Eat out for a good cause

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Community Shares raises funds to help support these organizations through coordinating and managing workplace giving campaigns, allowing employees of private business and city, state and federal government agencies to donate to organizations of their choice by payroll deduction giving. Members of Community Shares assist in fundraising efforts by participating in events such as Share-A- Meal, as well as making presentations at workplaces during campaign kickoff events.

We invite you to join us on Tuesday and help us make a difference. If you are a business owner, we invite you to consider establishing an employee giving program with Community Shares as manager.

For more information about Community Shares visit our website at www.csi-il.org; for more information about Share-A-Meal, visit www.share-a-meal.org.

Ann Ford is executive director of the Illinois Network of Centers for Independent Living, the statewide association to which all of Illinois’ 23 Centers for Independent Living belong. She has been an advocate for the civil rights and full inclusion of people with disabilities for more than 30 years.