KOCO to sponsor adult work activity program in inner city
KOCO Mental Health Services will launch the Adult Work Activity program at 1631 South Michigan Avenue to aid 75 adults in a defined inner city area. Led by C. Vincent Bakeman, the program offers grooming, physical education, arts and crafts, recreation, work training, community skills, a client lounge and counseling, with a preschool and home care program also planned for early 1973.
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Kenwood-Oakland
Koco Mhs
South Michigan Avenue
Wil
Wood to receive Lincoln Center humanitarian award in 1973
Arthur M. Wood president of Sears Roebuck will receive the Abraham Lincoln Center award for 1973 at the Center’s achievements dinner on February 12 in the Palmer House. The 12th recipient since 1959, Wood has long served Chicago area social causes and holds top posts at Sears. The Lincoln Center at 3858 S Cottage Grove, under executive director Othello R. Ellis, supports mental health and youth services, including new day care and pre school programs opening March 1 and January 15 1973 respectively, funded by state grants and United Way.
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Arthur M. Wood
Sears, Roebuck and Company
Harry A. Paine
Center
S. Cottage Grove
Wood
Palmer House
Sears
Chicago
Crusade of Mercy
Advance Gifts Committee
United Crusade
Los Angeles
United Settlement Appeal
Boy Scouts of America
Far West Territory
Midwestern Territory
Lincoln Center
Sears- Roebuck Foundation
Council For Finan
Civl Aid
United Way of America
Community Fund of Chicago
Tax Foundation, Incorporated
Committee For Economic Development
Art Institute of Chicago
Rush- Presbyterian-St. Luke’s Medica Center
National Alliance of Businessmen-Chicago
Abraham Lincoln Center
Othello R. Ellis
Paul H. Douglas
Richard J. Daley
Otto J. Kerner
Charles H. Percy
Arnold H. Maremont
Robert A. Uihlein, Jr
Ben W. Heineman
James W. Cook
C. Virgil Martin
Samuel W. Sax
Angelo G. Geocaris
George E Johnson
Open House Celebrates Woodlawn Child Health Center Move
The Woodlawn Child Health center relocated to 950 E 61st St and hosts an open house with attendees Cecilia Guice Cedric L Chernick Mrs Chernick Jeanette D Branch Rose Bates Robert Bates and James Gram mer. Operated by the University of Chicago Department of Pediatrics the center has served about 17000 patients under 19 since 1967 offering free medical and social services.
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Woodlawn Child Health Center
E. 61St St
Cecilia Guice
Cedric L. Chernick
University of Chicago
Robert Bates
James Grammer
Child Health Center
Department of Pediatrics
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KOCO
C. Vincent Bakeman
Koco Mental Health Services
South
Michigan Avenue
Illinois Department of Mental Health
Chicago Board of Education
Robert Taylor
Federal Avenue
Robert L
Lucas
McCorvey
Mack
Scott
the Herald
Sersing South Commons
Prairie
Shores
Lake Meadows
Hyde Park Herald, Inc
Harper Ave
Minos
BAIS
53Rd St. & Dorchester
Dan Bauer
Zenith
Panasonic
KLH
E. 53Rd
Hyde Park
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