DIA DE LOS MUERTOS - The Village of Homewood hosts its inaugural Day of the Dead Fest (Dia de los Muertos) on from 5 to 9 p.m. Saturday on Martin Avenue Square. Visitors will enjoy music, food and a showing of the movie "Coco" beginning at dusk.
Xicantl poses at Fall Fest on Sept. 25 with a giant skeleton she created. She and her skeleton friend toured the festival promoting Homewood's first Day of the Dead festival on Oct. 16. (Eric Crump/H-F Chronicle)
This year’s major fundraising effort for the Cancer Support Center will be the Pink-A-Boo Walk on Sunday, Oct. 17. With a Halloween theme, supporters are urged to come in costume. They can choose the one mile or 5K walk. The event starts at 9:30 a.m. at the center, 2028 Elm Road, Homewood.
At the Cancer Support Center, every program and counseling session is free thanks to the support it receives from donors, local businesses, corporations and foundations.
Editor's note: This is the first in a series of stories about the Cancer Support Center and its nearly three decades of service to the community.
The Cancer Support Center is a place of hope.
Since its founding 29 years ago, the CSC’s red brick building at 2028 Elm Road in Homewood has been a place for cancer patients, cancer survivors and their supporters to come together for programs that teach as well as help them cope.
Homewood-Flossmoor High School seniors David Gibek and Carter Langston have been named semifinalists in the National Merit Scholarship Program.
Free content: There is no cost to view this article.
With the Medicare open enrollment period set to begin Oct. 15, older adults looking to change their existing Medicare plan can receive free, personalized assistance through the Illinois Department on Aging’s (IDoA) Senior Health Insurance Program (SHIP).
