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Holiday Donation Drive to Benefit Chicago HIV Service Agency

Holiday Donation Drive to Benefit Chicago HIV Service Agency

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Merchants in Chicago's Old Town neighborhood will be collecting items needed by HIV service provider Chicago House, plus two other nonprofits.

Three Chicago nonprofit groups, including one that primarily serves people with HIV, will be the beneficiaries of a holiday donation drive that begins Thursday night.

For the Old Town Holiday Drive, running through December 20, there will be marked boxes at participating businesses throughout the neighborhood to collect goods needed by Chicago House and Social Service Agency, which provides housing and other services primarily to people with HIV; Deborah’s Place, which offers supportive housing to formerly homeless women, and Mercy Home for Boys and Girls, a provider of residential and other services to children in need.

The drive, sponsored by the Old Town Merchants and Residents Association, kicks off with an event from 7 to 9 p.m. tonight at clothing boutique Roam, 1419 N. Wells. Attendees are asked to bring a cash donation or a gift. The association is particularly encouraging donations of nonperishable food items, new and unwrapped toys, new cleaning supplies, and toiletries.

The Old Town neighborhood is home to the famed Second City comedy troupe’s theater, a wide variety of businesses, and a diverse residential population.
 

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Trudy Ring is The Advocate’s senior politics editor and copy chief. She has been a reporter and editor for daily newspapers and LGBTQ+ weeklies/monthlies, trade magazines, and reference books. She is a political junkie who thinks even the wonkiest details are fascinating, and she always loves to see political candidates who are groundbreaking in some way. She enjoys writing about other topics as well, including religion (she’s interested in what people believe and why), literature, theater, and film. Trudy is a proud “old movie weirdo” and loves the Hollywood films of the 1930s and ’40s above all others. Other interests include classic rock music (Bruce Springsteen rules!) and history. Oh, and she was a Jeopardy! contestant back in 1998 and won two games. Not up there with Amy Schneider, but Trudy still takes pride in this achievement.
Trudy Ring is The Advocate’s senior politics editor and copy chief. She has been a reporter and editor for daily newspapers and LGBTQ+ weeklies/monthlies, trade magazines, and reference books. She is a political junkie who thinks even the wonkiest details are fascinating, and she always loves to see political candidates who are groundbreaking in some way. She enjoys writing about other topics as well, including religion (she’s interested in what people believe and why), literature, theater, and film. Trudy is a proud “old movie weirdo” and loves the Hollywood films of the 1930s and ’40s above all others. Other interests include classic rock music (Bruce Springsteen rules!) and history. Oh, and she was a Jeopardy! contestant back in 1998 and won two games. Not up there with Amy Schneider, but Trudy still takes pride in this achievement.
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