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		<title>Make a difference! Volunteer opportunities available!</title>
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With funding from LISC/Americorps, the BYNC has recently hired a volunteer coordinator to work with the Back of the Yards/New City Task Force to organize and create opportunities for community residents to volunteer. Together we can make the Back of the Yards a better place!
To find out about volunteer opportunities, please email community@bync.org or call [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://bync.org/?p=1923</link>
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		<title>BYNC to perform intake for CEDA Energy Assistance programs</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Beginning September 1st, the Back of the Yards Neighborhood Council will begin performing intake for CEDA&#8217;s Home Energy Assistance programs, including LIHEAP and the new Urban Weatherization program.
For information on eligibility requirements, please download the flyer HERE or visits CEDA&#8217;s website at:
www.cedaorg.net
Please call Jim Gonska for more information at (773) 523-4416 or revisit this web [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://bync.org/?p=1904</link>
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		<title>Benny the Bull visits Hoops in the Hood on 48th and Winchester</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On Friday, July 30th, Benny the Bull, the mascot who is known for his crazy antics, stopped by the BYNC’s Hoops in the Hood event on 48th and Winchester.  Benny lived up to his reputation by shooting t-shirts over 300 feet in the air with a cannon, entering people’s homes (uninvited), shooting silly string [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://bync.org/?p=1835</link>
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		<title>Youth Employment for the Summer is Here!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[To ensure that our youth are provided summer employment opportunities, the Back of the Yards Neighborhood Council will be administering the Illinois YES (Youth Employment for the Summer) program this summer on behalf of the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity.
The YES Program provides subsidized wages for eligible young adults, ages 16-24.  Public, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://bync.org/?p=1833</link>
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		<title>BYNC and LISC/MetroEdge release Retail Scan results</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Back in August of 2009, LISC MetroEdge, began working with the BYNC and other community stakeholders to investigate the challenges and opportunities facing the Retail businesses in the Back of the Yards retail district.
The process began with a thorough analysis of demographic and economic data from the community to determine exactly who was shopping in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://bync.org/?p=1816</link>
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		<title>Youth Journalists interview US Attorney Pat Fitzgerald</title>
		<description><![CDATA[THE GATE&#8217;s Youth Journalism Team sat down with Patrick Fitzgerald, the top law enforcement official for our district.  Click HERE to read the full story online!
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		<link>http://bync.org/?p=1877</link>
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		<title>THE GATE&#8217;s Youth Journalists discuss the budget crisis</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Back of the Yards Neighborhood Council staff members and youth journalists participated in a national town hall meeting on June 26 to discuss the nations budget deficit.  Click HERE to read the full story!
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		<link>http://bync.org/?p=1874</link>
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		<title>BYNC Presents 2009 Annual Report</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The BYNC's 2009 Annual Report, "Creating a Better Place", is here!]]></description>
		<link>http://bync.org/?p=1648</link>
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		<title>Issue #10 of THE GATE</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The 10th issue of the BYNC&#8217;s community newspaper focuses on alcohol abuse, senior issues, new artists in the Back of the Yards.  Click HERE to read it online!
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		<link>http://bync.org/?p=1871</link>
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		<title>THE GATE follows the discussion on a proposed Wal Mart for Chicago&#8217;s south side</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In the 9th issue of THE GATE, our youth journalists follow the wal mart debate, profile the Saint Rose Center, and share community news.  Read online HERE!
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		<link>http://bync.org/?p=1861</link>
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