🌱 Patch AM: How FEMA’s door-to-door damage checks could impact Homewood disaster aid

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In today's newsletter:

• How FEMA's door-to-door damage checks could impact Homewood disaster aid

Also on today's calendar: Bedtime Buddies and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What has 2 arms and a neck but no head? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Hot and humid with a t-storm, with a high of 93 and low of 73 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
• Friday: Hot and humid with a t-storm, temps: high: 95, low: 72.
• Saturday: Chance for a thunderstorm, with a high of 86 and low of 67 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• FEMA, other agencies document storm damage in Homewood, Illinois (cbsnews.com) — FEMA and Illinois emergency officials are in Homewood documenting last month's severe storm damage, going door-to-door to assess costly losses that could qualify Cook County for federal disaster aid. Recent tornadoes and destructive storms have repeatedly battered Homewood, toppling trees onto homes and leaving major debris piles, so these assessments may directly affect local recovery resources and assistance options.
   

📸 Around Homewood

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Homewood

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Thursday September 3
• Bedtime Buddies →
  17917 Dixie Hwy, Homewood
  6:30 pm
Friday September 4
• School Improvement Day (early student dismissal)
  HOMEWOOD SD 153 Homewood, IL 60430
• Homecoming Football Game
  Homewood Flossmoor CHSD 233 Flossmoor, IL 60422
  7:30 pm
Saturday September 5
• Free Yoga for Kids at Dairy Queen →
  Dairy Queen Restaurant, 1700 Ridge Rd, Homewood
  11:00 am
Monday September 7
• Labor Day (district closed)
  HOMEWOOD SD 153 Homewood, IL 60430
Tuesday September 8
• Boys Baseball Game vs CHMS →
  Parker Junior High School Flossmoor, IL 60422
  4:15 pm
• Sacred Circles | A Woman's Gathering →
  Serendipity Yoga and Wellness, 18300 Dixie Hwy, Homewood
  7:45 pm
Thursday September 10
• Bloodcurdling Books for Teens →
  Homewood Public Library, 17917 Dixie Hwy, Homewood
  6:30 pm
• Trivia Time →
  17917 Dixie Hwy, Homewood
  7:00 pm
Friday September 11
• Homeschool Meet Up - Experiment with a Book! →
  17917 Dixie Hwy, Homewood
  11:00 am
• Boost Your Brain Health →
  17917 Dixie Hwy, Homewood
  1:00 pm
• Autumn Blood Drive →
  Serendipity Yoga and Wellness, 18300 Dixie Hwy, Homewood
  3:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• World Skate World Cup Figures September 18-20 at Lynwood Sports Center —Bernice Scheive Read on Patch
• Walk Local. Give Local. Pink-a-Boo Walk of Hope Supports Neighbors Impacted by Cancer —Cancer Support Center Read on Patch
• bingo —Liz Smith Read on Patch

• Kentucky Fried Chicken posted a job opening for Team Member in Homewood. Apply here.
• Aerotek posted a job opening for Sanitation Worker in Harvey. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Homewood here.

🗞 Nearby News

Flossmoor

• School administrators earned 78.3% higher than teachers in Flossmoor School District 161 in 2024-25 (southcooknews.com)
• Agencies in area conducting preliminary storm damage assessments (hfchronicle.com)

Harvey

• UChicago Medicine announces two new residency programs at Ingalls (chicagotribune.com)

Chicago Heights

• Police found 2 bodies in Clark Morgan's minivan years before gruesome discovery at Chicago funeral home (cbsnews.com)
• Suburban grandma says dog sniffed her cancer, ultimately saved her life (abc7chicago.com)
• Alumni (brown.edu)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A shirt (Thank you Dianna H. for sending it in!)
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