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Adoption/foster-care info fair April 27
2019-04-20
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Adoption/foster-care organization Let It Be Us will conduct an information fair Saturday, April 27, at St. Teresa's of Avila Church, 1037 W. Armitage Ave., 10 a.m.-12 p.m.
Attendees will learn about the Illinois children in need of foster care and adoption through foster care. This town hall-style event will feature foster-care licensing agencies in and around Chicago.
See letitbeus.org/event/adoption-foster-care-information-fair-chicago-illinois-let-us/ .
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