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CommunityRx Model for Finding Healthy Resources In Communities
- Reprint from TBT News, Nov 30, 2016
CommunityRx projects generates customized e-perscriptions for patients visiting dozens of health clinics. This project is deeply rooted in Auburn Gresham a key contributor to its success.
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Auburn Gresham Exhibits BOLD Leadership Around It's GOLD Education Strategy
- Nov 10, 2016
United Way Chicago reviews Auburn Gresham Neighborhood Network BOLD Goals, on November 10, 2016. Read more to find out about the collaborative work our local schools are working collectively in a community driven education initiative, to bring needed support and impovedments for our neighborhood schools.
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Neighborhood Housing Services Community Hero - Auburn Gresham - Prinicipal Monique Dockery
- Reposted from NHS Chicago, Nov 1, 2016
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Quality of Life Plan Celebration of How Your Voice Matters Auburn Gresham!
- Oct 31, 2016
Auburn Gresham community, came out and celebrated all our hard work contributing to Your Voice Matters Quality of Life Plan planning process. This was the first celebration of our collective works, held October 29, 2016, at the Salaam Restaurant & Bakery, 700 West 79th Street, from 10:00am to 12:00pm.
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10/11 | Field Day at Westcott Elementary From a Looming Strike To Student Joy
- Ciara Miller, Oct 19, 2016
GAGDC edcuation team staffer tells the day in a life, giving two-generation supports to a partner elementary school. Read the highs and lows of the day, that keeps us going for the GOLD!
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10/11 | Field Day at Westcott Elementary, From a Looming Strike To Student Joy
- Ciara Miller, GAGDC Edcuation staffer, Oct 19, 2016
GAGDC staff member of the Edcuation team, shares her experiences during Field Day, at one of our CPS, Auburn Gresham GOLD schools. Read the ebbs of flow of community partner work, all in one day, as work together, to go for the GOLD!
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How Auburn-Gresham Fought Back and Won | The Law Project's Spotlight on Success
- Reprinted from The Law Project, Sep 29, 2016, make a comment
“These lead agencies are all operating on a shoestring budget,” Yates explains. ”To ask them to bear all the default risk of every subgrantee would make the lead-sub grantee structure unworkable.” Read The Law Project's work to defend the little partner....
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79th Street Renaissance Festival Celebrates 11 Successful Years!
- Norma Sanders, Sep 28, 2016
Auburn Gresham's 11th annual 79th Street Renaissance festival, featuring 10 full hours of live music, carnival rides, family activities, and loads of information and services from local schools and businesses, kicked off Saturday, September 10, right on the corner of 79th and Racine Avenue.
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Clara Barton Receives Recognition Banner From Network 11 For Great Work Around Attendance
- Anya Cawthon, edited by Norma Sanders, Sep 21, 2016, 2 comments
On Wednesday, September 21, 2016, Clara Barton Elementary School Principal Smith, received a very welcomed gift today from the Chicago Public Schools Network 11 office, for its great work around school attendance.
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4th Annual Remarkable Women's Conference 9/23-24!
- Sep 20, 2016
Join us for the ultimate ladies gathering to suppor the P.U.M.P.S. (Providing U (You) Motivation to Pursue Success) program. Friday, September 23-24, 2016, 6:00pm to 8:00pm, 200 E. 33rd Street. www.remarkablewomeconference.com
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University of Chicago Medicine breaks ground on new emergency department
- By Lisa SchenckerContact ReporterChicago Tribune, Sep 15, 2016
The University of Chicago Medicine broke ground Sept. 15, 2016, on a new and expanded emergency department that will also offer adult trauma care.
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Follow the 11th Annual 79th Street Renaissance Festival on Socail Media All the day!
- Sep 10, 2016
Follow the 11th Annual 79th Street Renaissance Festival on Socail Media througout the day! It's not raining on our parade, so head out and join the party! Win a chance for a photo op with a celebrity!
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Auburn Gresham Wellness Center Passes Certification With Flying Colors!
- Cynthia Barnes-Boyd, Sep 8, 2016
Congratulations to the Auburn Gresham team and all who assisted with this year's Illinois state certification visit!
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Auburn Gresham Wellness Center and American Lung Association Help Fmailies Breathe A Sigh Of Releif
- Sep 1, 2016
hanks to the Auburn Gresham Wellness Center and American Lung Association, a GAGDC staffer able to get the best possible solution for her child's case of asthma.
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IL State Treasurer School Supply Drive, Support the 79th Street Renaissance Festival
- Aug 30, 2016
August 31st is last day to donate school supplies to benefit the Greater Auburn-Gresham Development Corporation's 11th Annual 79th Street Renaissance Festival at the Illinios State Treasurers Chicago office. Drop off boxes are located in the Thompson Center, Suite 2-201 and 15-600.
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This is a community hero you should know!
- Aug 30, 2016
This is a community hero you should know!
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Auburn Gresham Housing “Decorative Design Disguise Decal Project” Is Underway
- Aug 24, 2016
The Your Voice Matter (YVM) Community Housing Action Taskforce is working on strategies to “increase the safety and security of neighborhoods, by focusing on beautification efforts and neighborhood investment…” improving the appearance of vacancies, with decorative disguises. Read more for details on this innovative community work.
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AG GOLD 2016 Summer Enrichment Camp Video
- Aug 22, 2016
AG GOLD 2016 Summer Enrichment Camp Video
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Job Program Offers "One Great Summer Chicago" Success for Rising College Freshman
- Linda Johnson, Aug 16, 2016
One Summer Chicago provided ONE GREAT SUMMER for Auburn Gresham youth, Tiara Wilkes. Similar to her characteristics read her short, sweet and unpretentious soft spoken story...
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Is Your Roof Or Porch In Bad Shape? Apply For A City Grant To Fix It
- Reprinted from DNAInfo By Heather Cherone | August 15, 2016 5:55am, Aug 15, 2016
Small apartment buildings with roofs and porches in bad shape can apply for a city grant to cover the cost of repairs. Residents can apply online or by calling 311.
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You want to be a teacher? AND you want to teach in Chicago? Why?
- Faith Overall, Aug 5, 2016
Auburn Gresham is great indeed. Here's why!
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Red Cross Installs 400 Hundred Smoke Alarms in One Day in Chicago's Auburn Gresham Community
- Reprinted from American Red Cross Website, Posted July 22, 2016, Chicago, Illinois, Jul 26, 2016
The American Red Cross of Chicago & Northern Illinois, joined by community volunteers from the Greater Auburn-Gresham Development Corporation, went door-to-door in the Auburn-Gresham community on the city’s South Side and installed more than 400 smoke alarms in a single day on Saturday, July 23, 2016. Volunteers also educated residents about fire safety and helped families create a personalized escape plan to exit their home during an emergency. Community leaders including Ald. Derrick Curtis, Ald. Howard Brookins, Jr., Ald. David Moore, and State Senator Jacqueline Collins also participated in the community safety event.
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Local Girls Take on Challenge to Build Solar-Powered Racecars from Recycled Refrigerators
- Annual Icebox Derby STEM competition kicks-off for 30 Chicagoland teens, Jul 21, 2016
Local Girls Take on Challenge to Build Solar-Powered Racecars from Recycled Refrigerators. ComEd's Annual Icebox Derby STEM competition kicks-off for 30 Chicagoland teens, July 21st.
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CITY LEADERS ANNOUNCE PLAN TO REVITALIZE CHATHAM, AUBURN GRESHAM, AVALON PARK AND GREATER GRAND CROSSING NEIGHBORHOODS
- Reprinted from Channel 7 News - Leah Holt CHICAGO (WLS), Jun 29, 2016
In a big push to revitalize what was once one of Chicago's most affluent South Side neighborhoods, city leaders introduced a new economic development program for Chatham, Auburn Gresham,
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CPS to hold community meetings about lead in schools’ water
- Reprinted from Chicago Suntimes, June 14, 2016, Lauren FitzPatrick, Jun 14, 2016
CPS to hold community meetings about lead in schools’ water. A meeting is scheduled for June 24, at Simeon High School, 8147 S. Vincennes Ave from 4 – 5 p.m.