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 | Your Home Matters is proud to partner with Chicago Home and Garden! Listen weekly for your chance to win a years subscription! |
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 | Don't forget to call BEFORE you dig! Joint Utility Locating Informative Excavators is a not-for-profit corporation that provides contractors, excavators, homeowners, and others who may be disturbing the earth, with a free service through a single toll-free phone number (1-800-892-0123) to call for the locating and marking of underground utility facilities.(source: www.illinois1call.com) |
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 | NARI of Greater Chicagoland is a not-for-profit trade association committed exclusively to the service of the professional remodeling industry. Representing professional remodeling contractors, product manufacturers, distributors, wholesalers, trade and consumer publications, utilities and lending institutions, NARI stands as the spokesgroup of the industry and an ally to the nation's homeowners. (source: www.narichicago.org) |
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 | The Chicago Chapter of The National Association of Certified Home Inspectors (NACHI) is an association of Home Inspectors organized to promote the professional, educational and social development of its members, all licensed Illinois home inspectors and the public at large. We will strive to raise the level of awareness, education and professionalism of our members and to provide the public with the most comprehensive and complete home inspection services possible. In so doing we will raise our own standards and better serve our constituency and the community we serve.(source: www.nachichicago.org) |
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 | ILCA members serve the residential, multifamily, commercial and public works markets, performing both exterior and interior work, for new and renovated landscapes. (source: www.ilca.net) |
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 | Senior Services Associates, Inc. is a non-profit agency dedicated to sustaining and improving the quality of life for mature adults by providing access to the social services they need. (source: www.seniorservicesassoc.org) |
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 | The Office of Emergency Management supports a regional all-hazards concept of disaster management and Homeland Security to protect lives and property, preserve the environment, and enhance the quality of life throughout Kane County. This will be accomplished through the coordination of programs that promote community planning, increase public awareness, and develop effective mitigation and response capabilities. (source: www.kcoem.org) |
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 | ReStore Elgin is a 20,000 sq. ft. building materials reuse center benefiting Habitat for Humanity of Northern Fox Valley. ReStore accepts donated new and gently used goods from retailers, manufacturers, distributors, contractors and homeowners. Building supplies are then sold, at greatly reduced prices, to the general public. The store's operation generates funds to support Habitat’s house building program in the northern Fox Valley area, while reducing the amount of material that would otherwise go to overflowing landfills. (source: www.restoreelgin.org)
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 | The Home Builders Association of Greater Chicago (HBAGC) is a trade association representing more than 2,300 members involved in home building, remodeling, design, housing finance, building product manufacturing and other segments of residential construction. A not-for-profit organization, the Association provides its members with networking and educational opportunities and represents them in matters related to government relations and advocacy. (source: www.hbagc.com) |
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 | Along Comes Grandpa, Caregiving Resources for People in the Real World Sue shares her experiences and gives tips to help caregivers. There are also links to many resources for caregivers and professionals on the site. Find and use Sue's tips by purchasing the book at http://www.salachseniorservices.com/pages/order.asp |
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 | FastSigns of Carpentersville has been kind enought to help Your Home Matters in supporting the Boys and Girls Club of Elgin! Thank you Cheryl and the staff of Fastsigns!! |
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 | Emergency Information: If you have a natural gas emergency, call Nicor gas at 1 888 Nicor4u (1 888 642-6748). Available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Call immediately if:
You smell natural gas (exception: a faint odor near an appliance, that goes away after the pilot is lit).
You hear natural gas leaking (hissing sound).
Your gas service is suddenly interrupted. |
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 | If you have an electrical emergency, call ComEd at 1-800-Edison-1. |
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 | The MISSION of the Illinois Department on Aging is to serve and advocate for older Illinoisans and their caregivers by administering programs and promoting partnerships that encourage independence, dignity, and quality of life. |
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The Well Being Task Force has been established to provide services for and advocate on behalf of seniors living alone without internal or external support systems; by establishing a foundation upon which to organize agencies, community partners, and the efforts of their volunteers, to assist in reducing the vulnerability of isolated seniors by locating the senior, sharing information with the seniors, and providing regular follow-up with them. Community Partners are faith based, non-profit service providers, utility and other government entities that join the well-being task force in identifying and providing follow-up for seniors in crisis as well as seniors isolated from society and quality support systems.
For more information or to sign up for Mayor Daley's Well-Being Task Force, call the Chicago Department on Aging at (312) 744-4016 or (312) 744-6777 (TTY) for the hearing impaired.
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