Free assistance is available to complete college and financial aid applications: Don’t miss out. Fill it out!

CHICAGO – October is College Changes Everything® (CCE) Month in Illinois, when students are completing both their college applications and financial aid forms at the same time. Launched by the Illinois Student Assistance Commission (ISAC) five years ago, ISAC and its partners have extended the month-long campaign to provide an intensive schedule of free college and financial aid planning support to students and families from Labor Day through Thanksgiving. The Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA®) and the Alternative Application for Illinois Financial Aid for the 2021-22 school year will both be available on October 1, 2020.

This year is unique in many ways. The Covid-19 pandemic has upended not only how education is delivered, but how students are thinking—or perhaps re-thinking—plans for post-secondary education.

South Side Health Transformation Project wants to hear what you think about healthcare and what health issues are important to you, your family and community. The South Side Health Transformation Project includes healthcare clinics and hospitals on the South Side.

They will use the results of this survey and other information we gather to know the needs, challenges, and gaps in healthcare services on the South Side of Chicago. It will also help them develop healthcare solutions to deal with those needs. Your responses to this survey will be kept private. The survey has 14 questions and should take about 5 minutes to complete.

You have two options to complete the survey:
1. Click this link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/SouthSideHealth
2. Download and print this hyperlinked form – drop off at locations below:

Visit https://www.ejatt.com/ for more information.

To help remedy Chicago's dire blood shortage caused by COVID-19, State Senator Mattie Hunter and Apostolic Church of God are partnering to hold a community blood drive this fall. African-American blood donors are particularly needed to help patients battling sickle cell disease. Blood banks have seen donations by African-Americans drop by more than 50% since the COVID-19 outbreak began.

If you are interested in being part of this community solution, please add your name here. Even one donation could save the life of one of our neighbors. If you have already signed up to donate blood, please call (877) 258-4825 or visit vitalant.org and use group code F932 to make an appointment as soon as you can.

Blood Drive Date: Friday, October 2 from 12-5pm in Apostolic Church of God Gym. Hope to see you there!