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What’s New at LPCS
New LPCS videos!
Earlier this year, LPCS was awarded a grant to produce a new video about the organization and its history. The grant was awarded by a local Chicago non-profit called EPIC which brings non-profits and creative talent together (www.iamepic.org). In the process of creating the concept for the new video, the creative team ended up designing not one, but two, wonderful vidoes! You can check them both out here on the LPCS website, or by viewing them on LPCS' YouTube channel. Homeless is... a moving story about the work that LPCS does is on the homepage ...
Upcoming Events
"Walks of Faith, Lives of Service"
Sept. 25, 2010 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.
This walking tour will commemorate two anniversaries--the 350th anniversary of the deaths of St. Vincent DePaul and St. Louise De Marillac (and their legacies in this neighborhood), and the 25th Anniversary of the Lincoln Park Community Shelter--and focus on the intersection of faith and social justice in Lincoln Park.
Taste of Fall
Oct. 22, 2010 7 p.m. to midnight
Join LPCS at A Taste of Fall on Friday, October 22nd from 7-11pm for a delectable evening, and taste your way through Fall! Enjoy the best food and drink the season has to offer from local businesses. Enjoy the acoustic sounds of the Tony Bondi Project while taking in the unique atmosphere of Gallery 1028. Bid on unique silent auction items, and enter for your chance to win a fabulous raffle prize!
Guest Spotlight: Graduate Mike
Mike has grown tremendously as a person over the past several years, and he credits the Lincoln Park Community Shelter as a positive influence in his life. The social support Mike received and continues to receive from LPCS has helped shaped the man he is today. Mike came to LPCS in 2002 (when his living situation became unhealthy and dangerous). After being hospitalized for depression several times, Mike looked to LPCS as the support he needed in his life. In addition to the moral and physical support he received, Mike took advantage of the resources and opportunities that LPCS offered ...
