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2025 Have a Heart Gala: Together Toward Tomorrow

Date: February 28, 2025 @ 6:00 PM
Location
Bridgeport Art Center
Cost
Tickets start at $300
Event Details
emergency warming center open
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Emergency Warming Center Activated

Posted January 18, 2025Agency News
With temperatures dropping, it's important to ensure everyone has access to warmth and safety. The Village of Oak Park's Warming Center will be open at the St. Catherine - St. Lucy Church Rectory...
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Sponsor a Family for the Holidays

Posted November 8, 2024Agency News
This holiday season, we are hoping to support nearly 300 client households with food, gifts, and clothing. You can help us achieve our goal by sponsoring a family! Choose to donate specific items from...
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The Write Inn in Oak Park
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Housing Forward to receive $2M grant to rehab The Write Inn

Posted October 7, 2024Agency News
The Village of Oak Park, acting as the fiscal agent for Housing Forward, has been awarded a $2 million grant from the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity for our work to update...
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