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    <title>ASSP-Chicagoland upcoming events</title>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2026 01:33:40 GMT</pubDate>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2026 13:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>MONTHLY MEMBER MEETING (18 Jun 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#E31C60" face="Source Code Pro" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#E31C60" face="Source Code Pro" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;NETWORKING MONTH&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Setup &amp;amp; Networking 8:30-9 AM&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Formal meeting kicks off at 9 AM (format subject to whimsy and change):&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;BOARD REPORTS&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;President Jen Brasfield's Welcome, New Member / Guest Intros&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;VP Nathan Lara, intro of Sponsor Spotlights Concept and 611 Update&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Treasurer Katrina Nguyen's Transactional Report of $-in and $-out&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Secretary Julee Lockard's Events &amp;amp; Announcements&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;CHAIR REPORTS&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;MEMBERSHIP Lori Gibson &amp;amp; Jeannine Putrim&lt;br&gt;
  (NEW MEMBER WELCOME &amp;amp; HOW TO JOIN)&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;PHILANTHROPY Jennifer Vince &amp;amp; Lisa Culligan&lt;br&gt;
  (GRANTS AVAILABLE, ISSUED OR IN PROGRESS)&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;PROMOTION (FACEBOOK et al) Open Position&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;TECHNOLOGY Laura Woods -- seeking committee to narrow our selection of possible membership software application (which includes a new website)&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;MEMBERS &amp;amp; GUESTS NEWS &amp;amp; ANNOUNCEMENTS&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;This month's 2-minute Spotlight Sponsors&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;JUN Kim Gombash &amp;amp; &lt;a href="https://assp4me.wildapricot.org/Sys/PublicProfile/73260025/" target="_blank"&gt;Melissa Hageman&lt;/a&gt; of St. Patrick's Residence&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span&gt;and&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &lt;a href="https://assp4me.wildapricot.org/Sys/PublicProfile/77511235/" target="_blank"&gt;Fred Ahmed&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span&gt;of Center for Promotion / Success&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;u&gt;Thank you to our Past Spotlight Sponsors&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;MAY &lt;a href="https://assp4me.wildapricot.org/Sys/PublicProfile/89532868" target="_blank"&gt;Steve Weaver&lt;/a&gt; of Hands of Home&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;APR Lana Mankos &amp;amp; Adam of Home Instead&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;MAR&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://assp4me.wildapricot.org/Sys/PublicProfile/95257356/"&gt;Bobbie Castillo&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt;First Health Palliative &amp;amp; Hospice Care and&lt;span data-olk-copy-source="MessageBody"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;
&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://assp4me.wildapricot.org/Sys/PublicProfile/72007641/" target="_blank"&gt;Mark Davis&lt;/a&gt; of Terra Vista&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;FEB Jon &lt;a href="https://assp4me.wildapricot.org/Sys/PublicProfile/79240405/" target="_blank"&gt;Stephens&lt;/a&gt; of ComforCare&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;JAN Jennifer &lt;a href="https://assp4me.wildapricot.org/Sys/PublicProfile/78280130" target="_blank"&gt;Vince&lt;/a&gt;, M.Ed., CSA, CDP, DCS, CMDCP, CMDCPT of Senior Care Navigation&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;u&gt;Future Queue of Spotlight Sponsors&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;JUL&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://assp4me.wildapricot.org/Sys/PublicProfile/94355632/" style=""&gt;Lisa Culligan&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;of Light House Hospice and&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a href="https://assp4me.wildapricot.org/Sys/PublicProfile/42861151/"&gt;Jennifer Brasfield&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;of Riverwalk Adult Day Center&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;AUG Mary Kerbs after-hours at Martin Ave. Apartments&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;SEP Mary Gruenberg of Soarella and&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;OCT Pam Fitzgerald of Brightstar and&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;NOV Annual Meeting&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;DEC ASSP Adopt-a-Senior&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;
    &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#E31C60" face="Source Code Pro" style="color: rgb(227, 28, 96); font-size: 15px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#E31C60" face="Source Code Pro"&gt;&lt;font color="#E31C60" face="Source Code Pro"&gt;&lt;font face="Source Code Pro"&gt;&lt;font face="Source Code Pro"&gt;&lt;font face="Source Code Pro"&gt;&lt;span&gt;VOLUNTEER PANACHE REMINDER&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"&gt;As a volunteer run organization, your efforts matter!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Whether you want to greet people as they enter or follow up with them to get their first impressions (membership committee), seek out community involvement opportunities (promotion), create "meme's" that only our members would "get" (promotion) or share industry articles of interest (technology), or review grant requests (philanthropy) your time and talents will not be wasted!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://assp4me.wildapricot.org/event-6693740</link>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 13:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>MONTHLY MEMBER MEETING (17 Jul 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#E31C60" face="Source Code Pro" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#E31C60" face="Source Code Pro" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;NETWORKING OR SPEAKER MONTH&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Setup &amp;amp; Networking 8:30-9 AM&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Formal meeting kicks off at 9 AM (format subject to whimsy and change):&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;BOARD REPORTS&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;President Jen Brasfield's Welcome, New Member / Guest Intros&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;VP Nathan Lara, intro of Sponsor Spotlights Concept and 611 Update&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Treasurer Katrina Nguyen's Transactional Report of $-in and $-out&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Secretary Julee Lockard's Events &amp;amp; Announcements&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;CHAIR REPORTS&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;MEMBERSHIP Lori Gibson &amp;amp; Jeannine Putrim&lt;br&gt;
  (NEW MEMBER WELCOME &amp;amp; HOW TO JOIN)&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;PHILANTHROPY Jennifer Vince &amp;amp; Lisa Culligan&lt;br&gt;
  (GRANTS AVAILABLE, ISSUED OR IN PROGRESS)&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;PROMOTION (FACEBOOK et al) Open Position&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;TECHNOLOGY Laura Woods -- seeking committee to narrow our selection of possible membership software application (which includes a new website)&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;MEMBERS &amp;amp; GUESTS NEWS &amp;amp; ANNOUNCEMENTS&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;This month's 2-minute Spotlight Sponsors&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;a href="https://assp4me.wildapricot.org/Sys/PublicProfile/94355632/" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Lisa Culligan&lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;of Light House Hospice&lt;/strong&gt; and&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a href="https://assp4me.wildapricot.org/Sys/PublicProfile/42861151/"&gt;Jennifer Brasfield&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;of Riverwalk Adult Day Center&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;u&gt;Thank you to our Past Spotlight Sponsors&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;JUN Kim Gombash &amp;amp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://assp4me.wildapricot.org/Sys/PublicProfile/73260025/" style=""&gt;Melissa Hageman&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;of St. Patrick's Residence&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style=""&gt;and&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://assp4me.wildapricot.org/Sys/PublicProfile/77511235/"&gt;Fred Ahmed&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;of Center for Promotion / Success&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;MAY &lt;a href="https://assp4me.wildapricot.org/Sys/PublicProfile/89532868" target="_blank"&gt;Steve Weaver&lt;/a&gt; of Hands of Home&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;APR Lana Mankos &amp;amp; Adam of Home Instead&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;MAR&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://assp4me.wildapricot.org/Sys/PublicProfile/95257356/"&gt;Bobbie Castillo&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt;First Health Palliative &amp;amp; Hospice Care and&lt;span data-olk-copy-source="MessageBody"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;
&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://assp4me.wildapricot.org/Sys/PublicProfile/72007641/" target="_blank"&gt;Mark Davis&lt;/a&gt; of Terra Vista&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;FEB Jon &lt;a href="https://assp4me.wildapricot.org/Sys/PublicProfile/79240405/" target="_blank"&gt;Stephens&lt;/a&gt; of ComforCare&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;JAN Jennifer &lt;a href="https://assp4me.wildapricot.org/Sys/PublicProfile/78280130" target="_blank"&gt;Vince&lt;/a&gt;, M.Ed., CSA, CDP, DCS, CMDCP, CMDCPT of Senior Care Navigation&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;u&gt;Future Queue of Spotlight Sponsors&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;AUG Mary Kerbs after-hours at Martin Ave. Apartments&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;SEP Mary Gruenberg of Soarella and&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;OCT Pam Fitzgerald of Brightstar and&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;NOV Annual Meeting [Vote on 2027 budget and open board positions]&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;DEC ASSP Adopt-a-Senior&lt;/p&gt;

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    &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#E31C60" face="Source Code Pro" style="color: rgb(227, 28, 96); font-size: 15px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#E31C60" face="Source Code Pro"&gt;&lt;font color="#E31C60" face="Source Code Pro"&gt;&lt;font face="Source Code Pro"&gt;&lt;font face="Source Code Pro"&gt;&lt;font face="Source Code Pro"&gt;&lt;span&gt;VOLUNTEER PANACHE REMINDER&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"&gt;As a volunteer run organization, your efforts matter!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Whether you want to greet people as they enter or follow up with them to get their first impressions (membership committee), seek out community involvement opportunities (promotion), create "meme's" that only our members would "get" (promotion) or share industry articles of interest (technology), or review grant requests (philanthropy) your time and talents will not be wasted!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://assp4me.wildapricot.org/event-6708850</link>
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