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New Study Shows Fraternal Benefit Societies Deliver $3.4 Billion in Annual Value to Communities and Individuals in Need
As Government Resources Dwindle, Societies Fill Growing Needs Gap OAK BROOK, Ill., Sept. 20 /CHICAGOPRESSRELEASE.COM/ — At a time when growing numbers of Americans are in acute need of economic help, a new Georgetown University study finds that fraternal benefit societies are providing billions of dollars in direct and indirect economic support to allay community needs and support social structures.
On Muslim Holiday, Religous Leaders Unite Against “Hate Wave”
Thousands of Muslims gathered at Toyota Park in Bridgeview this morning to pray. They were marking Eid, the end of Ramadan.
Gov. Quinn Touts Jobs for Returning Servicemembers
CHICAGO – September 5, 2010. Governor Pat Quinn was joined today by Veterans and labor leaders to highlight the success of the Helmets to Hardhats program for returning servicemembers.
CHANGE Illinois! has 20 Questions for the Candidates
In the wake of the Blagojevich corruption trial, voters want to know where candidates stand on electoral and government reforms CHICAGO, Aug. 30 /CHICAGOPRESSRELEASE.COM/ — The CHANGE Illinois! coalition has asked every candidate for Governor and the General Assembly to answer 20 straightforward questions on a range of electoral and government reform issues.
Eugene P. Heytow, 76, Business Leader, Champion of Israel
CHICAGO, Aug. 30 /CHICAGOPRESSRELEASE.COM/ — When Life magazine sought to define a new generation of 1960s businessmen, it profiled 30 year-old Chicago native Eugene P.
Marines find 72 bodies in northern Mexico
Mexican marines found the dumped bodies of 72 people at a rural location in northern Mexico following a shootout with suspected drug cartel gunmen that left one marine and three suspects dead, the Navy reported late Tuesday. The cadavers of 58 men and 14 women were found at a spot near the Gulf coast south of the border city of Matamoros.
Even rising drug violence won’t stop him from helping Mexico’s poor
Ciudad Juárez, Mexico – Early on a Monday morning in June, Jerry Quick steers a pickup truck to a job site in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, just south of El Paso, Texas. The seven volunteers with him, all of them from Illinois, are here in this region of desert and mountains to build on a property for the poor.
The Chartis Group Report Helps Hospitals Improve Financial Performance While Preparing for the Future Accountable Care Environment
CHICAGO, Aug. 4 /CHICAGOPRESSRELEASE.COM/ — Today’s economic conditions have changed the market landscape and shifted the financial outlook of virtually every healthcare provider.
Obama’s B-Day Plan: Dinner, Cake, Sleep
Chicago – President Obama plans to celebrate his 49th birthday in Chicago with dinner, cake, and a night in his house in Hyde Park. Obama hasn’t shied away from talking about his birthday, noting that his hair is getting more gray and his metabolism is slowing down as another year passes.
Who Shot Officer Michael Bailey?
It’s been two weeks since Chicago Police Officer Michael Bailey was gunned down outside his Park Manor home. He had just finished his shift guarding Mayor Daley’s house.