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Pathlights helps ensure needed services in place after discharge from a hospital or rehabilitation stay

Donna is a go-getter. She’s curious and motivated to learn new things. She speaks several languages and has lots of diverse interests. When her son was young, the single mom coached his soccer team and participated in 25-mile open road bike rides with him. She spent a rewarding 40-year medical career at some of Chicago’s …

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Pathlights Wins Award in 2022 National Mature Media Program

Pathlights was a winner in the 31st annual National Mature Media Awards Program honoring the nation’s best marketing, communications, educational materials, and programs produced for older adults. The awards program, presented by the Mature Market Resource Center, a national clearinghouse for the senior market, is the largest program of its kind. The awards were created …

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Pathlights Helps Educate the Community on World Elder Abuse Awareness Day

Pathlights is commemorating World Elder Abuse Awareness Day (WEAAD) with the launch of a new educational video to help raise awareness about abuse, neglect, and exploitation, and share information about support services and community resources people can access for themselves and use to help others. The video details how Pathlights’ teams up with organizations like …

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Elaine Grande, New Executive Director of Pathlights

Pathlights Announces New Executive Director

Elaine Grande is appointed Executive Director by Pathlights’ Board of Directors effective today. Grande brings more than 30 years of successful leadership experience and becomes only the third Executive Director in the nonprofit’s 46-year history. She currently leads all Pathlights program and services as Director of Program Development and has been with the nonprofit for …

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Senior Nutrition Program 50th Anniversary

Senior Nutrition Program 50th Anniversary

Supporting nutrition services for older adults since 1972 Pathlights joins the Administration for Community Living and senior nutrition service providers across the country to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the national Senior Nutrition Program (SNP). Since 1972, the SNP has supported nutrition services for older adults. Funded by the Older Americans Act, local senior nutrition …

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Preventing Abuse in Our Community

Pathlights received funding from the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority (ICJIA) Restore, Reinvest, and Renew (R3) program to support community neighborhoods most impacted by economic disinvestment, violence, and the war on drugs. In partnership with Metropolitan Family Services this grant funds a new campaign to prevent and educate about abuse. The effort, with special focus …

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Dr. JoAnn Gruca Recognized On Crain’s List of Notable Nonprofit Board Members

For more than 35 years, JoAnn Gruca, RN, PhD., Associate Professor Emeritus of Nursing at Saint Xavier University, has dedicated vision and insight to support the mission of Pathlights, formerly known as PLOWS Council on Aging. This week Dr. Gruca has been recognized by Crain’s as one of 70 notable nonprofit board members who volunteer to …

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Community Leader Appointed to the Commission on Poverty Elimination and Economic Security

To better inform policymakers on the root causes of poverty and economic insecurity, Kenneth Grunke, Executive Director for PLOWS Council on Aging, has been appointed to the Commission on Poverty Elimination and Economic Security. Grunke’s appointment was made by House Minority Leader Jim Durkin (R-Western Springs). The commission consists of four members of the General …

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PLOWS Celebrates GivingTuesday on December 1, 2020

PLOWS Council on Aging, South Suburban Cook County’s premier leader and connection to aging information and resources, is participating in GivingTuesday, a generosity movement where millions of people come together to support and champion the causes they believe in and the communities in which they live. On GivingTuesday, PLOWS will inspire generosity and ask the …

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