District 99 Orchestra senior instrumentalists from Downers Grove North and South High Schools will be presenting their “Senior Solos” in a live-stream broadcast.
These students were originally selected by competitive audition to perform with the District 99 Orchestra in concert. The featured performers are: Rebecca Edmundson, Kristen Karam, Therese Malinowski, Braden Moore, Catherine Ramsey, and Emily Wootton.
Tuesday, May 5 at 1:00 pm
Due to COVID-19, their performances will be featured, instead, via YouTube livestream:
If you have any questions about the performance, please contact Jennifer Mullen (District 99 Orchestra Director and Tri-M Music Honor Society Advisor) at jmullen@csd99.org.
Gardening for all Ages: Planting in Containers featuring Kasey Bersett Eaves
Tune in to hear Kasey, Garden Leader at Montrose Metra Community Gardens and owner of Vivant Gardening Services. She will be sharing her love of growing in containers along with tips and tricks on how to keep your container plants happy all season long.
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Thanks for taking part in our Thank You initiative.
If you haven’t signed up for thank you pick up and delivery yet but would like to participate, please join the Thank You Crew.
Here is some basic information to get your thank yous in the hands of the people who are working hard and risking their lives to keep us safe.
Create a thank you (note, card, sign, poster… be creative) for each of the locations for the week. We will not assign you individuals at each location; your thank yous are for the entire location. Please sign the card with your name, Alderman Matt Martin and Forward Chicago. The number of locations will vary each week.
Make sure to label each thank you (place in an envelope or use a sticky note) if it makes a difference where your thank you should go, so that they can be easily sorted.
Place your thank yous in a larger envelope, ziplock bag or container for pick up.
Tape the package to your mailbox, place it near your mailbox or in the lobby of your building for pick up. See below for specific timing each week.
That’s it. Very simple. A volunteer from Alderman Matt Martin’s office will pick up your thank yous and deliver them to the correct weekly locations.
If you need pick up this week, please email: dianagk@dianagrothdesign.com
Volunteers will pick up from your mailbox on Saturday, May 23 between 10:00am-12:00pm
Locations Chicago Police Department – 20th District – Lincoln btw. Catalpa & Balmoral Attn: Community Policing Sargent Bethishou 5400 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago, IL 60625
Chicago Police Department – 19th District – Addison btw. Sheffield & Halsted Attn: Officer Megan Woods 850 W Addison St, Chicago, IL 60613
Sanitation – Ravenswood Yard – Ravenswood bet. Devon & Arthur Ald Matt Martin’s Office Attn: Michael Sewell 4243 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Managing Worry and Anxiety in Uncertain Times featuring Eileen Dordek
Eileen is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 20 years of experience, specializing in treating anxiety, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, grief, relationship issues and life transitions. Eileen has been an active member of the Lincoln Square community for 15 years.
This event was held on Thursday, April 30, 2020 at 10:00-11:00 am
Join us each Thursday at 10:00 am on a conference call to hear about the latest developments impacting older people and their caregivers. Learn about local resources and get recommendations to help you, get you connected, and feel in control.
Healthy Coping During Extraordinary Times Kate Krajci, LCSW
Kate is founder of Life Changes Counseling and Care Planning, a private psychotherapy practice in Chicago. At the University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration, she directs and is an instructor for the “Clinical Practice with Older Adults” post-graduate program and coordinates older adult specialization programming for Master’s degree students. She is the Immediate Past President of the Illinois Coalition on Mental Health and Aging and a member of the American Society on Aging’s Mental Health and Aging Network Leadership Council. Kate received her Master’s degree in social work from the University of Chicago’s School of Social Service Administration where she was awarded the Sonia G. Berz Award for Outstanding Promise in the Field of Aging.
This meeting took place on Thursday, April 23, 2020 at 10:00-11:00 am
Chicago’s My Block, My Hood, My City offers free care packages and volunteer telephone check-ins for older adults living in Chicago. Register online at https://www.formyblock.org/
SAGEConnect provides 6 weeks of weekly phone calls from a volunteer for older adults who identify as LGBTQ+. Register by calling 1-929-484-4160 or register online at https://www.sageusa.org/sageconnect/
AARP Community Connections: Information, resources and ways to combat isolation including volunteer telephone check-ins and virtual mutual aid groups. (this can help post-COVID too!) https://aarpcommunityconnections.org/
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services (SAMHSA) Disaster Distress Helpline 1-800-985-5990 or text TALKWITHUS to 66746
24 hour, 7 day per week resources (not specific to COVID19):
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-TALK (1-800-273-8255) text CONNECT to 741741
Find a therapist:
Medicare therapists Enter your preferred location zip code, use one or both of the following specialties in the search bar: clinical social worker, clinical psychologist https://www.medicare.gov/physiciancompare/
Call the number on the back of your Medicare card if you do not have internet access.
Psychology Today Enter your preferred location zip code. After the results show, select your insurance on the left column. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us
Who’s ready for Spring?? I can hear you all! Me! Me!! Me!!! There’s no better way to pick up your spirits and dance into the joys of Spring, than Gardening.
Whether you’ve never touched trowel to earth, only have room for a flower box, have a lifetime green thumb or anywhere in between – spring can be your favorite season if you plan to plant.
Where to start? Always with the Zone Chart. It’s the scientific way to know when and what you can safely plant in Illinois. In fact, our Chicago Zone has been revised in recent years. What climate change?
Once you know your zone, have perused these websites and looked at what little tasks you can do and when – you’re on your way.
Check-out the many catalogs online, order some seeds and starter soil. No other supplies are needed, aside from a sunny window.
My one tip is: pansies. These sweet-faced annuals love our cool wet springs. Plant them in flower boxes, along a path to your door or anywhere you can see them every time you look out the window or (dare I say) walk out your door.
No matter how long we’re keeping our “physical distance” from one another, we can garden. Keep the faith! We will get out to one of our local garden centers during the 2020 growing season eventually.
Whether you dream of lettuce and kale or pretty, fragrant flowers – spring is a perfectly perfect time to Garden.
Van Gogh didn’t see things as they were; he saw them as he wanted them to be. We can all take a lesson from that. Take a break from reality and enjoy a walk through the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, Holland.
Join us each Thursday at 10:00 am on a conference call to hear about the latest developments impacting older people and their caregivers. Learn about local resources and get recommendations to help you, get you connected, and feel in control.
This week:
Why Get Fit? Karen McAuliffe, BA, ACE, ACSM
With 15+ Years in the field of fitness and specialties in running, triathlon, senior health and fitness, cancer care and pelvic wellness. Karen is the perfect expert to explain the importance of being fit, even when you can’t get out for your daily constitutional.
This event took place on Thursday, April 16, 2020 at 10:00-11:00 am
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