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How to stay cool in the heat wave hitting parts of the US –even without air conditioning
The first big heat wave of 2025 has arrived, coinciding with the official start of summer. More than 40 million people in the ...
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From Summer Fun to Year-Round Support: YMCA of Metro Chicago Opens Registration for 2025-26 Before & After School Programs
CHICAGO, May 15, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- As the school year approaches, the YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago is proud to announce open registration for its 2025-26 Before and After School Care programs ...
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YMCA of the Wabash Valley receives grant for expansion
The YMCA of the Wabash Valley received around $6.5 million in a grant from the Wabash Valley Community Foundation. Greenland Election Results: What It Means For Donald Trump's Plans From YMCA to B ...
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Bronzeville Trail proceeds despite federal funding uncertainty
The Chicago Transit Authority took over the rail in 1947 ... the organization that rehabbed the neighborhood’s historic Wabash YMCA, first went to the city with the idea. Those plans, however, ...
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A South Side gathering of Black intellectuals set the stage for Black History Month
The seeds of Black History Month were sown more than 100 years ago in the South Side YMCA at 3763 S. Wabash Ave., Chicago. Carter G. Woodson, a University of Chicago alum, was staying in a room at ...
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Lilly giving $6.5M toward Vigo County YMCA project
The Wabash Valley Community Foundation has landed a $6.5 million grant toward an $11.3 million modernization and renovation of the YMCA in Terre Haute. The grant comes from the Lilly Endowment Inc ...
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Giant floral bunny tangles with thorny branches in mural over Wabash Arts Corridor
Wabash Ave. in the South Loop ... By her rough calculations, Curious Bunny may be the second-largest mural in Chicago and the largest painted by a woman. The largest may be the Kerry James ...