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Join us for a monthly seminar on fiscal fitness with Gavin Wilson. We will have an open discussion about the following topics, along with homemade pie!

• Find out who to talk to when you need help with the financial puzzles we’re faced with these days.
• Learn an overview of most of the challenges consumers face in difficult times.
• Ask questions and get help.
• Understand how to protect yourself and your family from things you don’t know.
• Sample homemade pie and coffee.

Gavin has been a representative with COUNTRY Financial for 19 years, and has lived and worked in DeKalb since 1981. Co-Owner, chef and operator of Hillside Restaurant and Catering Co. since 1989, he knows how to cut the pie and keep more for yourself.

He has been chairman of MoneySmart Business Outreach, DeKalb Chamber of Commerce Ambassador of the Year, and an advocate for Youth Fiscal Education with DeKalb Public Library, EconIL and NIU for decades. He also has done seminars for seniors and retirement. In past years Gavin produced an annual fund raiser Variety Show for the Preservation of the Egyptian Theatre and has spoken on Financial Literacy in various seminars throughout the community.

This program is free and intended for adults. No registration is required.

For additional information, please contact Samantha at [email protected] or at (815) 756-9568 ext. 1701.

Join others going through grief and loss and receive support in a safe and confidential setting with the facilitation from a ProMedica Hospice Bereavement Coordinator. In this ongoing grief support group, you will have the opportunity to share your experiences with grief, receive insight from peers and the facilitator on the grieving process, and learn more about grief. This group is open to adults experiencing grief from any loss, no matter where they are on this journey.

This grief support group does not replace other mental health services. If you need individual counseling or other mental health services, you can contact the facilitator at (815) 397-3691 or call 211 to find support in your area. If you are experiencing a mental health crisis or need immediate attention for a non-life-threatening mental health need, please call 988. If you or someone you know is in immediate danger, please call 911.

Marianna Galligani, MS is a Bereavement Coordinator with ProMedica Hospice, working with patients, families, and the community in the face of loss. She has a master’s degree in Developmental Psychology from Walden University and is a member of the Association for Death Education and Counseling. Marianna is currently a PhD student researching Thanatology: the study of death and dying.

This support group is free. No registration is required.

For additional information, please contact Samantha at [email protected] or at (815) 756-9568 ext. 1701.

Pull up a sandbag and swing the lantern! The phrase, initially of British military origin, refers to the lamps hung from a ship’s beams that would swing while the ship was out at sea. This expression has come to be synonymous with the telling of tales (mostly true, some tall tales) in maritime culture.

Join singer, songwriter, and storyteller Dave Martin on an exploration of the vast wonder of the world’s oceans and Great Lakes. Casting off, listeners will be regaled with legendary incidents that have occurred on the high seas near and afar, and become acquainted with colorful characters that have forged the flinty character of sea-going people. In this program, audience members meet a real pirate of the Caribbean, end up in a precarious position with the captain of a Boston Whaler off Nantucket, and experience the legendary fury of a ‘November Witch’ on the Great Lakes; a storm that occurred in 1913, and is referred to by Great Lakes mariners and historians as the ‘White Hurricane.’

Dispatched from the Third Coast, Dave Martin entertains and delights with his keen sense for stories and wry presentation sensibility.

This event is free and open to all. No registration is required. This event is sponsored by the Friends of the DeKalb Public Library.

For additional information, please contact Samantha at [email protected] or at (815) 756-9568 ext. 1701.

Jazz in Progress joins us for an after-hours concert that will feature different styles of big band and modern jazz music in the library’s main lobby!

Jazz in Progress (JIP) organized in 2012 to encourage local musicians to play jazz in support of its mission of musical, charitable, and educational purposes to advance the appreciation, performance, and history of jazz music and its related genres. Its membership includes a variety of talented musicians from the DeKalb County area. The ensemble also honors the practice of inviting local high school and college jazz musicians to sit in with the band, giving young musicians an opportunity to gain more experience in playing jazz music.

JIP is an official 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that puts funds raised back into local community music programs. Past recipients of JIP donations include the DeKalb, Genoa-Kingston, Hinckley-Big Rock, Indian Creek and Sycamore music booster organizations, as well as St. Mary’s-DeKalb and the DeKalb County Community Foundation.

JIP has performed at benefit and fund raising events and venues around the area including the St. Mary’s Lancer Legacy Ball, Sycamore Natural History Museum’s Rockin’ for the Reptiles, Stage Coach Theatre, Sycamore Farmers Market, Northwestern Medicine Kishwaukee Hospital, Artigras, The House Café, and Oak Crest Senior Proms. The band also has performed with the Celebration Chorale and at many other community and charity events.

This concert is free and open to all. No registration is required. Doors will open at 6:00 p.m. and music will begin at 6:30 p.m.

For additional information, please contact Samantha at [email protected] or at (815) 756-9568 ext. 1701.

Join others going through grief and loss and receive support in a safe and confidential setting with the facilitation from a ProMedica Hospice Bereavement Coordinator. In this ongoing grief support group, you will have the opportunity to share your experiences with grief, receive insight from peers and the facilitator on the grieving process, and learn more about grief. This group is open to adults experiencing grief from any loss, no matter where they are on this journey.

This grief support group does not replace other mental health services. If you need individual counseling or other mental health services, you can contact the facilitator at (815) 397-3691 or call 211 to find support in your area. If you are experiencing a mental health crisis or need immediate attention for a non-life-threatening mental health need, please call 988. If you or someone you know is in immediate danger, please call 911.

Marianna Galligani, MS is a Bereavement Coordinator with ProMedica Hospice, working with patients, families, and the community in the face of loss. She has a master’s degree in Developmental Psychology from Walden University and is a member of the Association for Death Education and Counseling. Marianna is currently a PhD student researching Thanatology: the study of death and dying.

This support group is free. No registration is required.

For additional information, please contact Samantha at [email protected] or at (815) 756-9568 ext. 1701.

This presentation will help you better understand the financial aid process. Kishwaukee College Financial Aid Team members will discuss the following topics:

• How to apply for financial aid.
• Types of aid available.
• What to do once you have applied.
• How to review an offer letter.

Participants will be able to ask questions and help relating to their own personal Financial Aid situation.
Greg Putra is the Director of Financial Aid & Veterans Affairs at Kishwaukee College. Greg has worked in Financial Aid for 14 years in many different roles. In addition to working in financial aid offices, Greg has worked as a consultant helping families navigate the FAFSA and financial aid process.

This program is free and intended for teens and their parents. No registration is required.

For additional information, please contact Samantha at [email protected] or at (815) 756-9568 ext. 1701.

Join us for a monthly seminar on fiscal fitness with Gavin Wilson. We will have an open discussion about the following topics, along with homemade pie!

• Find out who to talk to when you need help with the financial puzzles we’re faced with these days.
• Learn an overview of most of the challenges consumers face in difficult times.
• Ask questions and get help.
• Understand how to protect yourself and your family from things you don’t know.
• Sample homemade pie and coffee.

Gavin has been a representative with COUNTRY Financial for 19 years, and has lived and worked in DeKalb since 1981. Co-Owner, chef and operator of Hillside Restaurant and Catering Co. since 1989, he knows how to cut the pie and keep more for yourself.

He has been chairman of MoneySmart Business Outreach, DeKalb Chamber of Commerce Ambassador of the Year, and an advocate for Youth Fiscal Education with DeKalb Public Library, EconIL and NIU for decades. He also has done seminars for seniors and retirement. In past years Gavin produced an annual fund raiser Variety Show for the Preservation of the Egyptian Theatre and has spoken on Financial Literacy in various seminars throughout the community.

This program is free and intended for adults. No registration is required.

For additional information, please contact Samantha at [email protected] or at (815) 756-9568 ext. 1701.

Join others going through grief and loss and receive support in a safe and confidential setting with the facilitation from a ProMedica Hospice Bereavement Coordinator. In this ongoing grief support group, you will have the opportunity to share your experiences with grief, receive insight from peers and the facilitator on the grieving process, and learn more about grief. This group is open to adults experiencing grief from any loss, no matter where they are on this journey.

This grief support group does not replace other mental health services. If you need individual counseling or other mental health services, you can contact the facilitator at (815) 397-3691 or call 211 to find support in your area. If you are experiencing a mental health crisis or need immediate attention for a non-life-threatening mental health need, please call 988. If you or someone you know is in immediate danger, please call 911.

Marianna Galligani, MS is a Bereavement Coordinator with ProMedica Hospice, working with patients, families, and the community in the face of loss. She has a master’s degree in Developmental Psychology from Walden University and is a member of the Association for Death Education and Counseling. Marianna is currently a PhD student researching Thanatology: the study of death and dying.

This support group is free. No registration is required.

For additional information, please contact Samantha at [email protected] or at (815) 756-9568 ext. 1701.

Join others going through grief and loss and receive support in a safe and confidential setting with the facilitation from a ProMedica Hospice Bereavement Coordinator. In this ongoing grief support group, you will have the opportunity to share your experiences with grief, receive insight from peers and the facilitator on the grieving process, and learn more about grief. This group is open to adults experiencing grief from any loss, no matter where they are on this journey.

This grief support group does not replace other mental health services. If you need individual counseling or other mental health services, you can contact the facilitator at (815) 397-3691 or call 211 to find support in your area. If you are experiencing a mental health crisis or need immediate attention for a non-life-threatening mental health need, please call 988. If you or someone you know is in immediate danger, please call 911.

Marianna Galligani, MS is a Bereavement Coordinator with ProMedica Hospice, working with patients, families, and the community in the face of loss. She has a master’s degree in Developmental Psychology from Walden University and is a member of the Association for Death Education and Counseling. Marianna is currently a PhD student researching Thanatology: the study of death and dying.

This support group is free. No registration is required.

For additional information, please contact Samantha at [email protected] or at (815) 756-9568 ext. 1701.

This presentation will help you better understand the financial aid process. Kishwaukee College Financial Aid Team members will discuss the following topics:

• How to apply for financial aid.
• Types of aid available.
• What to do once you have applied.
• How to review an offer letter.

Participants will be able to ask questions and help relating to their own personal Financial Aid situation.
Greg Putra is the Director of Financial Aid & Veterans Affairs at Kishwaukee College. Greg has worked in Financial Aid for 14 years in many different roles. In addition to working in financial aid offices, Greg has worked as a consultant helping families navigate the FAFSA and financial aid process.

This program is free and intended for teens and their parents. No registration is required.

For additional information, please contact Samantha at [email protected] or at (815) 756-9568 ext. 1701.