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Community Connect: Cooling Centers & Free Summer Fun!

Community Connect has free resources you can use to stay cool and give the kids in your life some summer fun!

Today, The Chicago Public Library and Chicago Teen Gamer’s Guild are hosting their Third Annual Gamer’s Universe at the Harold Washington Library Center downtown at Ida B. Wells Drive & State Street from 10:30am to 4pm. It’s a free all-ages event with all forms of gaming… you do have to register to attend at this link.

And tomorrow is Sensory-Friendly Day at Farm-in-the-Zoo at Lincoln Park Zoo!  It’s a free program running tomorrow from 10am to 3pm for people who have sensory sensitivities, including disabilities, autism, PTSD, dementia, just to name a few. They’ll have timed entries to limit group size going through Farm-In-The-Zoo so you do have to register in advance. The rest of Lincoln Park Zoo will operate regularly for the day. Pets are not allowed but licensed service animals are welcome.

And in this heat, please go to cooling centers if you need them... the city's centers are open from 9am to 5pm during the week at the following locations:

  • Englewood Center, 1140 W. 79th St.
  • Garfield Center, 10 S. Kedzie Ave.
  • King Center, 4314 S. Cottage Grove
  • North Area, 845 W. Wilson Ave.
  • South Chicago, 8650 S. Commercial Ave.
  • Trina Davila, 4312 W. North Ave.

For more information on the city's cooling resources, please visit this link.

The Salvation Army also has cooling centers located at:

  • Chicago Temple Corps Community Center, 1 N. Ogden
  • Mayfair Community Church, 5020 N. Pulaski
  • Freedom Center, 825 N. Christiana Avenue (lobby is open and water is available)
  • Red Shield Center, 945 W. 69th Street (7 a.m. – 8 p.m., lunch available for children if needed)
  • Aurora Corps Community Center, 437 E. Galena, Aurora
  • DeKalb Corps Community Center, 830 Grove St., DeKalb
  • Elgin Corps Community Center, 316 Douglas Avenue, Elgin
  • Waukegan Corps Community Center, 850 Green Bay Rd., Waukegan

For more information on the Salvation Army's cooling resources, please visit this link.

Remember, our community moves forward in the best way possible when we all get the help we need and give the help we can! 


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