Mercy Home Heroes Spotlight: Kirk Ongman
Read more about one of our Mercy Home Heroes, Kirk Ongman, who in 2018 is running his 20th marathon and raising money to support our boys and girls.
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About Christa Rooks
Christa Rooks is the Communications Coordinator at Mercy Home for Boys & Girls. Christa was previously the editor of a weekly newspaper on the North Shore of Chicago, where she covered everything local news. When not writing, she can be found declaring her love for Diet Coke to anyone who will listen.
Entries by Christa Rooks
Swoon Volunteers Help Kids Prepare for Success
March 21, 2018 /0 Comments/in Home Updates, Volunteering business, career, career day, decision, decision spaces, decision spaces such, future, had a chance, matches, online, reflect, session, sessions, spaces such, swoon held, teach the kids, together, valuable skills, wanted, who attended /by Christa RooksA group of Friends First matches recently learned valuable skills for the future when our friends at Swoon held a Career Day at Mercy Home.
Speaker Series: Making Meetings Meaningful
February 28, 2018 /0 Comments/in Resources background_color= src= background_position='top left background_repeat='no-repeat, border_color= radius='0px background_color= src= background_position='top, border= border_color= radius='0px background_color= src=, custom_border_color= custom_margin_top='30px custom_margin_bottom='30px icon_select='yes custom_icon_color=, custom_border='av-border-thin custom_width='50px custom_border_color= custom_margin_top='30px custom_margin_bottom='30px, custom_margin_bottom='30px icon_select='yes custom_icon_color= icon='ue808 font='entypo-fontello, custom_margin_top='30px custom_margin_bottom='30px icon_select='yes custom_icon_color= icon='ue808, custom_margin= margin='0px padding='0px border= border_color=, custom_width='50px custom_border_color= custom_margin_top='30px custom_margin_bottom='30px icon_select='yes, height='50 shadow='no-shadow position='center custom_border='av-border-thin, height='50 shadow='no-shadow position='center custom_border='av-border-thin custom_width='50px, icon_select='yes custom_icon_color= icon='ue808 font='entypo-fontello custom_class=, margin='0px padding='0px border= border_color= radius='0px, min_height= vertical_alignment= space= custom_margin= margin='0px, padding='0px border= border_color= radius='0px background_color=, position='center custom_border='av-border-thin custom_width='50px custom_border_color= custom_margin_top='30px, radius='0px background_color= src= background_position='top left, shadow='no-shadow position='center custom_border='av-border-thin custom_width='50px custom_border_color=, space= custom_margin= margin='0px padding='0px border=, vertical_alignment= space= custom_margin= margin='0px padding='0px /by Christa RooksMercy Home’s Speaker Series Workshop will feature Arnie Aronoff, who will discuss how to make meetings in adolescent mental health settings more meaningful.
Presidents’ Day a Chance to Learn
February 27, 2018 /0 Comments/in Home Updates, Youth News applicable to any job, being on time and working, civil rights, civil rights movement, connection to say hey, dishes the rest, going to be applicable, have in your future, life but being on time, may not be washing, mercy home, mlk project, not be washing the dishes, rest of your life, rights movement, time and working, time and working hard, wanted to make the connection, washing the dishes, washing the dishes the rest /by Christa RooksPresidents’ Day at Mercy Home was filled with many different opportunities to learn, thanks to events organized by The Academy!
Revving Up Interest in New Skills
February 6, 2018 /0 Comments/in Home Updates, Youth News activities, automotive, campbell, campbell home, engines, how to change, learning, opportunity, opportunity to learn, peter, program, young men /by Christa RooksMercy Home youth care worker, Peter, has started teaching our young people automotive skills in an after-school programs class.
Mercy Home Boys Continue Tradition of Service in New Year
February 6, 2018 /1 Comment/in Home Updates, Youth News academy, becca, ceremony, city, city year, community, community academy, coordinator, event, gale community, gale community academy, king jr, luther, luther king, luther king jr, martin luther, martin luther king, martin luther king jr, service, young men /by Christa RooksThe young men in our Cooke Home began the year by continuing their tradition of serving others through two volunteer events.
Christmas Hope for Luisa
December 29, 2017 /0 Comments/in Stories afford, christmas, christmas celebration, family, grandmother, heat, holiday, home, joyful, kids, luisa, mercy, mercy home, money, parents, presents, real christmas, school, teacher, tree /by Christa RooksChristmas at Luisa’s house was never a particularly joyful time. Her family just didn’t have enough money to afford things like presents or a tree. It had been like this as long as she could remember.
The Purpose and Symbolism of the Advent Wreath
December 12, 2017 /1 Comment/in Sunday Mass advent, advent wreath, candles, celebrating advent, christmas, color, everlasting life, final, immortality, liturgical, liturgical color, meant to remind, mercy, mercy home, represents, signifies, sunday, symbolizes, white candle, wreath and candles /by Christa RooksLearn more about the Advent wreath and how its symbolism helps many prepare their hearts and minds for the celebration of the Lord’s birth on Christmas.
Mercy Home VP Recognized for Community Impact
December 8, 2017 /0 Comments/in Home Updates academy, award, bulls game, chicago, chicago bulls, community, each year, homework, homework program, hoops to homework, hoops to homework program, mercy, mercy home, patrick, people, program, young people /by Christa RooksCongratulations are in order for Academy Vice President Patrick Bittorf, who was named at a Chicago Bulls game as the November Walmart Community Playmaker.
Mercy Home Christmas Through the Years
December 4, 2017 /0 Comments/in 130th Anniversary children, christmas, christmas at mercy, christmas at mercy home, christmas experiences, christmas meal, december, father, father kelly, friends of the home, history, home's, kelly, look back, mercy, mercy home, mercy home's, readers, special, young men /by Christa RooksAs Mercy Home celebrates the end of its 130th year, we look back at the many Christmas seasons our young people have enjoyed thanks to our generous friends.
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