Hundreds of suburban families will get to have a wholesome Thanksgiving meal thanks to a local charity group s efforts to get organic, halal turkeys to those in need.
A Puerto Rican transplant, Milagros Bravo was an instructional specialist at Des Plaines Elementary District 62 when she was asked to help set up the district s bilingual program. That was 20 years ago. Now, Bravo, 54, of Vernon Hills is retiring as the district s director of the English as a Second Language, bilingual, and world language programs.
Classrooms that have been dormant since the start of the pandemic at Masjid Rahmah Great America Islamic Center in Lake Villa soon will serve as a temporary shelter for refugee families. The center is among several suburban mosques preparing to host a new wave of Afghan refugees expected to arrive any day.