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Englewood's Live the Spirit Residency Earns Investing in Illinois Award

from the Illinois Senate

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State Senator Jacqueline Y. Collins

For Immediate Release                                                 For More Information:

Monday, January 07, 2013                           Katharine Eastvold (217-782-0591)

 

Englewood’s Live the Spirit Residency Earns Investing in Illinois Award

Sen. Collins nominated community jazz group for $2,000 donation from AT&T

 

SPRINGFIELD, IL – Sen. Jacqueline Collins was honored to participate in AT&T’s presentation of a $2,000 check to Live the Spirit Residency, a non-profit organization that hosts the Englewood Jazz Festival, offers music instruction to neighborhood youth and sponsors the Live the Spirit big band. She nominated the organization, which enriches life in Englewood by providing high-quality and accessible jazz programming to the public, for AT&T’s Investing in Illinois Award.

 

Sen. Collins (right) is pictured at the December 26 ceremony with Ernest Dawkins (left), internationally renowned artist and founder of Live the Spirit Residency, and Sam Balark (center) representing AT&T.

 

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