The DuPage County Board approved $120,000 in emergency funding to Meals on Wheels, enabling the program to maintain the service for the next six months. The program, which is administered through the DuPage Senior Citizens Council, has been hard hit by budget cuts at state and federal levels and faces further cuts next year, including [...]
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County approves meals funding
November 12th, 2009 · Comments Off · budget, County Politics, Social services
Tags: Bruce Beckman·DuPage County Senior Citizens Council·Meals on Wheels·Tom Bennington
Quote/unquote
November 26th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Social services, Village Council
“With holidays approaching — we all know about the economic situation — and I just urge residents who are in a position to help out to check with your churches or local food pantries and just try and help out the residents who are having a tough go of it.” – Commissioner William Waldack at [...]
Tags: Charity·William Waldack
E-waste makes haste
September 23rd, 2008 · 6 Comments · Environment, People, Places and Things, Social services, Village Hall
Saturday’s recycling extravaganza collected more than 146,000 pounds of electronics — enough to require seven 53-foot trailers to cart it all off. The village’s first event of its kind, the extravaganza also netted 878 cell phones, 874 inkjet cartridges, and a variety of other items that will be reused including 631 pairs of eyeglasses, 20 [...]
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Green day
September 18th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Social services, Village Council, Village Hall
It isn’t easy being green. If you prefer responsible recycling to simply tossing stuff on the curb, you generally have to plan ahead and drive some distance to get rid of your defunct electronics, batteries and other flotsam and jetsam of modern life. But not this time! Can you tell that I am thrilled about [...]
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The PADS connection
June 6th, 2008 · 6 Comments · Boards and Commissions, Downtown Redevelopment, Homelessness, In the News, Social services
Some 18 months ago, representatives of the DuPage PADS program met with Downers Grove police, the village manager and Andy Matejcak, the village’s director of counseling and social services. The discussion focused on the problem of PADS clients leaving their belongings unattended in the library and other public places. “We want to always work toward [...]
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Leaner and meaner
December 3rd, 2009 · Comments Off · Commentary, Community Events, Public opinion, Public Safety, Social services, Taxes, Village Council, Village Hall
If there’s something good to come from this agonizing budget season, maybe it’s the call by several commissioners for a debriefing where both the council and the community can discuss how the process can be improved. “We need to look at the process and what we’ve done right and and what we can do better [...]
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Tags: 2010 budget