The South Chicago Chamber is proud to announce our new
Pharmacy Discount Card

The Pharmacy Discount Program provides discounts for its members at certain participating pharmacies for drugs and other healthcare supplies. You can save from 10% to 85% on the cost of both brand name and generic prescriptions immediately. You can also save on smoking cessation aids and diabetes supplies. This program is not a prescription insurance policy. Program members are obligated to pay for all healthcare services but will receive a discount from those health care providers who have contracted with the discount plan organization. To print your card and for addtional information including; participating Pharmacy's, including savings amount on your prescription medication please visit
http://hta18.lc.healthtrans.com/

MARCH month long events

Green Summit Activities 

(contact Claretian Associates for additional information 773-734-9181)

To view the Southeast Chicago Community Calender please click HERE  

or visit http://homepage.mac.com/kevinmurphy1532/Southeast_Chicago_Community_Calendar/

CHAMBER SALUTES LOCAL EDUCATORS

AND PUBLIC SERVANTS

 

On February 19^th over 225 local community stakeholders gathered at Our Lady of Guadalupe Church lower level. This annual event recognizes local  educators at the over 15 both public and private elementary, high school and college levels. The awardees are nominated and selected by the principal or peers at the respective schools.

The awardees included: 

Kristine Condon (Immaculate Conception); Eboni Tankersley (Los Niños Heroes); Deborah Cambron (Marsh School); Carmela Razo (Mireles Academy); Rita Green (Our Lady of Guadalupe); Sarah Makinen Malcom (New Sullivan); Bridget Agnew (St. Michael’s); Sister Regina Marie (Sacred Heart); Arniece Moore (Thorp); Kevin Griffin (B.E.S.T.); Elizabeth Kelley (New Millennium); and Luis Ramirez (Olive Harvey).

In addition to the educator’s, the Chamber honored long time southeast side activist Joe Schuetter as it’s citizen of the year recipient. Also honored were the three founders of the National Museum of Mexican Art. The three, Carlos Tortelero, Rita Jirasek and Helen Valdez all were teachers at Bowen High School two decades ago when the vision was started. The museum started with a budget of $900.00 and has grown to the present 5.5 million dollar budget and attracts visitors from around the world! The business of the year was Calumet Bakery. It is one of the only family operated businesses in the area that has continued since the depression years. Long time youth activist Alfredo Reyes was recognized for his decades of community service with youth and families. He is one of the founders of the La Causa Community Center and works for Chicago Area Project. Lastly, the gathering recognized Rep Marlow Colvin for his continued leadership and contributions toward the overall improved quality of life here on the southeast side. He was designated as the Chamber Public Servant of the Year. This event is one of the only opportunities for the recognition of such individuals and has been truly appreciated by the educator’s in particular.

 

 

In Photo: Citizen of the Year Joe Schuetter

and last years recipient, Joann Podkul-Murphy

 

EASTER PROMOTIONS ANNOUNCED

 

The annual Easter Day Community Dinner will once again be held at the South Chicago YMCA on Sunday April 4, 2010 between 11:30am - 1:00pm.  This event has been held for the past 24 years and attracts between 125 to 150 senior citizens and residents. The dinner is underwritten by the Chamber and several of it’s members.Easter Bunny will be out along Commercial on both the Friday and Saturday before Easter providing shoppers with free photo’s and Easter candies. Friday April 2nd  from 1:30pm until 5:30pm and on Saturday April 3rd from 9:00am until 11:30pm. The bunny will then gravitate to the Calumet Park Field House for the Easter Egg Hunt co sponsored by Alderman John Pope , the South Chicago and East Side Chambers as well as the 004^th Police District. That event starts at noon. In addition to these fun kind of activities, the Chamber also solicits it’s members to adopt a needy family for an Easter food basket. Those families are identified thru the partnering food pantries that the Chamber selects.Come on out and enjoy a visit with Easter Bunny. Dig into your wallets to assist a less fortunate family that is facing hard times like so many across the country with this depressed economy and unemployment rate.

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