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Formerly Homeless Business Owners Create Non-Profit to Assist Homeless Families and Children

Silence DoGood - June 7, 2024

The goal is to raise $25,000 to donate 1,000 book bags with school supplies and gift cards for uniforms to homeless school children and children in need in the Chicago Southland region (south suburbs). #homelessness

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The Pandemic Ushered in a New Era of Emergency Housing, but it Now Faces a Fiscal Cliff

Jerry Nowicki | Capitol News Illinois - December 29, 2022

As federal funds dry up, he said, the emergency housing system could end up in worse shape than it was prior to the pandemic if more funds are not made available. #homelessness

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The Rose Petal Project Launches to Provide Basic Needs & Fight Hopelessness to Vulnerable Populations

Silence DoGood - December 4, 2022

Focusing on victims of human trafficking and homeless veterans, they are creating care bags providing essential needs which also include positive and hopeful messages to promote, or sometimes re-introduce, self-worth. #rosepetalproject

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