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	<title>Chicagoland Real Estate Forum &#187; Charities</title>
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		<title>There&#8217;s a Heap of Help to Heat Low-Income Illinois Households</title>
		<link>http://www.chicagolandrealestateforum.com/2012/01/23/theres-a-heap-of-help-to-heat-low-income-illinois-households/</link>
		<comments>http://www.chicagolandrealestateforum.com/2012/01/23/theres-a-heap-of-help-to-heat-low-income-illinois-households/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 20:50:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tracey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Charities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[aid for low-income illinois homes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[comed hike]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Illinois home heating help]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[LIHEAP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Low Income Home Energy Assistsance Program]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nicor hike]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[So far, we&#8217;ve had a pretty mild winter, but it&#8217;s still cold out there, and there are plenty of Illinois and Chicago real estate owners and renters who are having trouble covering their heating costs. Those residents should know about LIHEAP. More than $185 million has been set aside to help some of those Illinois [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Like Raising Money for Housing? Then, Like!</title>
		<link>http://www.chicagolandrealestateforum.com/2012/01/07/like-raising-money-for-housing-then-like/</link>
		<comments>http://www.chicagolandrealestateforum.com/2012/01/07/like-raising-money-for-housing-then-like/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Jan 2012 22:20:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tracey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Charities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Social Media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[affordble housing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[habitat for humanity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Like to Change the World]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[valspar and habitat for humanity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Valspar Paint]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Now, here&#8217;s an easy way to help raise money for affordable housing. Valspar Paint and Habitat for Humanity have teamed up to create Like to Change the World, in which for every new &#8220;like&#8221; the paint company receives this month on Facebook, it will donate $1 to Habitat for Humanity, up to $100,000, to support [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Home Builders Association of Greater Chicago Holiday Party</title>
		<link>http://www.chicagolandrealestateforum.com/2011/12/11/home-builders-association-of-greater-chicago-holiday-party/</link>
		<comments>http://www.chicagolandrealestateforum.com/2011/12/11/home-builders-association-of-greater-chicago-holiday-party/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Dec 2011 17:13:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mitch Levinson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Charities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Community Service]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Events]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HBAGC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chicago food pantry]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Join the Home Builders Association of Greater Chicago for our Holiday Luncheon on Tuesday, December 13, 2011 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m at Sub-Zero Wolf at the Merchandise Mart.  Home builders, remodelers, designers, mortgage companies, building product manufacturers and others in the industry will come together to network, celebrate the season and spread holiday [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Illinois Residents Need Your Help</title>
		<link>http://www.chicagolandrealestateforum.com/2011/11/23/illinois-residents-need-your-help/</link>
		<comments>http://www.chicagolandrealestateforum.com/2011/11/23/illinois-residents-need-your-help/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2011 21:13:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tracey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Charities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Community Service]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Featured]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[donating to Chicago families in need]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Feeding Illinois]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Greater Chicago Food Depository]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Illinois hungry]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.chicagolandrealestateforum.com/?p=25770</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As you get ready to feed your face and your family in your Chicago real estate on Thanksgiving, take a moment to think of the less fortunate, and then do something about it. According to Feeding Illinois, our state&#8217;s eight food banks provide meals to approximately 1.4 million residents per year. That comes out to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>M/I Homes Serves as Collection Station for Toys for Tots</title>
		<link>http://www.chicagolandrealestateforum.com/2011/11/20/mi-homes-serves-as-collection-station-for-toys-for-tots/</link>
		<comments>http://www.chicagolandrealestateforum.com/2011/11/20/mi-homes-serves-as-collection-station-for-toys-for-tots/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Nov 2011 14:53:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carol Flammer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Charities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Community Service]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New Homes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Social Media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chicago new homes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[m/i homes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Toys for Tots]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[M/I Homes is proud to serve Toys for Tots of Chicagoland as a collection station within the community. Throughout the holiday season M/I Homes will be accepting unwrapped children&#8217;s gifts. Just bring toys to M/I Homes and they will take care of the rest. M/I Homes is also pleased to offer end of the year [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NARI Chicago Remodelers Create New Kitchen in Schaumburg Foster Home Damaged by Fire</title>
		<link>http://www.chicagolandrealestateforum.com/2011/11/19/nari-chicago-remodelers-create-new-kitchen-in-schaumburg-foster-home-damaged-by-fire/</link>
		<comments>http://www.chicagolandrealestateforum.com/2011/11/19/nari-chicago-remodelers-create-new-kitchen-in-schaumburg-foster-home-damaged-by-fire/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Nov 2011 18:15:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Walsh Communications</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Charities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chicago Real Estate News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Community Service]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Remodeling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cook County Illinois remodelers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Greater Chicagoland Chapter of the National Association of the Remodeling Industry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NARI Chicago]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NARI to the Rescue]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[remodeling Chicago]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rich Denman]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[“We’re so proud that our chapter is able to do these NARI to the Rescue projects on an as-needed basis,” member Mike Dew said. “This was one of the biggest charity remodels we’ve been involved with so far, and it went very well. It’s really a great reflection on our chapter and its members.”]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week</title>
		<link>http://www.chicagolandrealestateforum.com/2011/11/13/its-national-hunger-and-homelessness-awareness-week/</link>
		<comments>http://www.chicagolandrealestateforum.com/2011/11/13/its-national-hunger-and-homelessness-awareness-week/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Nov 2011 21:49:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tracey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Charities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Community Service]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[campaign against homelessness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chicago homeless]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Goldie's Place]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[help stop homelessness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Homelessness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Illinois homeless]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.chicagolandrealestateforum.com/?p=24905</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Chances are, if you are reading this, you are in some sort of national or Chicago real estate and lucky enough to have a home. This year, between 2.5 and 3.5 million people will experience homelessness in this country, many of them kids. Welcome to National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week. Each year, one week [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Honor Veterans All Month Long</title>
		<link>http://www.chicagolandrealestateforum.com/2011/11/10/truly-honor-a-veteran-today/</link>
		<comments>http://www.chicagolandrealestateforum.com/2011/11/10/truly-honor-a-veteran-today/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Nov 2011 22:23:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tracey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Charities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Events]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Featured]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[In the City]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[11/11/11]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[America Has Not Forgotten campaign]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chicago veterans day ceremony]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[donating to troops]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Veterans Day Chicago]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Veterans Day Soldier Field]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.chicagolandrealestateforum.com/?p=24565</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Friday is 11/11/11. Besides being the luckiest day ever (I always make a wish at 11:11, you too?), it&#8217;s also Veterans Day, a day to honor the service men and women who work tirelessly to protect our country. Veterans Day is a state and federal holiday as well as a bank holiday, and most schools [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tour Century-Old Chicago-Area Homes for a Cause</title>
		<link>http://www.chicagolandrealestateforum.com/2011/10/04/tour-century-old-chicago-area-homes-for-a-cause/</link>
		<comments>http://www.chicagolandrealestateforum.com/2011/10/04/tour-century-old-chicago-area-homes-for-a-cause/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Oct 2011 16:11:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tracey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Charities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Events]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[In the Burbs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chicago charity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Church of the Holy Comforter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[historic Chicago homes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kenilworth Housewalk]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[On Tuesday, you can take a look inside some historic homes in an affluent Chicago suburb for charity. The Church of the Holy Comforter is hosting its 57th annual Housewalk, &#8220;Home for the Holidays,&#8221; a tour of four century-old homes in Kenilworth to raise money for local and global charities. Along the tour you&#8217;ll see: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Food Resources for Chicago-Area Residents</title>
		<link>http://www.chicagolandrealestateforum.com/2011/09/27/new-food-resources-for-chicago-area-residents/</link>
		<comments>http://www.chicagolandrealestateforum.com/2011/09/27/new-food-resources-for-chicago-area-residents/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2011 21:39:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tracey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Charities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chicago Real Estate News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Community Nutrition and Food Distribution Center]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jennifer Hudson Weight Watchers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julian D. King Gift Foundation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mayor Emanuel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Northern Illinois Food Bank]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Weight Watchers Jennifer Hudson Center]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Two food venues opened in the Chicago area on Tuesday, one to help those find the necessary staple and another to help some manage it. The Northern Illinois Food Bank officially opened its new, custom-designed distribution center in Geneva, Illinois. According to the food bank, the amount of hungry people is at its highest level [...]]]></description>
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