North Side Housing and Supportive Services will be hosting its annual dinner “Building Hope” on September 23, 2010 at Reza’s Restaurant 432 W. Ontario. The evening boasts of a family-style dinner of sumptuous Persian, Middle-Eastern, and Mediterranean cuisine that is sure to please! Our silent auction gifts this year includes a lovely bracelet, two months of fitness time at LPAC and gift certificates from Lettuce Entertain You Restaurants, plus much, much more! Come on and host a table this year, or just come out and be our guest! For more information, please contact Roger Engelmann at rogerengelmann@hotmail.com
Geri |July 26, 10 4:23 pm
North Side received a $15,000 Cubs Care grant at the April 27th luncheon this year. This is the 12th year Cubs Care has supported North Side and we are more than grateful to remain a partner!
North Side recently received a grant from The Dewan Foundation to help expand its employment program! In addition to its Pathways supportive employment program, NSHSS will add 28 Days to Employment as a new program component. The innovative program is rapidly growing as a state-of-the art tool for helping those hard to employ (i.e. with felony records, sparodic work history, lack of skills, etc.) to find not just a “job”, but land a career based on their gifts and talents. Twenty-Eight Days is the brainchild of CJ Brown, a US veteran who was once homeless, “Careers are found in “the hidden” job market”, Brown shared at a meeting with North Side’s Executive Director, Geri Palmer and Employment Services and Senior Case Manager, Nanette Tucker.
The program runs for six-weeks, two hours per week, and is slated to begin in early March. The weekly sessions includes working from a manual and homework. Ms Tucker is working on drafting the criteria for entry. Program participants for the first session will include men living in North Side’s housing programs and several slots are available for women in the community.
Geri |February 12, 10 2:10 pm
Channel 7 News paid a visit to North Side on August 28th to interview the Executive Director, Geri Palmer regarding her thoughts on the loop shooting of a man that occurred on August 27th.
Click here to see the video of the interview
Geri |September 8, 09 10:27 am
