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Member spotlight: Paul Donnell

Member spotlight: Paul Donnell

When I first moved to Chicago after college in the summer of 2001 I initially thought this would be a two-to-three year stop, and I would be on my way to bigger and better things (as if things got bigger and better than Chicago?!). After a couple of years, I realized Chicago was becoming a [...]

YLS members tour Rauner YMCA and volunteer for Healthy Kids Day

YLS members tour Rauner YMCA and volunteer for Healthy Kids Day

On Saturday, April 18, YLS members visited and toured the beautiful Rauner Family YMCA in the Pilsen neighborhood.    Pilsen has always been an entry point for immigrants in Chicago, starting with people of Czech origin in the late 19th century and to people from Mexico in the 1960s. Rauner Family YMCA’s Executive Director, Martha “Marty” Gutierrez [...]