August 2007

RECYCLE for Education
SAVE THE DATE FOR OUR NEXT RECYCLING EVENT!
* Thursday, August 23 *
* 630-8pm
* Devon Bank Parking Lot
* 6445 N. Western
The West Ridge Chamber of Commerce, Devon Bank and Recycle Plus have teamed up to bring our community a place to recycle locally and for a good cause.
* BRING YOUR ITEMS:
* Paper, newsprint, magazines, glass, plastics, cans, metals etc etc
* Please rinse and crush bottles and cans
A portion of the money generated will stay in West Ridge and fund community education programs.
Do you know of a school or program that is looking for funding? If so, please have them call the WRCC for a RECYCLE for Education funding application. 773-743- 6022 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Local Art Events
Celebrate Artists! Celebrate Healers! Meet your Neighbors!
Artists as Healers / Healers as Artists Exhibit , October 15 - October 31 Art Celebration Reception, October 27, 2:00 - 5:00 p.m.,held in Rogers Park Festival / Fair This event follows the theme, "Artists as Healers / Healers as Artists," with exhibitors, speakers, art making and more. Sunday, October 28, 11:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.,held in Rogers Park Both events explore the theme through self, groups, the community, and the world, with interactive elements for the viewing audience. This Event is presented by Art for Life / Sharon Hyson. To be a part of this event (individual exhibitors, organizations, sponsors, etc.) contact Sharon, SharonHyson@hotmail.com , by August 15. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Business Loan Workshop
DO YOU NEED MONEY TO START A FULL-TIME OR PART-TIME BUSINESS?
$5,000 to $50,000 SBA Loans
Basic guidelines for starting home-based or storefront businesses, individual help with all SBA loan documents.
$35 registration fee is required
* August 10, 2007
* 9am - 12pm
* Sampson-Katz Center
* 2020 W. Devon Avenue, Chicago, IL
Contact Pam Lipton - 312-673-3429 or pamlipton@jvschicago.org to register ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Job posting at Devon Bank
Devon Bank has excellent career opportunities for 2 commercial lenders with a min. of 5 yrs. new business development experience in a large to mid-sized bank soliciting commercial loans. The selected individuals will identify potential markets to develop prospects. Exposure to and familiarity with financial and credit analysis is a must along with compiling loan packages, a strong sales record, managing an assigned portfolio, cross- selling bank products and a real desire to succeed in a highly competitive market. Competitive compensation and benefits. For confidential consideration send your resume with cover letter to: Devon Bank, Director of Human Resources, 6445 N. Western Ave., Chicago, IL 60645 ; Fax: 773.973.5647 . No phone calls. EOE. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Opening Doors to Women
AHS Family Health Center opens doors to women providing a safe space to share experiences. This is a great opportunity to voice your feelings and learn alternative ways of coping with stress. The primary aim of the group is to enable women to come together, empower themselves and enhance their general well being.
* What? It's your identity, keep it that way
* When? August 7th 2007 from 5:30pm to 7:00pm
* Where? AHS Family Health Center
2820 W Peterson Avenue, Chicago, IL 60659
* How? Call Now: 773 761-0300
* By Whom? Citibank ( 1-800-ALL-CITI )
* Facilitated by? Falguni Amin M.Ed., LPC (fluent in English, Hindi,Urdu, Marathi and Gujarati)
AHS Family Health Center exists to provide culturally competent and linguistically appropriate health care services to the Asian American Community and to all other underserved or underprivileged communities in metropolitan Chicago. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Events at the High Ridge YMCA
* August 2007 *
August 8
- HRY Candlelight Bowl Party - Meet new friends and Y staff at our Candlelight Bowl Party at Habetler Bowl, 5250 N. Northwest Hwy, Chicago from 7-9pm. $15 per person includes 2 hours of bowling, shoe rental & pizza. Contact Jesse Gomez for ticket info
August 11
- Rogers Park Health Fair, meet health & wellness professionals in our community at HRY, 10am - 2pm * August 16 - Junior Fitness Night, Let us show you how fitness can be fun! Ages 10+ * August 20-31 - Scholastic Book Fair, HRY will be sponsoring a scholastic book fair for all ages. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Protecting your Business in Cook County"
SAVE THIS DATE WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2007
State's Attorney Richard A. Devine and the Cook County State's Attorney's Bad Check Restitution Program Hosts a "FREE" Business Seminar Don't be a Victim of Financial Crimes Financial Experts from the FBI, Secret Service, Chicago Police Department's Financial Crimes Unit, MasterCard, Secretary of State Police and the State's Attorney's Bad Check Restitution Program will speak.
* Where: Wilbur Wright College
* 4300 N. Narragansett * Chicago, IL 60634
* Time: 8:00 am. To 10:30 a.m.
Continental Breakfast will be served starting at 8 a.m. and the program will begin promptly at 8:30 a.m.
For additional information or to R.S.V.P. call Gloria Jean Waber at 866-581-7284 or email gwaber@checkprogram.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ National Night Out Against Crime Date: Tuesday August 7, 2007 Time: 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm Location: McDonalds on Western between Morse and Coyle Volunteers are still needed to distribute flyers and help at the event by setting up chairs and tables. Please feel free to contact either person below if you can help! Richard Concaildi at rpconcaildi@aim.com or 773.294.1777 Renee Sullivan at parcio@msn.com or 773.465.5293