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Austin church awarding college scholarships for the 41st year

By AustinTalks | May 28, 2015

Thirty West Side students will share in $30,000 this Sunday at Third Unitarian Church.

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West Side church hosts event to raise college funds

By Jessica Wenck | August 15, 2014

Members of the Family Altar Baptist Church raised more than $6,000 for college scholarships last weekend.

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Long-time minister leaving historic Austin church

By Katie Kather | June 16, 2014

Members hope its community involvement will continue to grow as Rev. Brian Covell’s tenure ends. Jennifer Nordstrom will take over in August.

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Austin teens receive college scholarships

By Keyanna Johnson | June 2, 2014

Third Unitarian Church awarded $14,000 to 14 students. This is the 40th year the congregation has given the awards.

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College scholarship deadlines approaching

By AustinTalks | March 19, 2014

Business majors should apply by March 31 for the North Avenue Business Association award, while the deadline for students wanting to be a One Million Degrees Scholar is April 10.

Community

College scholarship deadline approaching

By AustinTalks | January 9, 2014

The application for the Gates Millenium Scholars program is due Jan. 14. Other scholarship information also is available online.

Community

Austin high school seniors can apply for a $1,000 college scholarship

By AustinTalks | March 13, 2013

The application deadline is March 15.

Community

Greater St. John Bible Church awards 25 scholarships

By AustinTalks | July 18, 2012

The recipients were honored July 13 at the annual Excellence in Education Concert and Awards Ceremony.

Community

Third Unitarian Church Garden Walk to be held Sunday

By AustinTalks | July 5, 2012

With locations in both Oak Park and Chicago, visitors can enjoy gardens from 1 to 4 p.m. July 8 for a donation, which will go toward the chuch’s scholarship fund.

Community

The North Avenue Business Association announces sixth annual scholarship program

By AustinTalks | February 23, 2012

Austin high school seniors who plan to go to college and major in business or a business-related field are encouraged to apply before the March 16 deadline.

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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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