September 2007
RECYCLE for Education
SAVE THE DATE FOR OUR NEXT RECYCLING EVENT!
* Tuesday, September 25 * 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

Wellness Home Preview
Come find out about the benefits of A "Wellness Home". Commit to a Healthy Home Environment and Good Health. Improve your health physically and financially. * The Home of Linda Andros * 6130 N. Avers Avenue * Chicago, Illinois 60659 * Thursdays September 6 & 20, 2007 * 7:00-8:30pm * Free Magnetic Massages at 6:45and 8:30pm Wellness for the Whole Family World Wide Wellness For information call: Judy Sachs 773- 615-8410 or Linda Anddros 773-817- 6130 What do you know about sleep?
Popular misconceptions Snoring may be an annoyance but it is harmless. This may be true for most people, but sometimes snoring is a symptom of a disorder known as sleep apnea. This condition interrupts breathing during sleep. Sufferers of sleep apnea frequently snore, and in severe cases awaken several times during the night out of breath. Sleep apnea may have serious consequences. Snoring may also be associated with obesity, which can obstruct the airway. A full night's sleep is recommended but you can get by on less. Obesity, high blood pressure, depression, lowered productivity and mental alertness, even safety hazards are the consequences of too little sleep. Adolescents are grown up enough to sleep the same number of hours that adults do. Sleep experts report that adolescents require more sleep than the average adult - at least 8-1/2 to 9-1/2 hours every night, compared to 7 to 9 hours for a typical 30-year-old. One problem is that teenagers' biological clocks are close to the adult rhythm, keeping them awake later in the evening and sleeping later in the morning hours. Because many schools begin classes in the early morning, these students may be chronically deficient in the sleep they need. You don't have insomnia if you don't have trouble falling asleep. Difficulty falling asleep is but one of four symptoms associated with insomnia. The others include waking up too early and not being able to fall back asleep, frequent awakenings, and waking up feeling unrefreshed. Any of these types of insomnia may be a symptom of a sleep disorder or of another medical problem. Health problems such as obesity, diabetes, hypertension, and depression are genetic or lifestyle issues, not related to sleep. To the contrary, scientific studies have found a link between sleep and many health problems. For example, insufficient sleep affects the production of growth hormones related to weight maintenance. Cardiovascular problems, the potential for developing diabetes, and other disease states appear to be connected to poor sleep. When you get older, you need less sleep. It is the sleep pattern that seems to change as we get older, not the amount of sleep we need. Older people may wake more frequently through the night, but they tend to take more daytime naps. Sleep is the time for your brain to rest. In fact a great deal of mental activity takes place during certain stages of sleep. There are multiple stages in each 90-minute sleep cycle. Even in the deepest part of each cycle, the brain is processing information or dreaming. . Source: National Sleep Foundation World Wide Wellness

Get ready for winter with Comfort Heating & Cooling!
Don't forget to schedule your annual Tune- up! CALL NOW FOR AN APPOINTMENT! SPECIALS good for ALL of our wonderful West Ridge neighbors: $85 Furnace Clean and Check $100 Boiler Clean and Check DON'T FORGET to change your filter on a regular basis. Sleep Easy with Comfort 24/7/365 Comfort Heating & Cooling, Inc. 888-268-4464 ComfortHeatCool@aol.com

Help Raise Domestic Violence Awareness
Please join Between Friends for their first fall fundraiser! A Sporting Time Between Friends on Saturday, September 15th at Eaglewood Resort and Spa in Itasca . It is a fun day of sports which include golf, tennis, bowling, volleyball, basketball, billiards and bocci ball. This event will help us bring awareness to domestic violence impacting women, children and teens; and help us launch domestic violence awareness month. Between Friends is a comprehensive domestic violence agency that serves more than 10,000 women, children and teens annually. We need your help to make this event a success! Sponsorship opportunities are available and range from $250 for a selected sport up to $5,000 for exclusive sponsorship of the golf outing banquet luncheon. Contact Snow Timms, Director of Development for Between Friends (Formerly Friends of Battered Women and Their Children) at 773-274-5232 x 16 or stimms@betweenfriendschicago.org Celebrating over 20 years of Advocacy, Support and Education

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? Massage Therapy Get a complementary massage; learn about benefits of massage therapy and healthy living tips along with postural and breathing exercises * When? September 4th 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? Dr Khan/ Dr Broniec from Wellness Clinic at 4007 W Lawrence Avenue Make wellness inquiries at chicagowellness@hotmail.com * 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.

Community Art- Save the Date!
A Celebration of Artists and Healers Let your art work be seen. Meet your Neighbors. Inform others about your business. Exhibit your work so others can do their Holiday shopping early. Only a few more spaces are available to participate in the Exhibit and /or Fair. Artists as Healers / Healers as Artists Exhibit, October 15 - October 31 Art Celebration Reception, October 27, 2:00 - 5:00 p.m., Heartland Cafe, 7000 N. Glenwood Festival / Fair This event follows the theme, "Artists as Healers / Healers as Artists," with exhibitors, speakers, information tables, art making and more. Sunday, October 28, 11:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m., Rogers Park Both events explore the theme through art exhibits and healing venues with interactive elements for the viewing audience. Presented by Art for Life / Sharon Hyson. To be a part of the exhibit or program, (individual exhibitors, organizations, sponsors, etc.) contact Sharon immediately for the submission guidelines, at SharonHyson@hotmail.com

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. </ul 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

The Ulitmate Business Networking Event!
Thursday, September 20, 2007 6:00pm to 9:00pm Come out and have fun, meet businesspeople from throughout the City, network and enjoy food from 20 different restaurants - all for only $15. (admission fee includes one drink ticket and all the food you can eat!)
This event is co-hosted by the following business organizations: Albany Park Chamber 773-478- 0202 Albany Park Community Center 773-539-3828 , ext. 118 Belmont-Central Chamber 773-202-9923 EDC of Greater Logan Square 773-227-9335 Edgebrook Chamber 773-775-0378 Edison Park Chamber 773-631-0063 Gladstone Park Chamber 773-775-8871 Greater Avondale Chamber 773-267-6100 Jefferson Park Chamber 773-736-6697 Kedzie-Elston Business & Industrial Council 773- 539-0000 Lincoln Bend Chamber 773-334-0614 North-Pulaski-Armitage Chamber 773-637-2781 Norwood Park Chamber 773-763-3606 Polish American Chamber 773-205-1998 Portage Park Chamber 773-777-2020 Pulaski Elston Business Assoc 773-545-0941 Ravenswood Chamber 773-561-5225 Sauganash Chamber 773-545-9300 West Ridge Chamber 773-743-6022 West Town Chamber 312-850-9390 Wicker Park/Bucktown Chamber 773-384- 2672 This event is hosted with the support of the Chicago Department of Planning and Development RSVP to WRCC at 773-743-6022 or westridgechamber@sbcglobal.net