by Pat Cinquini | Apr 1, 2020 | Uncategorized
If you ever wanted to be a Superhero, now’s your chance. By investing a few minutes of your time, you can give a gift to yourself and over 12 million other people in Illinois simply by completing the 2020 Census. No magic cape, shield, or superpowers are required....
by Pat Cinquini | Mar 17, 2020 | Uncategorized
It’s safe to say there are untold millions of parents experiencing high levels of stress during the Covid-19 pandemic. We’re being bombarded with situations in which we fear we have little control: the safety of our families, job security, financial stability, life...
by Pat Cinquini | Jan 21, 2020 | Uncategorized
Fiction: Human trafficking of children mostly happens in third-world countries. Fact: The U.S. is one of the largest markets for trafficking children. It happens in every state. Shelter has served children from the suburbs who have been victims of commercial sex...
by Pat Cinquini | Jan 9, 2020 | Uncategorized
As of January 5th, there had been eight homicides listed in metropolitan Chicago that included three babies. Two of them were 7-month-old Ameer Newell, who was stabbed and scalded in the bathtub and his 2-year-old brother Johntavis, thrown from an 11th-floor window....
by Pat Cinquini | Nov 12, 2019 | Uncategorized
Having “The Talk” with kids has historically been a time of high anxiety for parents, simply because it was learned behavior through the generations. Even now, some consider the topic of sex to be taboo. But to raise safe and healthy children today, parents need to...
by Pat Cinquini | Oct 3, 2019 | Uncategorized
Visualize an emergency group shelter for kids who are homeless. Do you think of a sterile dormitory-style building painted institution-green with thin blankets placed on metal cots lined-up in a row? Do you picture a rag-clad Oliver Twist at mealtime holding forth a...
