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Admission to the 12 p.m. game, held at Christ the King School, 5088 W. Jackson Blvd., is a non-perishable food item. Cash donations also will be accepted. The event is being hosted by The Friendship Baptist Church of Chicago and its pastor Reginald E. Bachus.
A spring clothing drive benefiting the community-based health program will be held from 12 to 1:30 p.m. March 4 at the Westside Health Authority, 4800 W. Chicago Ave.
Ministers must be careful, or they risk getting their churches in trouble with the IRS and hurting their community, writes West Side advocate Valerie Leonard.
Elected officials joined the advocates at the Nov. 19 meeting at La Follette Park Field House to hear about the benefits of mentoring and youth councils.
Third Unitarian Church will hold the annual celebration Sunday at 11 a.m. The benefit luncheon begins at noon.
Officials also celebrate the Austin campus’ test scores, which are the best in the school’s history.