CEDA Activities
Comcast Cares Day 2008
Comcast Cares Day
2008
CEDA Food Pantry Grand Opening
| The food pantry is located in the South
Suburbs at: 12549 S. Ashland Ave. Calumet Park, IL 60827Please Support our efforts by holding a food drive at your business. We are asking for the following types of donations:
Click here for further Details
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| CEDA would like to thank the following donors: | |
| Jewel's Food Store | Park National Bank |
| Dominicks Food Store | Washington Mutual Bank |
| Ultra Foods | Chase Bank |
| Bank Financial | First Midwest Bank |
| Darryl King | Pearlie Reid |
| Mayor Eric Kellogg and City of Harvey | V. Holmes Motowns Greatest |
| Mikal Clay Products and Positive Image, Inc. | Ray Martino and Calumet Township |
| Tim Veil and Chicago Office Interiors | Mike Valente Calumet Park Chamber of Commerce |
| Mayor Buster Porsche and City of Calumet Park | |
New
Computer Lab Opens in Robbins
Comcast, a partner of the Community and Economic Development
Association of Cook County (CEDA), donated $75,000 to help CEDA Southeast
fund its expansion of a Community Computer Center at 3518 West 139th
Street in Robbins, IL.
“It’s very important to Comcast to give back to the communities in which we live and work,” said Sandy Weicher, Comcast South Area Vice President. “We focus on organizations that help empower residents and this grant to CEDA aligns with our goals to help improve their quality of life.”
“We are so grateful to Comcast and CEDA for establishing a Community Computer Center in Robbins,” said Mayor Irene Brodie. “21 st Century technology will enable our citizens to upgrade their computer and job skills.”
The relationship between CEDA and Comcast developed this year when CEDA applied for the Comcast Foundation’s prestigious President’s Grant. “With this Comcast Foundation grant, CEDA’s plan is to give our constituency the advanced computer skills they need,” said CEDA President & CEO Robert Wharton. “There has been a digital revolution, and some parts of our society have still not caught up, but we are creating a model in Robbins, IL that we hope can be duplicated in other communities.”
This grant from the Comcast Foundation is in recognition of Comcast’s commitment to the communities where its customers and employees live and work. Since its founding in 1999, the Comcast Foundation has distributed over $30 million in support of programs implemented locally in Comcast communities.
Foreclosure Prevention: Suburban Mayor's Forum
Suburban housing leaders met at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago on October 25, 2007, to begin a community‐wide dialogue on the sub‐prime lending crisis that has many fearing economic ruin.
“Foreclosure Prevention: Maintaining the Economic Health of Suburban Communities,”hosted by the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago and the Community and Economic Association of Cook County, Inc., focused on solutions to the foreclosure crisis.
The panel of experts at the forum included, moderator Malcolm Bush,
president of the Woodstock Institute, and panelists Brenda Grauer, policy
advisor for the Illinois Attorney General’s office; Tammie Grossman,
executive director of Housing Action Illinois and Judith Heaney, U.S.
Department of Housing and Urban Development Supervisory
Operation officer and Kim Millender, CEDA Housing Counselor.
News Articles:
CEDA
National Weatherization Day
As the cold weather approaches, most families across the country are turning up their thermostats to combat dropping temperatures. For low‐income families, however, cranking up the heat is not always an option. These families pay 16% or more of their annual incomes for energy compared with only 5% for other non low‐income families. Unable to pay gaping balances or hefty reconnection fees, some families are considering how they will survive this winter without heat.
Each year, October is designated as Energy Awareness Month. The Department of Energy uses the onset of winter to promote energy conservation, renewable energy, and new technology use in the energy industry. With the high costs of fuel oil still here, the rising prices in natural gas, and the ever fluctuating electric process occurring with marketing restructuring, celebrating a successful conservation program like the WAP is extremely important to everyone
TEAM
H.E.A.T.
Over the past three years, Team H.E.A.T. (Home Energy Assistance Together) project has helped more than 380 families prepare for winter. Last year more than 120 volunteers weatherized the homes of low-income customers.
The project involves installing weather stripping, putting plastic over windows and caulking around windows and doors. Volunteers are placed on a team and given a demonstration the day of the event. Each team weatherproofs about four homes the day of the event. Team HEAT will serve as a demonstration for residents on how to weatherproof the entire home. They also leave behind additional weatherproofing materials, information on energy conservation, and a list of simple ways to hold down energy cost.