Christmas party grows into teen aid effort for Heartly House
Meghan Rooney 13 hosts an annual holiday gathering at her West College Terrace home turning a tea party into a boy girl fundraiser. Guests bring canned goods and gifts for Heartly House with two families benefiting through Salvation Army’s adopted program. Meghan also volunteers with Big Brother Big Sister, planning another six months of service.
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Meghan Rooney
Heartly House
Meghan
Deborah Mason Rooney
Banner School
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West College Terrace
Hood College
Meghan’s
Salvation Army
Report blasts state mental hospitals in Illinois
A new report condemns the Illinois mental health system as filthy and back ward, with patients tied down and left in excrement. It says 10 psychiatric hospitals admit over 13,000 yearly and rely on restraints rather than treatment, with readmissions due to poor follow up. Attorney Ben Wolf calls the system badly broken. band aids won’t solve it. The report was ordered by a judge in a 1992 ACLU lawsuit against Gov. Edgar and the state mental health department.
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Chicago
Hlinois
Ilinois
Ben Wolf
American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois
ACLU
Jim Edgar
State Department of Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities
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