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Support the 2017 Assist-A-Family Program

Participate in the 2017 Skokie Assist-A-Family Program and help Skokie families struggling with limited financial resources this holiday.

Please consider participating in the 2017 Skokie Assist-A-Family Program that helps Skokie families struggling with limited financial resources celebrate the winter holidays. Families receive gift cards for area businesses which they use to purchase food, household necessities and other items specific to each family member’s needs and wants. Last year nearly 200 families received gift cards through the program.

Those interested in making a donation this year are asked to do so by Friday, December 1, 2017. Please make checks payable to the Village of Skokie, and add Skokie Assist-A-Family Program on the memo line. Send donations to Village of Skokie, Human Services Division, 5127 Oakton Street, Skokie, IL 60077. For further information, please contact the Human Services Division at 847-933-8208.

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