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March 2017
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Official safe home opening and ribbon cutting with Chicago Mary Rahm Emanuel
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On Monday, January 23, 2017
Mayor Rahm Emanuel
, First Deputy Commissioner at the City of Chicago's Department of Family and Support Services
Jennifer Welch
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Alderman James Cappleman
and his chief of staff, Tressa Feher joined us for a ribbon cutting ceremony to officially open our new safe home / emergency shelter!
The opening was widely covered on television, on the radio and in print! We hope you caught us on the local news, on Univision, on Chicago Public Radio (WBEZ) and on WBBM CBS Radio. We were also featured in the
Chicago Tribune and in
DNAinfo and by the Columbia Chronicle! Visit
www.apnaghar.org/apna-ghar-in-the-news for links to all of the media coverage!
We were grateful to have our
community and funding partners
tour the new space and host a reception for Designs for Dignity who generously donated $150,000.00 worth of services and goods for our safe home project. We are so thankful for their partnership throughout the process!
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Board President Sameer Chhabria, board member Kalsoom Saleem, Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky, Senator Dick Durbin, board vice president Alpa Patel, and executive director Neha Gill at our new safe home
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We ended the opening week with a visit from
Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky
,
Senator Dick Durbin
and their staff, Wendy Cohen from the Attorney General's office and Shay Robinson from Commissioner Bridget Gainer's office. State Senator Heather Steans, her chief of staff, Cathy Smith as well as Pat Ewert from State Representative Kelly Cassidy's office also joined us on February 21, 2017.
We sincerely thank everyone who contributed to our year end campaign for our new safe home which significantly increases our capacity to house and care for survivors of gender violence. You can help us make our new space feel more like a home
:
Bed Bath and Beyond Registry
We're very excited to announce that this year's
Taste for Life gala is on
Thursday, May 18, 2017 at 6:00pm in the beautiful Preston Bradley Hall at the Chicago Cultural Center! Join us for delicious food and live entertainment in the company of like minded people who also support our mission of ending gender violence. For tickets and more information, visit
www.apnaghar.org/taste-for-life
Sincerely,
Neha Gill
Executive Director
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