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Friday, August 26, 2022
On behalf of AFL-CIO Community Services, we would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who was involved in making our Soles for Christ Shoe Program a huge success again this year. This was the program’s 20th year and we could not be prouder.
Because of the many generous people who…

Wednesday, July 6, 2022
Soles For Christ is a program sponsored by AFL-CIO Community Services which enables any child in Pre-K (must be 4 years old) through 12th grades, in Andrew, Buchanan, Clinton, DeKalb and Doniphan Counties, to receive a NEW pair of tennis shoes to wear their first day of school. This program started…

Tuesday, June 30, 2015
AFL-CIO Community Services would like to announce our 2nd annual “Christmas in July” fundraiser. The event will support current programs in a variety of ways. The first is an overall toy drive for the Adopt-A-Family program, which is described below. Additional events will be held throughout the…

Monday, November 10, 2014
Christmas program begins soon.
AFL-CIO Community Services’ annual Adopt-A-Family Christmas Program begins Nov. 3. The organization will take applications from those needing help for Christmas through Dec. 5.
Applications will be taken 1 to 4 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays and 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.…

Tuesday, July 8, 2014
Area Offers Help in Time of Crisis Opinion Piece
Reactions to yet another killing on a school or college campus fall along predictable lines of division.
It’s the gun culture’s fault. It’s bad parenting. It’s lax security on our campuses.
It’s a result of an entertainment media culture that…