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Email #64: I Saw Something in Chicago (5/26/17)

by AREENA
05/26/2017

I saw something in Chicago. A city of compassion. A like-minded people rallied behind a singular cause. The more fortunate doing something for the less fortunate. Books. 2,100 of ’em from bars, restaurants, ice cream parlors, cafes, coffee shops and everywhere else in between. All going to the kids at the Juvenile Temporary Detention Center….

Email #61: The Gift of the Bellman (3/31/17)

by AREENA
03/31/2017

I just spent a week in Chicago, coordinating Areena’s book drive across the city in partnership with Cook County Commissioner Bridget Gainer. What did coordination involve? There are now dozens of locations across the city – bars, restaurants, grocery stores, ice cream parlors – where folks can donate books to the young men and women of…

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