LIFE-Lines Newsletter
SUMMER 2007 NEWSLETTER
by Jill Doran, Program Director
For over a year residents and social service providers in the Pontiac area have been meeting to discuss the lack of accessible transportation options for persons with disabilities in their area. After several meetings and discussions, possible funding became available for SHOW BUS, a local transportation provided, that would enable them to focus on a plan or idea of a “deviated route” in the Pontiac area.
Laura Dick, Executive Director of SHOW BUS gave a presentation to Pontiac Community Service Committee, who then decided to take the proposal to the entire city council at the May 21st regular monthly meeting.
The presented pilot project is for SHOW BUS to run a fixed route for services of transportation for passengers with disabilities, Monday through Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. For persons with special needs the bus would deviate from the fixed route to pick up those individuals. Costs to the City could be around $10,000.00 per year.
The plan is not designed to replace the taxi service in Pontiac, but to allow for accessibility for persons with disabilities, which SHOW BUS is equipped to do. Seniors may also ride this route. The time frame for the project is expected to begin mid June 2007. At the council meeting it was stated “that this was a pilot project and will have “kinks” that will have to be worked out”.
Dana Craig with LIFE Center for Independent Living in Pontiac spoke to the council about the need for this bus route and that persons with disabilities in Pontiac would welcome the City’s efforts to provide this service.
There was then a motion to enter into a contract with SHOW BUS to provide supplemental transportation service to persons with disabilities and seniors, based on a yearly cost of $10,000.00 per year. On a roll call vote, motion carried 10-0.
Detailed information on route locations, cost, and start date will be released prior to the route start date. Other agencies represented in the initial transportation committee were City of Pontiac, Department of Rehabilitation Services, Futures Unlimited, Institute for Human Resources, LIFE Center for Independent Living, Mosaic, SHOW BUS, and OSF St. James Hospital.
by Jill Doran, Program Director
On May 17, 2007 LIFE Center for Independent Living held graduation ceremonies for the 2007 Legislative Program Interns.
The Legislative Intern Program consists of (8) two hour classes. Participants learn about independent living, history of disability rights movement, roles and responsibilities of government, appropriate ways to communicate with public officials and development of interpersonal and communication skills.
The interns also made a two - day trip to Springfield where they toured the Capitol, watched their representatives in action and attended an INCIL sponsored rally.
The adult class graduates are: Anne Bauer, Normal; Tony Erps and Brenda Marshall, Bloomington; Harvey Stork, Chenoa, and Georgeann Callo, Bob Hill of Pontiac.
LIFE Center’s Program Director, Jill Doran serves as coordinator and instructor of the Legislative Intern Project. The next Legislative Intern classes will be held beginning March 2008.
by Marianne Cavanaugh-Wozniak,
Administrative Services Coordinator
LIFE Center for Independent Living hosted its 2nd Annual Wheel-A-Thon on Saturday, April 21st at Illinois Wesleyan University’s Shirk Center Indoor Track in Bloomington. LIFE Center raised over $12,900 of monetary donations and $11,000 of in-kind donations!
Our businesses sponsors included: WJBC, State Farm Bank, LaBamba, Bank of Illinois, Bloomington-Normal Shutt Roofing, Illinois Wesleyan University, LaGondola Spaghetti House, McDonald’s, OSF St. James Hospital, The Pantagraph, Commerce Bank, Country Insurance and Financial Services, Misty Hall - Sign Language Interpreter, Richard Hogan from Neon Nights DJ Service, Little Jewels Learning Center, Sorenson Communications, Anne Stewart - Sign Language Interpreter, Westminster Village, Americall Communications, Caterpillar, CEFCU, DMI Technology Group, Doug Davis - Country Insurance agent, Heartland Bank, Heller Lincoln Mercury Dodge, Mid-America Insurance, PIP Printing, Select Screen Prints, Titus 2 Keepers At Home, and Tom Brokaw - State Farm Insurance agent. Raffle prizes included 2 hours of cleaning services from Molly Maids and Final Touch Cleaning Services, a $100 gift certificate from Jack Lewis Fine Jewelers, a watercolor painting by Patricia LoPiccalo-McFadden, and 2 round trip airline tickets from AirTran Airways. There were also several silent auction baskets to bid on. There were over 175 local businesses who provided in-kind donations - a big thank you to all of our business sponsors!
Over 200 participants attended the event - thank you to all of the participants who brought in donations and made our event fun! Our top three individual fundraisers were Tim Harshbarger of Normal, Julie Dobski of Bloomington, and Bob Harshbarger of Normal. Our top three team fundraisers were the Huff-n-Puff Rollers, the Python Wheelers, and Wildcats West. Activities included disabilities awareness tables hosted by Access Allies of Bloomington-Normal, AMBUCS, Sorenson Video Relay, TCRC Sight Center and LIFE Center. There were over 50 volunteers - thank you so much to all of the volunteers who helped make our event successful!
LIFE Center is continuing to accept donations for the 2007 Wheel-A-Thon via our website at www.lifecil.org.. We are also looking for volunteers interested in planning the 2008 event. If you are interested, please contact Marianne at 309/663-5433 V/TTY or marianne@lifecil.org.
Please help us save the environment . . .
we will be making some updates to our website very soon. Our newsletters and other mailings will be available on the site. We’d like to collect your email address to send links for our newsletters, information about upcoming advocacy actions, and invitations to special events. This will also cut down on our printing and postage costs. If you would like to receive your information from us via email, please send an email to marianne@lifecil.org. Please include your name, address and current phone number so we can update our records. Thank you.
by Vicky Hogan, Community Living Advocate
Gerald Devors, 52, is a single man who spent the past two years in a nursing home. His disabilities include Mytonic Dystrophy, Chronic Respiratory Failure, Dyspnea, Sleep Apnea and some hearing and vision loss. He said felt trapped “in a world filled with only older persons, not that I don’t respect each and every one of them, but I just felt trapped in a world where I felt I didn’t belong.”
Danielle “Dani” Mitchell, the Social Service Director at Bloomington Rehabilitation and Health Care Center, told Gerald about LIFE Center’s Community Reintegration Program. He jumped at the chance to regain his freedom. I contacted him and we completed the paperwork to qualify him for the program. “My mother always told me if someone wants to do something for you, let them. I had a problem accepting this help in the beginning but I have worked hard for many years and now that I need help, I am listening to my mother’s advise and I thank you for all of this. . . It took a lot shorter time than I really thought it would.” Gerald said.
The program paid for items Gerald would need for his new home. He didn’t require much furniture, but loves every bit of it. His favorite item is the television set - watching television being his greatest enjoyment! I helped him hire a CNA/Homemaker who comes in every week. He likes his apartment very much. He has all he needs in the way of furnishings. Gerald said, “I wouldn’t change a thing! . . . I feel like a successful person now. I’ve been through a lot in the last couple of years. If I could make it through all that and be sitting here in my OWN place, in my OWN chair, being my OWN boss, I can make it through anything!”
Asked how he had been living since moving from the nursing home in February 2007, Gerald said actually it has been a bit more difficult because he isn’t able to get around as well as he had hoped due to his disabilities. He said his move from the nursing home to his apartment was strange, but he was glad to be out of the nursing home. Gerald admits he still has problems with going out, leaving the safety of his apartment and apartment building but that is a fear he has had all his life. He said he has used his power chair, but he feels things are improving and would like to try using a walker now. For now, he is merely “chilling,” then he’ll see more about the outside world. He is working on self-improvement now, trying to lose weight and feeling better.
Asked about what he loved most - “I am my own boss! There’s no better feeling when you’re my age.” He had his privacy back - a place to call his own - his freedom.
Gerald is such a likeable fellow! Gerald has a sense of humor like no other; he could make you laugh when you feel no one could do that! I can’t wait to see him walk through our doors here at LIFE Center so he can add more ventures and some friends into his “world of Freedom” now! He said, “One day I will surprise you and just come in and join in!”
As I bid him goodbye, he said, “Come whenever you’d like! You got me here and you are always welcome in MY home!” His smile widened as I walked out the door.
For more information about funding available for people with disabilities to live independently, see Money Follows the Person article.
by Jill Doran, Program Director
The General Assembly in Springfield has voted to implement a “money follows the person” (MFP) approach to long-term care financing that give individuals more choice over the location of and the type of services they receive. This bill goes a long way in assuring that people with disabilities of all ages and seniors in Illinois have the right to live among family, friends, and loved ones in communities of their choosing and to receive services in the setting of their choice.
Currently 73.37 % of long- term dollars are allocated toward institutional care as compared to only 26.63% for community based care. The care in state institutions is tow to three times more expensive than comparable private alternatives.
SB 765, as amended, becomes a way for the state of Illinois to implement a 5 year, $55 million grant from the federal government to begin eliminating barriers that prevent a more flexible use of Medicaid dollars to provide home and community-based service options for persons with disabilities and seniors. SB 765 will set in place a 5-year targeted plan to address re-balancing of expenditures of long-term health care dollars in Illinois. The bill also reinforces the State’s commitment to promote individual choice and control and will increase the utilization of home and community services.
At the time of printing the bill passed both Senate and House and is on the way to the Governor for his expected signature.
WINTER 2007 NEWSLETTER
LIFE Center for Independent Living will host the 2nd Annual Wheel-A-Thon on Saturday, April 21st from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. at Illinois Wesleyan University’s Shirk Center Indoor Track in Bloomington. A new feature has been added to this year’s event allowing for online donations.
The Wheel-A-Thon is a fundraising and community awareness event that supports the efforts of LIFE Center for Independent Living. LIFE Center’s mission is to promote an accessible society that allows and expects full participation by people with disabilities. Your support allows LIFE Center to continue promoting Independent Living in your community.
Individuals or teams of people with or without disabilities participate in the Wheel-A-Thon by going the distance using a wheelchair to negotiate a one-mile route. We are currently seeking individual participants or team captains to register for the Wheel-A-Thon. Individuals or Team Captains can register and set up a personalized fundraising page online via our website at www.lifecil.org. Participants can invite friends and family to make online donations. Sponsor sheets and team packets will be available upon request to collect donations as well. The Team Challenge promotes friendly competition between businesses or organizations whose employees or members participate on their behalf. Donated prizes are awarded to individuals and teams for their efforts.
On Saturday, April 21st between 9 – 10 a.m., individuals and teams will bring their Sponsor Sheets and contributions to IWU’s Shirk Center Indoor Track. After turning in sheets and contributions at the registration table, individuals and teams will be assigned a wheelchair. Everyone will have an opportunity to practice their wheelies (just kidding!). At 10 a.m., the opening ceremony will begin. The wheelers and walkers will then take-off and complete a 1 mile course around the track. The course should take between 45 minutes to one hour to complete. Upon finishing the route, participants will be treated to a complimentary lunch, music and other activities. We will then announce the top teams and individual participants. The event will wind down around noon, letting everyone leave to enjoy their Saturday afternoon.
Our goal is to recruit 250 participants (either as an individual or in teams) and 150 corporate sponsors to raise $25,000! All proceeds from this event are used to support our programs within the four counties we serve – Ford, DeWitt, Livingston and McLean.
A few of this year’s event sponsors include WJBC 1230 AM Radio, State Farm Insurance, Americall Communications, Country Insurance and Financial Services, Heartland Bank and Trust, LaGondola Spaghetti House, Mid-America Insurance, National City Bank, PIP Printing, Dani Rodriguez, Select Screen Prints and Anne Stewart. Thank you to all of sponsors! We are offering sponsor opportunities to businesses and accepting donations of gift certificates for prizes and promotional items for participants’ bags.
LIFE Center needs volunteers to assist with setting up, cleaning up and working various stations throughout the event. A training for volunteers will be held prior to the event.
If you’d like more information, please contact Marianne at 309/663-5433 V/TTY or marianne@lifecil.org. Teams and individuals may also register via our website at www.lifecil.org.
In His Own Words
People often wonder how our consumers are affected by their experience with LIFE Center. Below is an interview with Mark Jones who received services from us through our Pontiac branch office – in his own words:
I went to LIFE Center for Independent Living because of school-related disability discrimination. A certain school rejected my application to take a culinary trade because I have a disability. My goals were to either become a seafood connoisseur and work for the Walt Disney Cruise Line, or start my own cheese company in Florida. I also wanted to create TV shows and write pilot episodes.
I have met a lot of nice, honest, humane people at the center. I’ve found a place where I’m comfortable, accepted, and tolerated.
I have received two legislative intern certificates, as well as two certificates for American Sign Language. Learning different lifestyles has opened my mind more, and now at home I’m learning American Sign Language, Dutch, and Spanish on my own.
Because of LIFE Center, I was able to see beyond my predicament and develop new goals. I got hired at the Daily Leader, with one paper route. I have had as many as three routes at one time. I currently have two routes. I started my own business last year, and I have received ample support and feedback from the center. Recently, I have become employed at County Market, where I am in two different departments. So far, I have been able to hold down three part-time jobs at the same time.
I am using the skills the center has taught me to meet other goals. For instance, I am writing my first screenplay, and I have received some feedback from the center. Since it is unfinished, I have not shown my work to many people. Writing is my passion, and LIFE Center lets me express myself. I tried taking an online animation class last year, which didn't work out, but I'd still like to learn how to be a cartoonist. I briefly had a goal of starting my own animation studio, but it's almost completely out of the picture.
When I have free time, I enjoy volunteering at the center. I strongly believe in LIFE Center and what they are accomplishing, and I want to keep the center presentable and dapper for when other people come to the center for help, like I did, and receive the help in a clean, safe, inviting environment.
I have grown as a worker, a writer, and as a person. I’m sure LIFE Center has taught me more than what that trade school could have. I continue learning and changing and broadening my perspectives, and that wasn’t happening as much before I heard about the center. I don’t like anything that goes too slow, and LIFE Center keeps me going. Between volunteering at the center, having two paper routes, working in two departments at County Market, running my own small in-home business, writing my first screenplay, and continuing to learn three new languages all at once, I’d have to say this all would sound more like a comic strip than reality if it wasn’t for LIFE Center for Independent Living.
FALL 2007 NEWSLETTER
An open letter to LIFE-Lines readers . . .Dear Friends,
LIFE Center serves over 5,000 people each year. We could tell you a lot of statistics about how many people we serve and where they live and what types of services we provide. But we aren’t about statistics, we’re about making a difference in the lives of people with disabilities. Let us tell you about a few of those people.
“Ellen,” an older woman who is blind, recently moved to Bloomington-Normal. She had nothing when she moved here and was forced to move in with her daughter, son-in-law and their baby. LIFE Center helped her find an affordable apartment. We linked her with community resources and gave her free assistive devices designed to help people who are blind live independently, such as the Talking RX that reads aloud the information on prescription bottles. We helped her sign up for Talking Books and gave her information about getting a guide dog. She is learning Braille again, and is marking her clothes and food with the Braille labeler we gave her. She has learned to travel on the local buses. Ellen loves her new apartment and enjoys her independence.
“Melanie,” a new mom who is paraplegic and uses a wheelchair for mobility, was struggling to learn how to handle her new baby safely. A LIFE Center staffer who is also a mother, paraplegic and wheelchair user visited Ann in her home. She gave Ann many tips and much encouragement on handling the challenges of motherhood from a wheelchair. She demonstrated to Ann how to safely move the baby from the crib to her lap, and from place to place. She advised Ann to find her own mothering style. Ann is now more confident as a mother with a disability.
“Frank” lost both legs and has vision problems due to diabetes. He lived in a nursing home and had no idea how he could ever function in his own home. LIFE Center helped him find an affordable and accessible apartment in a safe neighborhood. We helped him get a hospital bed and furniture for his new home, and helped him get a Personal Assistant through the DRS Home Services Program. Frank is grateful for all LIFE Center did to help him get a new start. He says he no longer feels sorry for himself and realizes he can do anything anyone else can do, maybe just in a different way.
These people faced real challenges in their lives, challenges that threatened their independence. We didn’t take over and make their decisions for them, and we didn’t do everything for them. Rather, we provided information and resources, taught independent living skills, and offered peer support. We gave them the helping hand they needed to live independently in their own homes.
You too can make a difference in the lives of people like Ellen, Melanie, and Frank through your generous donation to LIFE Center for Independent Living.
Alan Bedell
President, Board of Directors
Gail Kear
Executive Director
The 2008 Wheel-A-Thon will be held on Saturday, April 19, 2008 at Illinois Wesleyan University’s Shirk Center on the Indoor Track. We are currently looking for volunteers to work on the planning committee. Committee members will help in planning the event by attending planning meetings, making phone calls, picking up donations, planning event schedule, working stations on the day of the event, and any follow up after the event. Organized, dedicated, and thorough individuals needed, fundraising experience helpful, not necessary. For more information on volunteering for the event, contact Marianne at marianne@lifecil.org or call 309/663-5433 or toll free 888/543-3245 V/TTY.
LIFE Center has reorganized their volunteer program. We are currently looking for volunteers who would be interested in the following positions:
Custodian/Maintenance Support
Personal Assistants/Drivers
Workshop Facilitators
Peer Mentors
Accessibility Auditors
Board of Directors/Standing Committee Member
LIFE Center is looking for volunteers who would be willing to train for a new puppet troupe. We are collaborating with Bloomington Parks and Recreation Department to implement the Kids on the Block program. This program is designed to educate children about people with disabilities. Volunteers will be required to attend the initial training, attend regular practices, memorize scripts, transport materials to and attend community education events. Enthusiastic individuals are needed, who like to work with children, are able to memorize scripts, are able to manipulate puppets, and are able to carry materials. All volunteers must be 14+ and complete a volunteer application. Drivers must have valid license and insurance. To find out more about Kids on the Block, go to their website at www.kotb.org. Anyone interested should contact Marianne at marianne@lifecil.org or call 309/663-5433 or toll free 888/543-3245 V/TTY.
McLEAN COUNTY ADVOCACY CLUB (MCAC) - Be part of a group which will help make McLean County and the state of Illinois a better place for disabled people and their families. For accommodations, call at least two week prior to the meeting. Feel free to bring snacks to share.
Social Hour 5:30 P.M.
Action Hour 6:30 P.M.
Please help us save the environment . . .
we will be making some updates to our website very soon. Our newsletters and other mailings will be available on the site. We’d like to collect your email address to send links for our newsletters, information about upcoming advocacy actions, and invitations to special events. This will also cut down on our printing and postage costs. If you would like to receive your information from us via email, please send an email to marianne@lifecil.org. Please include your name, address and current phone number so we can update our records. Thank you.
HONORS STAFF, VOLUNTEERS AND LOCAL GROUPS
LIFE Center for Independent Living hosted its annual business meeting on Thursday, November 29 from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. at the Community Activity and Senior Center in Normal. Staff, volunteers and local groups were recognized; new members were elected to the Board of Directors. The keynote presentation included a history of the disability rights movement and LIFE Center’s past and current advocacy efforts.
Georgeann Callo of Pontiac received the Terry Willet Volunteer of the Year Award for her outstanding volunteer service. Students for an Accessible Community received the Leaders of Tomorrow Award. Chris Bergstrand of Pekin received the President’s Award. Advocacy and Community Service awards were given to the following: Access Allies of Bloomington-Normal, Karen Cook Property Manager for Orlando-Northbrook Apartments in Normal, Cornbelt AMBUCS, Laura Dick Executive Director of Showbus, and the Prairie Central School District. The following staff members were recognized with longevity awards: Vicky Hogan and Chuck Smith for two years and Dana Craig for five years.
Mike Ready of LeRoy and Nick Ziemer of Bloomington were appointment to fill vacant one year positions. Susan Gardner of Bloomington, Tim Harshbarger of Normal, and Anita Rogers of Pontiac were re-elected to new three year terms ending December of 2010. Melissa Darnell of Normal, Erin Engle of Bloomington, Donna Evans of Bloomington, Nancy Littell of Danvers, and George “KoKo” Meisenbach of Bloomington were elected to new three year terms ending in December of 2010.
Update from our last newsletter:
Showbus has received new money through the Illinois Department of Transportation. This has allowed them to expand their service in Pontiac. Routes run Monday through Friday hourly from 9:00 A.M - 4:30 P.M. Correct fare is required for all riders – the driver will not make change or give credit. All riders must remain seated at all times. No eating or drinking is allowed on the bus. For more information call: 1-800-525-2454.
The costs are:
· $2.00 for round trip ride (unlimited stops)
· Children 5 and under ride free
· Adults 60 and over – donation only
Stops will include the following:
· Lincolnshire Apartments
· Locust Street Apartments (next to Futures)
· Livingston County Health Dept. / IHR
· Rec Center (by PTHS)
· Illini Apartments
· Myers Court
· Walnut Street Apartments
· City Hall
· Livingston County Courthouse
· County Market
· Vermillion Estates (front parking lot)
· Meadowview Court apartments
· Dialysis / LIFE Center for Independent Living
· Pontiac Towers (Washington St)
· Pontiac High Rise (Madison St)
· Baby Bulls / Walgreens
· Hospital
· WalMart
· KMart
SPRING 2008 NEWSLETTER
April 19 - 11 AM-1 PM
IWU Shirk Center Indoor Track
LIFE Center for Independent Living will host the 3rd Annual Wheel-A-Thon on Saturday, April 19st at Illinois Wesleyan University’s Shirk Center Indoor Track in Bloomington. Check in will be at 10 am; the event will run from 11 am-1 pm. Admission is FREE - donations are greatly appreciated!
The Wheel-A-Thon is a fundraising and community awareness event that supports the efforts of LIFE Center for Independent Living. LIFE Center’s mission is to promote an accessible society that allows and expects full participation by people with disabilities. Your support allows LIFE Center to continue promoting Independent Living in your community. Our goal is to recruit 250 participants and 150 corporate sponsors to raise $25,000! All proceeds from this event are used to support our programs within the four counties we serve –Ford, DeWitt, Livingston and McLean.
Individuals or teams of people with or without disabilities participate in the Wheel-A-Thon by going the distance using a wheelchair to negotiate a 1/8 mile route. Individuals and teams can register online via our website at www.lifecil.org or by mailing in a registration form. All participants who register before April 10 receive a FREE t-shirt. Participants may also set up personalized fundraising pages online via our website to accept online donations. Call LIFE Center’s Bloomington Office for registration forms or team packets.
On Saturday, April 19st between 10–11 am, individuals and teams will bring their donations and forms to IWU’s Shirk Center Indoor Track. Individuals and teams will be assigned wheelchairs. The opening ceremony will begin at 11 am; then wheelers and walkers will take-off around the track. The Kids on the Block puppet troupe will perform. Balloon creations by The Unique Twist and face painting by The Zoo Lady will be featured. Discovery Toys will host a play area. Many disability organizations will host information tables. Raffle tickets will be sold at both offices starting April 1st for baskets, large prizes, and a 50/50 raffle that will be drawn at the event. Prizes are awarded to individuals and teams for their efforts. There will be FREE food, fun and music for people of all ages and abilities.
Some of this year’s event sponsors are WJBC 1230 AM Radio, The Pantagraph, AirTran Airways, State Farm Insurance, Bank of Illinois, Caterpillar, Commerce Bank, Country Insurance and Financial Services, Misty Hall, Illinois Wesleyan University, LaGondola Spaghetti House, McDonald’s, OSF St. James Hospital, PIP Printing, Select Screen Prints, Sorenson Communications, Anne Stewart, and Westminster Village. Thank you to all of sponsors! We are still offering sponsor opportunities to businesses, accepting donations for raffles or prizes, and accepting promotional items for participants’ bags. We still need volunteers to assist with tasks prior to and at the event. A training for volunteers will be held prior to the event. If you’d like more information, please contact Marianne at 309/663-5433 V/TTY or marianne@lifecil.org.
AT www.lifecil.org OR CALL 309/663-5433 V/TTY
LIFE Center has reorganized their volunteer program. We are currently looking for volunteers who would be interested in the following positions:
Custodian/Maintenance Support
Personal Assistants/Drivers
Workshop Facilitators
Peer Mentors
Accessibility Auditors
Board of Directors/Standing Committee Member
LIFE Center is looking for volunteers who would be willing to train for a new puppet troupe. We are collaborating with Bloomington Parks and Recreation Department to implement the Kids on the Block program. This program is designed to educate children about people with disabilities. Volunteers will be required to attend the initial training, attend regular practices, memorize scripts, transport materials to and attend community education events. Enthusiastic individuals are needed, who like to work with children, are able to memorize scripts, are able to manipulate puppets, and are able to carry materials. All volunteers must be 14+ and complete a volunteer application. Drivers must have valid license and insurance. To find out more about Kids on the Block, go to their website at www.kotb.org. Anyone interested should contact Marianne at marianne@lifecil.org or call 309/663-5433 or toll free 888/543-3245 V/TTY.
Please help us save the environment . . .
we will be making some updates to our website very soon. Our newsletters and other mailings will be available on the site. We’d like to collect your email address to send links for our newsletters, information about upcoming advocacy actions, and invitations to special events. This will also cut down on our printing and postage costs. If you would like to receive your information from us via email, please send an email to marianne@lifecil.org. Please include your name, address and current phone number so we can update our records. Thank you.
One Show Only
April 30, 2008
Prairie Capitol Convention Center - Springfield, IL
Described as the comedian who puts the "Cerebral" in Cerebral Palsy, Josh blue has been a fast-rising star since first appearing on Comedy Central's "Mind of Mencia." He went on to gain the attention and endearment of the country as a top comic on NBC's "Last Comic Standing." The Josh Blue comedy show is brought to you by the Illinois Network of Centers for Independent Living and the Coalition of Citizens with Disabilities in Illinois. All proceeds benefit the Disability Rights/Independent Living Conference.
Tickets go on sale February 1st. Order your tickets by calling the Prairie Capitol Convention center box office at (217) 788-8814 or e-mail the box office at boxofficepccc@aol.com. Please make any disability accommodations known at the time of purchase.
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