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Second Chance Thrift: Two-Time Best of Chicago Award Winner

Second Chance Thrift is selected for the 2010 Best of Chicago Award in the Thrift Stores category!

Cathedral Shelter Welcomes New Executive Director

Cathedral Shelter of Chicago announces the appointment of Reverend John (Jack) D. Seymour as Executive Director.

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Message from the Executive Director

“I didn’t expect to be here.” This is a statement that occurs often in the lives of all of us. At Cathedral Shelter we encounter on a daily basis individuals who are expressing a good deal of shock that they are homeless or hungry or unable to control their addiction to alcohol or drugs.

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Do you know how many individuals in our residential programs were employed within the first 10 months of our year?

  • 19 people — or 63% of individuals living at Cressey House
  • 21 people — or 66% of individuals who completed treatment at Higgins House
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