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Holiday Giving: How to Pay it Forward
This holiday season, charitable donations have gone down at a time when they are even more needed, said charity leaders. “The economy took a hit on a lot of people,” said Floyd Kettering who founded the charity organization, Humanitarian Service Project in Carol Stream, with his wife, Karole, in 1979. Kettering said the organization has […]
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Mittens under the Christmas tree would be a miracle for some Chicago families, some postal workers said Wednesday morning. Within the past two weeks, U.S. Postal Service workers received more than 10,000 letters addressed to Santa Claus from needy families across the Midwest, said letter carrier Debora Gipson. Many asked not for the most popular […]
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The upcoming holidays are a time for pickpockets and muggers. But Chicago Police Department officials said Wednesday; you don’t have to be a victim. “The holidays mean crowds. Criminals love crowds. … They fish where fishing’s good. You don’t fish in a dead pond,” said Lt. Thomas Clark, of the Department of Special Divisions, during […]
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