Community information on Veterans Arts Festival and more.
North Chicago
Deadline and information session: The Captain James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center (FHCC) will hold its annual Veterans Creative Arts Festival, to highlight the artwork, poetry and musical talents of area veterans, March 10 at the College of Lake County, 19351 W. Washington St., Grayslake. Veterans enrolled for care at any Lovell FHCC’s facilities are encouraged to enter in art, performance and writing categories. Art categories include painting; sculpture; drawing; photography; wood, leather and model kits; and pottery. Performance categories include dance (including wheelchair dance), drama (including comedy), solo and group vocal and instrumental acts, vocal original compositions, and special recognition. Veterans also may submit creative writing entries. The deadline is Feb. 19. For submissions and to get more information, contact Tricia Stewart, 224-610-4201, [email protected]; or Elizabeth La Combe, 224-610-5886, [email protected]. To get more information about how to enter, veterans may visit an information table from 3-5 p.m. Thursday inside the Lovell FHCC main/valet parking entrance (Bldg. 133EF), 3001 Green Bay Road, North Chicago. Local artists, musicians and writers will judge the entries and determine places in each category. The first-place winning pieces will be eligible to advance to the national level, where they will compete with entries submitted by veterans from other Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) facilities. The National Veterans Creative Arts Festival will take place in Jackson, Miss., Oct. 10-17. For more information on the National Veterans Creative Arts Festival, visit www.va.gov/opa/speceven/caf/index.asp.
Highland Park
Service Day: Celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Service Day by joining with Moraine Township and other community organizations from 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Jan.18 at the Highland Park Recreation Center, 1207 Park Ave. W. Volunteers are needed to transport food from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Email Amy [email protected] to volunteer. Contribute and pull up at the door of the Center to drop food off with volunteers between 10 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. Residents who need to use the Food Pantry are encouraged to call 847-432-3240 to learn about regular pantry hours, or to make an appointment.
Waukegan
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Workshop: The 2016 Artis Yancey HBCU (Historically Black Colleges and University) Tour informational session titled “The Next Step” will be presented by the Office of Illinois Comptroller Leslie Geissler Munger at 6 p.m. Jan. 19 at Park Place Senior Center, 414 S. Lewis Ave. Learn how to evaluate options after high school, identify wants vs. needs and setting goals. During spring break, March 18-27, a select group of high-schoolers will visit college campuses in Georgia, Florida, Alabama and Louisiana. The tour is open to all high school students. For more information, call 847-244-4900.
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