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Gearing Up for #GivingTuesday Locally Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a simple idea. Give and use social media to encourage others to give. Be a part of a global celebration of a new tradition of generosity.

e have a day for giving thanks. We have black Friday and cyber Monday for getting deals. Now, we have #GivingTuesday, a global day dedicated to giving back. On Tuesday, December 2, 2014, charities, families, businesses, community centers, and students around the world will come together for one common purpose: to celebrate generosity and to give. The New York Times, National Public Radio, The Huffington Post and even Forbes are talking about Giving Tuesday. And no wonder. In 2013, over 10,000 organizations came together in 40+ countries with one common purpose: to help others and to incentivize ways to give back. This resulted in a 90% increase in online giving and engaged over 2 billion individuals on Twitter and 300 million on Facebook. It has sparked an online movement that encourages people to use the Internet and social media for good.

For this Giving Tuesday, December 2, 2014, the Oak Park-River Forest Community Foundation has partnered with the Wednesday Journal/ OakPark.com to create a local focus for Giving Tuesday to celebrate and encourage giving that supports organizations serving residents of Oak Park, River Forest and the surrounding area. The Oak Park-River Forest Community Foundation & the Wednesday Journal/ OakPark.com, ask you to join us via social media to benefit local nonprofits. Here are forty funds managed by the Oak Park-River Forest Community Foundation that we are inviting you to help grow with your giving. Each fund has a web link and a QR(Quick Response) code that will bring you to an online donation page for that fund.

Try your browser or QR Code reader on a bunch of these to see what you can do with just a click or two to strengthen our community and help us improve the quality of life for every one locally.

The Oak Park-River Forest Community Foundation 1049 Lake Street, Suite 204 Oak Park, IL 60301 708-848-1560 Mondays-Fridays 9:00 am to 5 pm www.oprfcf.org

community@oprfcf www. Facebook.com/oprfcf

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A Note from the President & CEO of the Oak Park-River Forest Community Foundation A tapestry rug. A beautiful, colorful tapestry rug. A rug that provides warmth to toes when we walk, and beauty to eyes as we view it. The threads used to make the rug are colorful and strong. Each color provides its own part of the whole picture. If one color of thread fades, the whole picture is reduced. So, too, for our community nonprofit organizations. Each is a colorful thread that, when woven together, provide warmth and beauty to our vibrant community. As community members, we get to enhance their color. We get to make sure they are radiant, warm, and welcoming. On December 2 we have an opportunity to collectively enhance the colors within the tapestry of our community. Give. Give Big. Give Often. Give A Lot. --Kristin Carlson Vogen

Thank You!

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Culture & Arts

Oak Park Public Library Capital Fund http://tinyurl.com/kml8379 To support building and capital needs of Oak Park Public Library.

Dr. Edwin and Mary Liebner River Forest Public Library Fund http://tinyurl.com/kxhf5cl To support the work of River Forest Public Library, www. riverforestlibrary.org

Pleasant Home Foundation Fund http://tinyurl.com/ljjup8w To support the work of Pleasant Home Foundation, www. pleasanthome.org

Friends of the Oak Park Public Library Fund http://tinyurl.com/mt5dxf6 For ongoing support of the Oak Park Public Library.

Symphony of Oak Park & River Forest Fund http://tinyurl.com/m9dukn5 Joeyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Gifts Fund http://tinyurl.com/oadzwz7 To provide live music and other arts to nonprofit organizations by engaging artists in the community through performances, trainings, workshops and educational opportunities assisted in partnership with the Oak Park Arts Council.

To support the work of the Symphony of Oak Park and River Forest, www.symphonyoprf.com

giving tuesday is december 2 #GiveOP+RF

16th Annual Holiday Housewalk & Market December 4-6 Nineteenth Century Club Oak Park ~ presented by ~ Oak Park River Forest Infant Welfare Society Benefitting IWS Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Clinic

Join us for an exciting holiday experience! ~ Valet Parking Available ~ Purchase your tickets online www.childrenscliniciws.org 708.848.0528 ext 231

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Special Advertising Section The Catechesis of the Good Shepherd Fund http://tinyurl.com/lqdrvqa To support the work of The Catechesis of the Good Shepherd

The Ernest Hemingway Foundation Fund http://tinyurl.com/o5lct7o To support the work of The Ernest Hemingway Foundation, www.ehfop.org

Education

Laura Southwick Fund http://tinyurl.com/pvbk3vy

Established in memory of Carlos Baldoceda, an Oak Park resident and OPRF High School alumni who died of brain tumor complications, this fund provides scholarships for art or music enrichment.

Established in memory of Laura Southwick, who died while on a business trip to China as a shoe designer for a U.S. company, this fund is to encourage and support young people who have shown an interest in the applied or fine arts so that they might begin to discover their own style and start to shape their aspirations.

Friends of the Oak Park Conservatory Fund http://tinyurl.com/kghwdox

Matthew Smith Leadership Fund http://tinyurl.com/pdzj4nk

Carlos Baldoceda Memorial Fund http://tinyurl.com/nx4v5tu

To support the educational and recreational mission of the Oak Park Conservatory. Unity Temple Restoration Foundation Fund http://tinyurl.com/lhm6lnc To support the restoration and preservation of Unity Temple, Oak Park, Illinois.

Wonder Works Fund http://tinyurl.com/nhwehjx To support the work of the Wonder Works Children’s Museum, www.wonder-works.org

Future Philanthropists Fund http://tinyurl.com/pmkl5ys To suppport the Future Philanthropists Program, a program where high school juniors and seniors learn the art and science of grant making and fundraising. Youth award $25,000 in grants annually.

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River Forest Elementary School District 90 Fund http://tinyurl.com/mhve7he

Established in honor of Major Matthew Smith for being a leader and role model to his family and community. Major Smith is still on active duty in the military despite being wounded in 2012. This fund supports the Future Philanthropists Program.

To provide financial support to administrative, capital, educational and special projects of the River Forest Elementary School District #90.

Thank You!

PEO Chapter B1, Illinois Charitable Fund http://tinyurl.com/otlsm8m To support efforts by the P.E.O. Chapter BI, Illinois to celebrate the advancement of women; educate women through scholarships, grants, awards, loans and stewardship of Cottey College, and motivate women to achieve their highest aspirations.

On Giving Tuesday 2014, PLEASE GIVE to help Hephzibah's kids. Black Friday is for frenzied shopping. Cyber Monday is for online shopping.

Giving Tuesday is for thoughtful giving.

On December 2, 2014 — a global day of giving back to kick off the holiday season — please visit us at www.hephzibahhome.org and click on Giving Tuesday. Share your blessings with a child who needs your help — Thank you!

Join us for Hephzibah’s 28th Annual Bring-A-Gift Party 6 pm on Wednesday, December 10 at Doc Ryan’s 7432 West Madison Avenue in Forest Park. Please bring a gift for a child (infant to age 18) Gift cards & cash are welcome too! Adults only. Raffles * Appetizers * Drink Specials

Wishes come true, thanks to you. we invite you to fill a child’s holiday wish from the giving tree at Whole Foods Market 7245 Lake Street in River Forest. 1144 Lake Street Oak Park Illinois 60301 * 946 North Boulevard Oak Park Illinois 60301 * 708.649.7140

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Health & Human Services

Beck Senior Fund http://tinyurl.com/p6tahmd To support programming for seniors in Oak Park & River Forest

Access to Recreation Fund http://tinyurl.com/nm6nz5p

To enhance and expand recreational facilities into fully accessible opportunities for people of all abilities.

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Community Partnership Program http://tinyurl.com/mua3l9r Equal Opportunities, Other Civil Rights

L’Arche Chicago Fund http://tinyurl.com/lph2xpw To support the work of L’Arche Chicago, www.larchechicago.org

Lutheran Child & Family Services Fund http://tinyurl.com/md5pdyb To support the work of Lutheran Child & Family Services of Illinois, www.lcfs.org

Oak Park & River Forest Infant Welfare Society Endowment Fund http://tinyurl.com/mlng9jc To support the work of The Children’s Clinic, sponsored by the Oak Park River Forest Infant Welfare Society, www. childrenscliniciws.org Oak Park Head Start Fund http://tinyurl.com/m4qw2qa To support Head Start (early childhood education) programs in Oak Park.

OPRF Near West Health Education & Services Fund http://tinyurl.com/ku5wobw To support the health education and health services needs of the residents, particularly lower income individuals.

Sarah’s Inn Fund http://tinyurl.com/jvlkgwf To support the work of Sarah’s Inn, www.sarahsinn.org

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Thrive Fund http://tinyurl.com/kpxjzcs To support the work of Thrive Counseling Center, www. thrivecc.org

West Sub Medical Center Auxiliary Fund http://tinyurl.com/my37yk4 To advance the health of individuals in the west suburban community through health promotion, wellness activities and initiatives that contribute to health improvement.

Village Vitality Animal Care League http://tinyurl.com/o6lahsg

To support the work of the Animal Care League, www. animalcareleague.org

Austin Gardens Trust http://tinyurl.com/qhba2xo To support extraordinary projects and programs at Austin Gardens, part of the Park District of Oak Park.

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Your Donation is Powerful! Hunger may seem far away to many of us in Oak Park and River Forest. But even here, people struggle with hunger. In Oak Park alone, it is estimated that over 6,000 individuals are “food insecure”—they do not know where their next meal is coming from. Oak Park River Forest Food Pantry serves 1500 local families each month. For every $1 you give, we are able to provide $10 worth of food to our clients. The pantry serves Oak Park, River Forest, Austin and the surrounding community (12 zip codes in all).

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MIDWINTER’S TALES Eighth Annual Co-Benefit

Oak Park Festival Theatre & Prevail

Community Chest of Oak Park & River Forest Fund http://tinyurl.com/mn8zpus To support of the social service needs of the communities of Oak Park, River Forest and Forest Park in the areas of child and family support programs, health and wellness programs and crisis and emergency services. Community Grantmaking Endowment http://tinyurl.com/lkqq22p To enhance impact on the well-being, enrichment and sustainability of the Oak Park and River Forest through grants to local organizations.

Communityworks Fund http://tinyurl.com/kxm7wer To support a coordinated, systems-based approach towards the achievement of community aspirations and the long-term health and vibrancy of the Oak Park and River Forest communities.

Performing work by: (among others) Maya Angelou, Susan Cooper, Charles Dickens, Donald hall, Anne Lamott, Ogden Nash, John John Mccutcheon, Kaveri Patel, Rumi, Mary Schmich, Dr. Seuss, Isaac Bashevis Singer, Dylan Thomas & John Updike.

Unity Temple 875 Lake Street, Oak Park, IL

Tickets Available at the Oak Park Visitors Center 1010 Lake Street, Oak Park, IL oakparkfestival.com or 708.445.4440

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To support the work of the River Forest Service Club, which promotes civic welfare in River Forest.

Seven Generations Ahead Fund http://tinyurl.com/lqdrvqa To support the work of Seven Generations Ahead, www. sevengenerationsahead.org

Village Players Fund http://tinyurl.com/mtpmoze Oak Park River Forest Civic Theatre, Inc. dba Village Players

To support the ongoing work of the Oak Park-River Forest Communnity Foundation.

To support the work of the Oak Park Economic Development Corporation, www.oakparkeconomicdevelopmentcorporation.org

Advance Purchase Tickets: $25 General admission, $20 Seniors, $10 students, under 12 Free; add $5 when tickets purchased at the door.

River Forest Service Club Fund http://tinyurl.com/lf9j2l3

Fund for Now http://tinyurl.com/nyggxw2

Oak Park Economic Development Corporation Fund http://tinyurl.com/l4ofwus

Doors open — 6:30 p.m. With Music in Unity House Program — 7 p.m. followed by Holiday Reception

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Oak Park Township Charitable Fund http://tinyurl.com/omdmbka To support the work of the Oak Park Township, www.oakparktownship.org

OPRF Rotary Club Charitable and Scholarship Fund http://tinyurl.com/kwx26l9 To support grants and scholarships as determined by the Oak Park River Forest Rotary Club.

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