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President Nixon with Peter Helteme, 1971 Easter Seal Child and family. Easterseals (formerly known as Easter Seals; [1] founded in 1919 as the National Society for Crippled Children) [2] is an American 501(c)(3) nonprofit providing disability services, with additional support areas serving veterans and military families, seniors, and caregivers.
Easter Seals can refer to: Easterseals (U.S.) – formerly "Easter Seals", an international charitable organization devoted to providing opportunities for children and adults with physical disabilities. Easter Seals (Canada) – a Canadian organization inspired by the United States–based organization
He received the Gift for Life's Chuck Yancy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2001 for his efforts to fight AIDS, the Boys and Girls Clubs of America's Herbert Hoover Humanitarian award in 2004, and the Easter Seals National Philanthropist of the Year award in 2005. Freedman was also honored with the Congressional Ellis Island Medal of Honor, and a ...
Mary Francine Dorham, or Merri Dee (October 30, 1936 – March 16, 2022), was an American philanthropist and television journalist. Dee was best known for her work as an anchor/reporter at Chicago television station and national cable superstation WGN-TV (Channel 9) from 1972 to 1983, and director of community relations from 1983 to 2008.
A block within the Illinois Medical District bounded by Taylor, Wood, Polk and Lincoln (now Wolcott) Streets was home to the Chicago Cubs baseball club from 1893 to 1915, at the 16,000 capacity West Side Park. The first game was held on May 14, 1893 (Cincinnati 13, Chicago 12) and the last game was on October 3, 1915 (Chicago 7, St. Louis 2).
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Guilfoil was born in Chicago, Illinois. His father was an engineer and a veteran of World War I. [ 1 ] The younger Dwight graduated from Lane Technical High School in Chicago in 1940. He attended the Art Institute of Chicago and worked as a commercial artist before he enlisted in the Army Air Corps in 1942.
In 1938 the university combined their pediatric and maternity hospitals into one facility. In 1967, the University of Chicago Medicine's Wyler Children's Hospital opened in a wing of the adult hospital. The hospital had a capacity of 140 beds and 95,000 square feet. [7] Wyler was located one block south of the new Comer Children's Hospital. [8]