Habitat for Humanity opens applications for Peru house

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Habitat for Humanity has opened applications for its 2023 house build in Peru.

To qualify, applicants must show a need for adequate housing, be willing to partner with Habitat in the building of the house, and show an ability

2- Music w/ Michelle 12:30 PM (virtual & In-person)

6 - Medicare Part B Prevention & Wellness benefits, Extra Help/LIS, Medicare Savings Program, Benefit Access Enrollment Event 9-10 AM

7 – Site Council Meeting 10:30 AM, St. Patrick’s Day Craft 12:30 PM

9 – Adult Coloring 12:30 PM

10 – PCCC Board Meeting 9:30 AM

14 – Blood Pressure & Glucose Checks

10-11 AM, Illinois Assistive Technology Program (IATP) Presentation 12:30 PM

16 – St. Patrick’s Day Party – Music entertainment by Katie Roy (music offered virtual & in-person)

20 – Outreach @ McNabb Library 9:3011:30 AM

21 – Cards& Bingo 12:30 PM

23 – Cards & Bingo 12:30 PM

28 – Bingo w/ Melanie 12:30 PM

30 - Movie & Popcorn Sponsored by the PC Library 12:30 PM to repay a low-interest affordable mortgage loan.

*CALL THE PCCC TO HAVE VIRTUAL PROGRAM LINKS/PHONE NUMBER SENT TO YOU.

There are maximum income levels in accordance with the number of people that will be living in the household. Individuals as well as families may apply, and applicants must be either U.S. citizens or permanent-resident aliens with continuous employment over the next five years.

Habitat for Humanity will host two informational sessions about the application process and will provide staff assistance with completing the application. These will be at 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 25, and 2 p.m. Saturday, March 4, in the Miller Community Center at the Habitat for Humanity ReStore, 1011 Shooting Park Road

January 1-March 31 is the Medicare Advantage Open Enrollment Period

If you’re enrolled in a Medicare Advantage Plan, you can switch to a different MA Plan or switch to Original Medicare (and join a separate Medicare drug plan) once during this time.

Do you have questions? Call the PCCC to speak with a certified Medicare counselor.

AARP Foundation Tax-Aide Days

Wednesday March 22nd & 29th BY APPOINTMENT ONLY

AARP provides this free service to anyone 50 & older, especially those who cannot afford paid tax preparation.

Appointments fill up quickly. For more information or to schedule an appointment, please call the PCCC as soon as possible.

Illinois Assistive Tech nology Program (IATP) Presentation

Tuesday March 14th @ 12:30 PM

Representatives from IATP will be at the PCCC to give hands on demonstrations on a variety of assistive technology items that can help older adults and people with disabilities function independently with daily activities.

Suite 108, Peru.

For questions about the house or to get an application, visit Habitat for Humanity’s website at www.localhabitat.org, call the Peru office at 815-434-2041 or visit the Peru ReStore, 1011 Shooting Park Road, and ask for Fran Gibson.

The deadline for application submission is April 14.

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Theater Scholarships

Continued from page 8 school at age 11 to help support his family by driving a delivery wagon for the Jonesville Mine Company Store. He would later work 47 years at Westclox.

Their mother left L-P High School after her sophomore year to help support her family by working at Bent’s Department Store in downtown Oglesby.

Gerrard was the youngest of eight children and became interested in art at a very early age.

“Our parents were very creative,” Gerrard said. “They encouraged all of us to learn all we can and to never stop learning.”

Today Gerrard still designs sets, now in 3-D on the computer. He is a member of the Stage 212 board and is creating the 212 digital Visual Archives. He is the author of the popular Facebook page “Oglesby Days,” and for the past six years has volunteered as a docent at Westclox Museum, where many of his father’s woodcarvings and his mother’s needlework are displayed.

Gerrard’s life in theater includes playing Ebenezer Scrooge in “A Christmas Carol” touring across six states and appearing in three separate productions of “I Do! I Do!” He was a foster parent for 10 years and formerly worked for the La Salle County Detention Home and Youth Service Bureau.

In 2018, he won the “Spirit of the Theatre Award” from River Valley Players in Henry for his timeless commitment to the craft. In

2019, he was honored with the Omni Arts Lifetime Achievement Award for his contribution to the arts in Illinois.

His voluminous artwork, acting and set design resume includes “Sound of Music,” “Inherit the Wind,” “Detective Story,” “Cabaret,” “Something’s Afoot,” “West Side Story,” “Grease,” “A Chorus Line,” “On Golden Pond,” “Man of La Mancha” and many others.