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Erie House Receives $10,000 Grant from the Dollar General Literacy Foundation to Support Adult Literacy
This week, the Dollar General Literacy Foundation awarded Erie Neighborhood House a $10,000 grant to support adult literacy. This local grant award is part of more than $8.3 million in…
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New Grant Will Enrich STEM Programming at Erie House
Erie Neighborhood House received a grant from the Terri Race Educational Technology Fund to support a robotics initiative in the Youth Options Unlimited program. The robotics unit is part of…
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Erie House Program Reaches for New Heights at Jose De Diego Community Academy
You have to climb 3 flights of stairs to reach the Erie Neighborhood House School-Age Program site at De Diego Community Academy. It’s a fact nearly all of the children…
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Erie House Memos to the Mayor Focus on Access to Mental Health Services
Erie Neighborhood House produced a pair of “Memos to the Mayor” on the topic of mental health following The Chicago Community Trust’s citywide On the Table initiative earlier this month.…
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School-Age Children Participate in My Story Matters Project
Luis, a third-grade student in the School-Age Program at Erie Neighborhood House, reads through the My Story Matters scrapbook he has just received. It’s a fun collection of photos of…
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From the Test Kitchen into Everyday Life
A pop-up test kitchen has opened in the Pine Tree classroom at Erie Neighborhood House. Victoria Parra, an intern with the agency’s Super H initiative, has taken on the role…
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$10,000 Grant Will Support Health Initiatives at Erie House
Erie House received a $10,000 grant from Red Nose Day/Comic Relief Fund of The Chicago Community Foundation to support its Health and Leadership Program. The Erie House program has been…
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New Honor to be Introduced at Erie House Awards Dinner
A brand new honor will be introduced during the Erie Neighborhood House Future of Promise Awards Dinner on Thursday, March 14, at Chicago’s Radisson Blu Aqua (221 N Columbus Dr).…
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Erie House TEAM Program Receives Woodward Charitable Trust Grant
Woodward Charitable Trust renewed a grant to support the TEAM program at Erie Neighborhood House through the end of the academic year. The initiative is a key component of the…
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Workforce Development Program Receives Deluxe Corporation Foundation Grant
The Deluxe Corporation Foundation awarded a $5,000 grant to support the Workforce Development program at Erie Neighborhood House. The Erie House program offers instruction and hands-on support through its Pathways…
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