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LSSI writes press releases for the media and shares occasional informational updates and articles relevant to our work, which are consolidated here for reference.

Media Contact: Barb Hailey, 847.635.4686, Barb.Hailey@LSSI.org

Foster Parents Welcome Seven Children through Adoption

Foster Parents Welcome Seven Children through Adoption

Amanda Rushing Holbrook remembers vividly the day she and her husband, Daniel, journeyed down a path to become foster ...
Donald, Community Support Teams

Donald, Community Support Teams

LSSI’s Community Support Team (CST) and Community Case Management (CCM) staff provide essential case management services for ...
Alisha, Screening Assessment and Support Services

Alisha, Screening Assessment and Support Services

Alisha Denis, LCSW, one of LSSI’s Screening Assessment and Support Services (SASS) Counselors at the Portage Cragin ...
Karen, Step-Up School-Based Counseling Program

Karen, Step-Up School-Based Counseling Program

Karen, a counselor in LSSI’s Step-Up School-Based Counseling Program, has some great resources to help parents talk about ...
Michelle, Project IMPACT

Michelle, Project IMPACT

On a normal day working for LSSI’s Project IMPACT, a behavioral health crisis program in 4 Chicago hospital emergency rooms, ...
Decades of Support for LSSI

Decades of Support for LSSI

Luther Memorial Church, Chicago, has been committed to LSSI’s mission since their pastor was named to the LSSI Board of ...
Reaching Out to Community

Reaching Out to Community

Four years ago, St. Mark’s Lutheran Church, Aurora, signed a contract with LSSI to allow the use of their former parsonage ...
Hope Moves

Hope Moves

What began as a modest undertaking three years ago by a small group at Northeast Christian Church, Rockford, has turned into ...
Breathing New Life into Recovery

Breathing New Life into Recovery

When Lutheran Church of the Atonement, Barrington, embarked on a capital campaign several years ago, three goals emerged: ...
Bill Fleck, 2022 True Friend Honoree

Bill Fleck, 2022 True Friend Honoree

From Collecting Coins to Carving Crosses: 90 Years of Serving Others In 1933 at age eight, Bill Fleck learned about LSSI ...
Award-Winning Work with LSSI

Award-Winning Work with LSSI

In recognition of her dedication to LSSI’s Storybook Project, Sharon Zuiderveld received the 2019 Volunteer of the Year ...
Networking for Good

Networking for Good

Patti Carroll is living proof of the power of networking. After hearing several inspiring LSSI speakers at her ...
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