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| The Illinois State Crime Commission/Police Athletic League of Illinois works diligently with community leaders to help provide each citizen a safe place to live! |
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News
First Coats Received in Bloom Township  | | ISCC/PAL-IL and Bloom volunteers take time out before the families arrive: Among those pictured are Paul Urdan and family, Peter Panagiotaros and family, Jerry Elsner, Wanda and Roger Brunke, Phyllis Swartz, Norma Caratachea and granddaughters, Donnie Oliver, Dennis Mitzner, Jerry Elsner. | |  | | Jerry Elsner, Cleveland Browns' Jim Phelan, and Bill Joyce, Police Chief of South Chicago Heights look over the boys coats. | |  | | Families checking in with Norma Caratachea | |  | | Jerry with two happy customers | |  | | Chicago Heights Mayor David Owen helps out two of his younger citizens | |  | | All smiles here | |  | | Olympic boxing champion Danell Nicholson did a good job selecting the right sizes! | |  | | ISCC/PAL Board member Bob Duncan and Meredith Duncan with the Salinas family from Richton Park. Other family members not pictured include 8 year old twins, a 4 year old and a 10 year old who recently survived a house fire. |
Hundreds of families in need came to the Bloom Township Center on Saturday, November 28th to receive brand new coats for their children. Thanks to the generosity of many, many Chicago area individuals and companies, these children will have a much warmer winter this year.
The Illinois State Crime Commission/ Police Athletic League of Illinois uses these opportunities to help foster positive relationship between youth and law enforcement, helping to build stronger communities.
One family teary-eyed family member commented, "It is a good thing. It feels like a birthday present at Christmastime."
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