| Skokie Community Fund awards grants totaling $25K to 6 groups |
2015-11-26 |
None |
Skokie Review, Thursday, November 26, 2015, p.7 |
Open Studio Project,
Niles Township Schools' English Language Learners Parent Center,
Youth & Opportunity United,
Douglas Center,
Skokie Community Fund,
Orchard Village,
YWCA Evanston/North Shore |
| Skokie makes hard grant choices in budget |
2012-02-09 |
None |
Skokie Review, Thursday, February 9, 2012 , p. 5 |
Harbour, Inc.,
North Shore Senior Center,
Maine-Niles Association of Special Recreation (M-NASR),
Grants,
Interfaith Housing Center of the Northern Suburbs,
CJE Senior Life,
Children's Advocacy Center of Northwest Cook County,
Orchard Village,
Skokie Board of Trustees,
Search Developmental Center,
Community Development Block Grants,
Center for Enriched Living,
Turning Point Behavioral Health Care Center,
SHORE Community Services, Inc.,
Haberstich, Carrie,
Access to Care,
Metropolitan Family Services,
PEER Services,
Lorge, Michael |
| CDBG funding choices made |
2008-02-07 |
None |
Skokie Review, Thursday, February 7, 2008, p. 5 |
Thresholds,
Harbour, Inc.,
Maine-Niles Association of Special Recreation (M-NASR),
Social agencies,
Community development,
Housing Opportunity Development Corp.,
Children's Advocacy Center of Northwest Cook County,
Apna Ghar,
Thompson, Tom,
Orchard Village,
Search Developmental Center,
Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago,
Rebuilding Together North Suburban Chicago,
Community Development Block Grants,
Center for Enriched Living,
SHORE Community Services, Inc.,
Council for Jewish Elderly (CJE),
Access to Care,
Metropolitan Family Services,
PEER Services,
North Shore Senior Center,
Grants |
| CDBG requests exceed budget |
2008-01-24 |
None |
Skokie Review, Thursday, January 24, 2008, p. 6 |
Skokie Public Works Department,
Harbour, Inc.,
North Shore Senior Center,
Grants,
Maine-Niles Association of Special Recreation (M-NASR),
Housing Opportunity Development Corp.,
Social agencies,
Community development,
Apna Ghar,
Thompson, Tom,
Orchard Village,
Search Developmental Center,
Rebuilding Together North Suburban Chicago,
Community Development Block Grants,
Center for Enriched Living,
Council for Jewish Elderly (CJE),
Access to Care,
Metropolitan Family Services,
SHORE Community Services for Retarded Citizens |
| Orchard Village plan rejected by trustees |
2007-03-08 |
None |
Skokie Review, Thursday, March 8, 2007, p. 6 |
WilPower, Inc.,
Orchard Village,
Skokie Board of Trustees,
Skokie Plan Commission,
Vail, Jim,
McCabe, Frank,
Gelder, Michael,
Perille, Donald,
Sutker, Edie Sue,
Housing - Group homes |
| Orchard Village housing OK'd by commission |
2007-02-15 |
None |
Skokie Review, Thursday, February 15, 2007, p. 11 |
Cox, James,
Housing - Group homes,
Zoning,
WilPower, Inc.,
Orchard Village,
Skokie Plan Commission,
Vail, Jim,
Mitchell, James |
| Helping all kids to blossom |
2006-03-16 |
None |
Skokie Review, Thursday, March 16, 2006, p. 13 |
Orchard Village,
Charities |
| Business Briefs |
2005-12-15 |
None |
Skokie Review, Thursday, December 15, 2005, p. 86 |
Orchard Village,
SBC Illinois,
Volunteer work,
Business - Storage facilities,
Lockup Storage Center |
| SBC donates $5,000 to Orchard Village |
2005-03-10 |
None |
Skokie Review, Thursday, March 10, 2005, p. 118 |
Orchard Village,
SBC Excelerator,
Grants |
| Trustees pick grant winners |
2004-02-05 |
None |
Skokie Review, Thursday, February 5, 2004, p. 3 |
Thresholds,
North Shore Senior Center,
Grants,
Maine-Niles Association of Special Recreation (M-NASR),
Social agencies,
Community development,
PEER Services,
Orchard Village,
Search Developmental Center,
Evanston Shelter for Battered Women,
Community Development Block Grants,
Center for Enriched Living,
Turning Point Behavioral Health Care Center,
SHORE Community Services, Inc.,
Access to Care |
| Orchard Village workers unionize |
2002-05-09 |
None |
Skokie Review, Thursday, May 9, 2002, p. 10 |
American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME),
Orchard Village,
Turnage, Kelly,
Woodson, Doug,
Social agencies,
Serrano, E.J.,
Unions |
| Local giving up after 9/11 |
2001-11-01 |
None |
Skokie Review, Thursday, November 1, 2001, p. 5 |
Orchard Village,
International Association of Firefighters Local 3033,
Fundraising and fundraisers,
Adopt-a-Family,
Downing, Christopher,
Charities,
United Way of Skokie Valley,
DiFrancesca, Maureen Murphy,
Wimer, Bruce,
Honderich, Kenneth |
| Orchard Village workers hold union election |
2001-11-01 |
None |
Skokie Review, Thursday, November 1, 2001, p. 10 |
American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME),
Honderich, Kenneth,
Orchard Village,
Woodson, Doug,
Social agencies,
Unions |
| Charities reap profits from shopping day |
2000-09-28 |
None |
Skokie Review, Thursday, September 28, 2000, p. D5 |
Business - Retail,
Bloomingdale's,
Orchard Village,
Katz, Debbie,
Hagwood, Julie,
Fundraising and fundraisers,
Charities,
Tourette Syndrome Association of Illinois,
Gottlieb, Linda |
| Niles Township loses on Skokie CDBG funding |
2000-03-23 |
None |
Skokie Review, Thursday, March 23, 2000, p. 5 |
SHORE Community Services for Retarded Citizens,
Niles Township Sheltered Workshop (NTSW),
Grants,
Maine-Niles Association of Special Recreation (M-NASR),
Turning Point Behavioral Health Care Center,
Niles Township,
Social agencies,
Community development,
Better Existence with HIV (BEHIV),
Orchard Village,
Evanston Shelter for Battered Women,
Community Development Block Grants |
| Village awards CDBG money |
1999-02-18 |
None |
Skokie Review, Thursday, February 18, 1999, p. 4 |
Orchard Village,
Evanston Shelter for Battered Women,
Community Development Block Grants,
Grants,
Maine-Niles Association of Special Recreation (M-NASR),
Turning Point Behavioral Health Care Center,
Social agencies,
Great Opportunities,
Community development,
Better Existence with HIV (BEHIV) |
| Gala is crowned with success |
1998-08-06 |
None |
Skokie Review, Thursday, August 6, 1998, p. D11 |
Orchard Village,
Fundraising and fundraisers,
Wolf, Bruce,
Disabled |
| Volunteers spruce up Orchard Village |
1998-04-23 |
None |
Skokie Review, Thursday, April 23, 1998, p. 5 |
National Volunteer Week,
Orchard Village,
Volunteer work,
United Way of Skokie Valley,
DiFrancesca, Maureen Murphy |
| Over the Rainbow sets record |
1997-06-19 |
None |
Skokie Review, Thursday, June 19, 1997, p. D12 |
Hurley, Dr. Dan,
Orchard Village,
Fundraising and fundraisers,
Skinner, Samuel K. |
| Block grants awarded |
1997-02-20 |
None |
Skokie Review, Thursday, February 20, 1997, p. 11 |
SHORE Community Services for Retarded Citizens,
Orchard Village,
Niles Township Sheltered Workshop (NTSW),
Community Development Block Grants,
Grants,
Turning Point Behavioral Health Care Center,
United Way of Skokie Valley,
Social agencies,
Community development,
Metropolitan Family Services |
| Nine groups ask village for grants |
1997-02-06 |
None |
Skokie Review, Thursday, February 6, 1997, p. 20 |
Orchard Village,
Niles Township Sheltered Workshop (NTSW),
Community Development Block Grants,
Grants,
Social agencies,
Community development |
| Open warfare' between home, one neighbor |
1996-06-27 |
None |
Skokie Review, Thursday, June 27, 1996, p. 18 |
Housing - Group homes,
Orchard Village,
Kramer, Angie |
| CDBG funds finally freed |
1996-05-23 |
None |
Skokie Review, Thursday, May 23, 1996, p. 4 |
Orchard Village,
Niles Township Sheltered Workshop (NTSW),
Community Development Block Grants,
Evanston YMCA,
Grants,
Maine-Niles Association of Special Recreation (M-NASR),
Community development,
Better Existence with HIV (BEHIV) |
| Orchard Village pleads case for cable TV |
1996-01-18 |
None |
Life - Skokie edition, Thursday, January 18, 1996, Sec. 1, p. 4 |
Orchard Village,
TCI of Illinois,
Cable television |
| Volunteers dig right in |
1995-07-06 |
None |
Life - Skokie edition, Thursday, July 6, 1995, Sec. 1, p. 1 |
Commonwealth Edison,
Orchard Village,
Volunteer work,
Klein, Maryjane,
Environment,
Ameritech Illinois,
Williams, Leslie |
| Orchard Village house given official welcome |
1994-09-01 |
Orchard Village's new residence sponsored an open house. |
Skokie Review, Thursday, September 1, 1994, p. 12 |
Housing - Group homes,
Orchard Village |
| Orchard Village buys houses |
1993-05-06 |
Orchard Village has purchased two houses in Morton Grove and plans to turn them into group homes. |
Skokie Review, Thursday, May 6, 1993, p. 20 |
Housing - Group homes,
Orchard Village,
Morton Grove |
| Orchard Village opening homes in Morton Grove |
1993-04-15 |
Orchard Village will open two new group homes in Morton Grove. |
Life - Skokie edition, Thursday, April 15, 1993, Sec. 1, p. 1 |
Housing - Group homes,
Orchard Village,
Morton Grove |
| Agencies to begin janitorial program for local disabled |
1985-09-26 |
Orchard Village, W. W. Grainger Inc. and Oakton Community College have announced the start of a six-month Transitional Janitorial Program. |
Skokie Review, Thursday, September 26, 1985, p. 15 |
Oakton Community College,
Orchard Village,
Disabled - Mentally,
Employment,
Disabled - Developmentally,
W.W. Grainger Inc. |
| Self-sufficiency nurtured at Orchard Village |
1985-04-11 |
Orchard Village, a private non-profit organization in Skokie, works to bring out the potential in its 63 mentally disabled residents. |
Skokie Review, Thursday, April 11, 1985, p. 22 |
Orchard Village,
Disabled - Mentally |
| New setup at residence for retarded |
1981-09-13 |
Four mildly retarded men now live at 8636 Keystone. Two house parents moved out and two mildly retarded men moved in to satisfy a village ordinance that restricts the number of unrelated people who can live in one unit. |
Life - Skokie edition (Weekend edition), Sunday, September 13, 1981, Sec. 1, p. 1 |
Housing - Group homes,
Orchard Village,
Disabled - Mentally |
| Skokie trustees give Centre East big bucks |
1981-06-18 |
Centre East, Orchard Village and the Orchard Mental Health Center of Niles Township received over $88,000 in funds from the Skokie Board of Trustees. |
The News, Thursday, June 18, 1981, p. 3 |
Performing arts,
Skokie - Budget and expenditures,
Orchard Village,
Centre East Inc.,
Orchard Mental Health Center,
Social agencies |
| Trustees rebuke state, OK Orchard Village aid |
1981-06-18 |
A $33,120 revenue-sharing request from Orchard Village was approved by the village board June 15. The money will be used to cover expenses not covered by state funding. |
Life - Skokie edition, Thursday, June 18, 1981, Sec. 1, p. 2 |
Skokie - Budget and expenditures,
Orchard Village,
Disabled - Mentally |
| Skokie board refuses to reconsider vote |
1981-06-11 |
Orchard Village is planning a lawsuit again the village of Skokie because the village denied a request for a special use permit to create a group home for mentally disabled adults at 8636 Keystone. |
The News, Thursday, June 11, 1981, p. 3 |
Housing - Group homes,
Zoning,
Orchard Village,
Disabled - Mentally,
Litigation |
| Orchard tries again, fails to get ok |
1981-06-11 |
After failing at a second attempt to get a special use permit, Bernie Salbert, director of the Orchard Association for the Retarded, said he will recommend to the Board of Directors that the Association file suit against the village. |
Life - Skokie edition, Thursday, June 11, 1981, Sec. 1, p. 1 |
Housing - Group homes,
Zoning,
Orchard Village,
Saltberg, Bernie,
Disabled - Mentally,
Litigation,
Orchard Association for the Retarded |
| Skokie board rejects handicapped home |
1981-06-04 |
The Skokie board has rejected a request by Orchard Village for a special use permit which would allow the organization to operate a "supportive living arrangement" in the house at 8636 Keystone. |
The News, Thursday, June 4, 1981, p. 3 |
Housing - Group homes,
Zoning,
Orchard Village,
Disabled - Mentally |
| Planners OK facility for retarded adults |
1981-04-26 |
Skokie planners voted 5-2 to grant a special use permit thus allowing the house at 8636 Keystone to become a home for mentally disabled adults. |
Life - Skokie edition (Weekend edition), Sunday, April 26, 1981, Sec. 1, p. 1 |
Housing - Group homes,
Zoning,
Orchard Village,
Skokie Plan Commission,
Disabled - Mentally |
| Residents to fight 'halfway house |
1981-04-23 |
Residents of the 8600 block of Keystone will fight the creation of a "halfway house," a home for mentally disabled adults, on the block. The home was rented by Orchard Village for some of its "graduates. |
Life - Skokie edition, Thursday, April 23, 1981, Sec. 1, p. 1 |
Housing - Group homes,
Zoning,
Orchard Village,
Disabled - Mentally |
| Resident hits facility for retarded adults |
1981-04-19 |
Neighbors of Orchard Village's "supportive living arrangement" at 8636 Keystone, say they will appear before the Plan Commission to protest the location of the patient care facility in their neighborhood. |
Life - Skokie edition (Weekend edition), Sunday, April 19, 1981, Sec. 1, p. 1 |
Housing - Group homes,
Zoning,
Orchard Village,
Skokie Plan Commission,
Disabled - Mentally |
| Facility for retarded on planners agenda |
1981-04-16 |
Orchard Village has asked the village for permission for three "graduates" to move into a group home located at 8636 N. Keystone Ave. |
Life - Skokie edition, Thursday, April 16, 1981, Sec. 1, p. 1 |
Housing - Group homes,
Zoning,
Orchard Village,
Disabled - Mentally |
| Skokie gives $22,000: Orchard Village gets grant |
1980-06-19 |
Orchard Village received $21,924 in revenue sharing funds from the Skokie Village Board. |
The News, Thursday, June 19, 1980, p. 11 |
Orchard Village,
Skokie Board of Trustees,
Grants |
| Orchard Village aims at normalcy |
1975-07-10 |
Article on Orchard Village facility. |
The News, Thursday, July 10, 1975, p. 11 |
Orchard Village,
Hospitals,
Health - Mental |
| Orchard Village zoning problem |
1974-12-12 |
Orchard Village against being rezoned as B-6 (medical center). |
The News, Thursday, December 12, 1974, p. 11 |
Zoning,
Orchard Village |
| Orchard Village expands site |
1973-11-01 |
Orchard Village has purchased several residences to be used to expand its facilities. |
The News, Thursday, November 1, 1973, p. 12 |
Orchard Village,
Orchard Association for the Retarded,
Health - Mental |
