An Update from Ignite CEO Jeri Linas
Dear Ignite Friend,
Today, I am so aware that I am reaching out to you this fourth week as a community coping with COVID-19; circumstances that none of us ever imagined a month ago. Last month on March 7, I was returning to Chicago after having connected with family from Ireland for a brief vacation in Florida. (Seems like a lifetime ago!)
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Ignite's Community Hub is Now Open!
At the end of March, Ignite’s Drop-In Resource Center joined the community of tenants already thriving in the historic Rosenwald Building in Bronzeville.
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Ignite Statement on the Spread of the Coronavirus (COVID-19)
Click below to read our community update on the spread of Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Chicago and our Community.
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Making Music and Lifting Spirits with Fifth House Ensemble
Ignite youth regularly work with Fifth House Ensemble, a Chicago based group of civic minded chamber musicians, to record, perform, and produce audio tracks.
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Ignite Youth & Club 51
On any given night at 51st and Wentworth, an outdoor haven for adults experiencing homelessness, you will find Ignite staff and youth creating community and giving back - as our youth put it, “we’re out helping our friends”.
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Service at the Heart of Programming
CaSSA and Next Gen participants and staff made their way to Markham, Illinois to help package and distribute "Boxes of Love" (Thanksgiving dinner boxes) at Victory Christian International Ministries.
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