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SUMMARY:IBVM Loretto Sisters 2023 Stepping ForWARD Walk & Picnic
DESCRIPTION:Join us again this year!\n\n \n\nRegistration Open!\n\nTake a step towards supporting Mary Ward Center (MWC)\, their students and staff by joining the IBVM Loretto Sisters on a 1-mile walk around Herrick Lake\, followed by a picnic lunch and fun activities.  \n\n\n\nLearn about students' journeys and Mary Ward Center's impact and role in enriching their lives. Make an impact by donating towards the MWC Library or directly support a student's journey through the Mary Ward Center Scholarship Fund. Meet or reconnect with IBVM Sisters and local community friends.\n\nCan't attend? You can still register and walk with us virtually or donate!\n\nContact development at 630-682-9097.\n\n   Learn more and Register here.\n\n\n\nAs a ministry of the Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary (IBVM)\, Mary Ward Center embraces the Institute's Direction Statement that calls members to stand in a direct way with the powerless and those on the fringes of society. \n\n\n\nAbout Mary Ward Center (MWC): MWC was established in 1999 in South Chicago to address the language needs of the local Hispanic immigrants. Services are provided regardless of faith\, ethnicity\, gender\, or income. MWC offers educational opportunities such as: ESL tutoring in reading\, writing and grammar\, listening and speaking skills\, basic computer classes\, assistance with U.S. citizenship and activities for spiritual growth and personal enrichment.\n\n\n	Read more about Mary Ward Center here. \n	Read about Mary Ward\, the founder of the Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary\, here.\n\n\n \n\nYour contribution gifts new stories to share\, helps MWC touch more lives and provides tangible hope for bright futures of students facing complex struggles. No student is ever turned away for not being able to meet the financial need.
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<div><span style="color:#f06599"><strong><span style="font-size:20px">Join us again this year!</span></strong></span></div>\n\n<div>&nbsp\;</div>\n\n<div><span style="color:#f06599"><strong><span style="font-size:20px">Registration Open!</span></strong></span></div>\n\n<div><span style="color:#f06599"><span style="font-size:18px">Take a step towards supporting Mary Ward Center (MWC)\, their students and staff by joining the IBVM Loretto Sisters on a 1-mile walk around Herrick Lake\, followed by a picnic lunch and fun activities</span><span style="font-size:18px">.&nbsp\;</span><span style="font-size:18px">&nbsp\;</span></span><br />\n<br />\n<span style="font-family:verdana\; font-size:14px">Learn about students&rsquo\; journeys and Mary&nbsp\;Ward Center&rsquo\;s impact and role in enriching their lives. Make an impact by donating towards the&nbsp\;</span><em><strong>MWC Library</strong></em><span style="font-family:verdana\; font-size:14px">&nbsp\;or directly support a student&#39\;s journey through the&nbsp\;</span><strong><em>Mary Ward Center Scholarship Fund</em></strong><span style="font-family:verdana\; font-size:14px">. Meet or reconnect with IBVM Sisters&nbsp\;and local community friends.</span><br />\n<span style="font-family:verdana\; font-size:14px">Can&rsquo\;t attend? You can still register and walk with us virtually or donate!</span><br />\n<span style="font-family:verdana\; font-size:14px">Contact development at 630-682-9097.</span><br />\n<strong><span style="color:#f06599">&gt\;&gt\;&nbsp\;</span><a href="https://ibvm.us/stepping-forward-2023/" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(240\, 101\, 153)">Learn more and Register here</span></a></strong><a href="https://ibvm.us/stepping-forward-2023/"><strong><span style="color:rgb(240\, 101\, 153)">.</span></strong></a></div>\n\n<div><br />\n<span style="color:rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; font-family:montserrat\; font-size:16px"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:arial\,helvetica\,sans-serif">As a ministry of the Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary (IBVM)\, Mary Ward Center embraces the Institute&rsquo\;s Direction Statement that calls members to stand in a direct way with the&nbsp\;powerless and those on the fringes of society.&nbsp\;</span></span></span><br />\n<br />\n<em><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:arial\,helvetica\,sans-serif"><strong>About Mary Ward Center (MWC):&nbsp\;</strong>MWC was established in 1999 in South Chicago to address the language needs of the local Hispanic immigrants. Services are provided regardless of faith\, ethnicity\, gender\, or income. MWC offers&nbsp\;educational opportunities such as: ESL tutoring in reading\, writing and grammar\, listening and speaking skills\, basic computer classes\, assistance with U.S. citizenship and activities for spiritual growth and personal enrichment.</span></span></em></div>\n\n<ul>\n	<li><em><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:arial\,helvetica\,sans-serif">Read more about Mary Ward Center <a href="https://ibvm.us/about-us/our-ministries/mary-ward-center/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#f06599">here</span></a>.&nbsp\;</span></span></em></li>\n	<li><em><span style="color:rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; font-family:montserrat"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:arial\,helvetica\,sans-serif">Read about Mary Ward\, the founder of the Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary\,&nbsp\;</span></span></span><span style="font-family:montserrat"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:arial\,helvetica\,sans-serif"><a href="http://ibvm.us/about-us/mary-ward/" style="box-sizing: border-box\; background-color: transparent\; color: rgb(234\, 87\, 87)\; text-decoration-line: none\; overflow-wrap: break-word\;" target="_blank"><span style="color:#f06599">here</span></a></span></span></span><span style="color:rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; font-family:montserrat"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:arial\,helvetica\,sans-serif">.</span></span></span></em></li>\n</ul>\n\n<div>&nbsp\;</div>\n\n<div><span style="color:#f06599"><span style="font-size:14px"><u><span style="font-family:arial\,sans-serif">Your contribution gifts new stories to share\, helps MWC touch more lives and provides tangible hope for bright futures of students facing complex struggles. <strong>No student is ever turned away for not being able to meet the financial need.&nbsp\;</strong></span></u></span></span></div>\n
LOCATION:East Shelter\, Herrick Lake\, Wheaton\, Illinois Entrance and parking are off of Butterfield Rd\, roughly 1 mile west of Naperville Road.
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