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This season is a wonderful time to celebrate with our loved ones. But we shouldn’t forget those in our communities who need a helping hand. We should generously give what we can, including our time, to worthy causes that help those in need. We all have the power to make a meaningful impact in our community and make the holiday season — and indeed, the entire year — a better one for all. In honor of Giving Tuesday, below is a list of local non-profits that help make Cook County a better place to live, learn, work and play:
1. Friends of the Chicago River works to improve the health of the Chicago River system for the benefit of people, plants and animals. https://www.chicagoriver.org/about-us
2. Chicago Books to Women in Prison is an all-volunteer group that distributes paperback books free of charge to incarcerated people nationwide, focusing on all women and trans/non-binary people. https://chicagobwp.org/about-us/
3. Hope For The Day achieves proactive suicide prevention by providing outreach and mental health education. https://www.hftd.org/about-hftd
4. Precious Blood Ministry of Reconciliation serves youth, families, and community members who are impacted by violence and the criminal justice system. https://www.pbmr.org/about-us
5. Mikva Challenge’s mission is to develop youth to be empowered, informed, and active citizens who will promote a just and equitable society. https://mikvachallenge.org/about-us/
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The South Suburban Economic Growth Initiative (SSEGI) brings together community, industry, and government to reestablish the South Suburbs as an economic powerhouse. Southland political, business and civic leaders, recognizing the need to overcome historical fragmentation and local competition are creating new institutional and financial capacity to collaboratively undertake coordinated, large-scale and long-term economic development in the form of the Southland Development Authority. Launch took place on November 13, 2019. For more information please go to their website https://www.ssegi.com/
If it’s made from paperboard, it must be recyclable, right? Not always! Frozen food boxes pose a challenge to the recycling process. Paperboard boxes that were designed for freezer foods, such as frozen pizza and entrées, are impregnated with a plastic polymer to protect against freezer burn. The plastic prevents the box from breaking up in the recycling process. These materials are not recyclable nor compostable.
Though some brands do make their frozen food boxes out of regular paper, the recycling sorting facilities, with their large volumes of material, cannot quickly identify the difference so they are all pulled off the line and landfilled.
See this video for an inside look at a recycling sorting facility!
Paid for by Preckwinkle for President. A copy of our report filed with the State Board of Elections is (or will be) available on the Board's official website, http://elections.il.gov/, or for purchase from the State Board of Elections, Springfield, Illinois. All contributions are reported to the State Board of Elections. Contributions are not accepted from employees of Cook County. Companies holding contracts with the Cook County are limited to $750.
Political contributions are not deductible for income tax purposes.