Burr Ridge Mayor and town residents originally weren’t informed when over 60 migrants from Texas would arrive, but luckily, the town has a history of housing and supporting refugees and migrants when necessary.
According to Grasso, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot has since reached out to him, but still no word from Gov. J.B. Pritzker.
“Finding a block of rooms for 100 people usually takes over a year and as the governor said, sometimes we have three hours, sometimes we have 12 hours,” said Grace Hou, DHS secretary. “So in addition to plain availability, we want to assure that those regions also have access to support services and we also returned to hotels that have previously welcomed Afghan refugees earlier this year.”Watch our full interview with Burr Ridge Mayor Gary Grasso.
“Hunger also isn’t defined by wealth because unexpected life happens to everyone,” said Wendy Michalski of HCS Family Services. “We have a woman who came to the pantry two weeks ago, just got divorced, moved into an apartment and didn’t have a piece of food in her cabinet and just was so thankful for the services that we provide here.”
“[We’ve] been really creating the space for people to go online and share their thoughts and feelings and that kind of momentum going for the organization,” Sundwall said. “Loneliness has become like a second pandemic,” Reese said. “There’s people who are lonely and looking for a community. They’re looking for a place to be honest about everything they’re experiencing whether it’s grief, pain, the loss of a loved one and more, so we really want to be a place that says, ‘You’re welcome here.’”
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