It’s not uncommon for people to live from paycheck to paycheck, but it’s a balancing act that often places them in unexpected and overwhelming predicaments. “Anybody can…
When the lower level room at DeKalb’s Family Service Agency on Sycamore Road opened on the morning of Friday, July 19, it was packed with clothing and shoes, dry food and sundries…
It was another rough day in the tent city of homeless people just outside downtown Minneapolis Pamela Rivera, 51, one of the hundreds of mostly Native American people who lived there,…
Homeless individuals are no longer calling the Lake Shore Drive viaducts at Lawrence and Wilson avenues home as the city of Chicago has begun restoration work on those underpasses….
With the shelter season already underway, the Kendall County Public Action to Deliver Shelters (PADS) is still seeking nearly 100 volunteers to fill their 600-person quota. Volunteers…
Kenny Wyzykowski grew up near Wrigley Field. As a young man, Kenny landed a job delivering bundles of the Chicago Daily News on the North Side. “I got to keep most of the money in…
Over the past two years, the Niles Township High School District 219 Education Foundation has dramatically expanded its scope and changed its fundraising strategy — all for one simple…
As fall rolls in and winter looms just a few months away, hundreds of homeless Kendall County residents will be clamoring for a place to stay. They’ll seek a reprieve from the…
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