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Learn about the Austin P.O.W.E.R. 5K walk/run

By AustinTalks | July 24, 2015

Get registered at the 8 a.m. Saturday kickoff at Columbus Park. Come rain or shine!

Community

Pre-Christmas health and wellness fair today

By AustinTalks | December 9, 2014

The event – free for seniors 55 and up – will be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Dec. 9 at Austin Town Hall, 5610 W. Lake St.

News

Free screenings at Austin churches Sunday

By AustinTalks | September 27, 2014

Several West Side faith communities will be participating in the health initiative.

News

Local group vying for $350,000 to improve Austin

By Keyanna Johnson | August 21, 2014

Friday is the deadline to cast your vote for PCC Community Wellness Center.

Community

Free health and wellness seminar Saturday

By AustinTalks | April 18, 2014

Sista’s of the Hood and Father, Families in Transition have organized the event, which will be held at the Austin Community Resource Center, 501 N. Central Ave.

Community

Funding being offered to West Side nonprofits

By AustinTalks | April 9, 2014

April 18 is the deadline for groups to apply for a grant of $5,000 to $50,000 from the Advocate Bethany Community Health Fund (Bethany Fund).

Community

PCC Community Wellness Center spreads the world about health insurance program

By Jinnie Hoggarth | September 6, 2013

West Side residents can start registering for the new state program Oct. 1.

Community

Westside Health Authority diabetes seminar Wednesday

By AustinTalks | February 20, 2013

The free Feb. 20 diabetes information session is from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at Austin Town Hall, 5610 W. Lake St.

Community

BUILD offers health and wellness workshops, youth programs

By AustinTalks | February 18, 2013

Various free programs throughout the week are held at BUILD headquarters, 5100 W. Harrison St.

Community

State Rep. Ford’s annual family health challenge

By AustinTalks | January 19, 2013

The event is Jan. 21 from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at Percy Julian Middle School in Oak Park.

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  • Expungement, record sealing event helps West Siders get jobs after leaving prison

    Austin resident Anthony Jefferson has been working over the past six years to expunge his criminal record. With help from the Monroe Foundation, he's moving toward the clean slate he wants to achieve to secure employment.

  • Get free groceries, other help from these Austin groups

    On a recent Thursday, volunteers from What About Us Charitable Enterprises spent the morning filling dozens of grocery bags with fresh food and staples that soon filled the arms of West Side residents in need. Dorin “Pastor Mac” McIntyre, executive director and co-founder of What About Us Charitable Enterprises and pastor of Mount Olivet Missionary Baptist Church, is one of many helping Austin residents struggling with food insecurity.

  • 29th Ward residents invited to holiday events on Tuesday

  • 29th Ward residents invited to propose how to spend $450,000

    Austin residents are invited to participate in this year's participatory budgeting cycle. The annual process lets ward residents ages 14 and up decide how to spend a portion of the aldermanic menu money.

  • Forty Acres Fresh Market marks important moment this week in bringing store to Austin

    Austin moves one step closer this week to getting a new grocery store with the groundbreaking of Forty Acres Fresh Market in the heart of the Soul City Corridor. Another effort to expand food offerings on the West Side continues with the Austin Community Food Co-op, which held a virtual info session last week on its efforts to bring a grocery store to the area.

  • Healing in nature workshop set for Saturday

    The Westside Cultural Alliance continues its "See, Feel and Heal" nature series Saturday at Garfield Park Nature Area, 100 N. Central Park with a workshop on making memory boxes. The workshop sessions focus on art and nature as vehicles of healing through art therapy, which provides wholistic healing for the body, mind and spirit.

  • Illinois residents can apply for help with paying gas, electric bills

    Applications are now open for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) for qualified residential customers who are over the age of 60, have a disability or have children under the age of 6 to receive financial assistance to pay their energy bills. LIHEAP is a federally funded bill payment assistance program that helps low- and fixed-income families pay their utility during the winter heating season.

  • West Siders turn out for chili cook off in Austin’s Soul City

    Over a dozen local chefs competed in the second annual "It’s Getting Chili in Soul City" event on Saturday. A team of five who make up the Austin African American Business Networking Association board – Malcolm Crawford, Shirley Fields, Sharmine Rickett, Ronald Smith and Marshawn Felton – created the chili contest last year.

  • Chicago Marathon runner raises money for West Side girls

    Over the last 20 years, Ashley Graham has run 56 marathons - including the Chicago Marathon five times. Several of those marathons she raised money for charity - and this year was no different.

  • Stop by Austin farmers market this week

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