in the process by registering to serve as an election judge for the Cook County Clerk’s Office in the Nov. 8 Gubernatorial General Election. Clerk Karen A. Yarbrough is encouraging all residents to serve as an election judge or[Read More…]
Franciscan Health has Southland’s only human milk depot
Among the services offered by Franciscan Health Family Birth Center in Olympia Fields is the Chicago Southland’s only human milk depot. Raquel Lewis, maternity services patient care coordinator, said the milk supply is particularly important for at-risk infants. Pasteurized donor human milk is an important nutritional therapy for many at-risk[Read More…]
GSU to stage world premiere of musical about 1919 Chicago race riot
Chicagoland audience members will have the chance to be the first to experience “Red Summer,” a new musical about the 1919 race riot in Chicago, premiering on the Governors State University Center for Performing Art stage. The show opens Friday, Sept. 16, and is being presented over two weekends. The[Read More…]
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