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The Misericordia Community is home to more than 600 children and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities, located on the north side of Chicago.

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Misericordia's Special Olympic Tennis Team competed in both the skills and match play regionals this week, coming away with 5 gold, 3 silver, 3 bronze, and two 4th place winners! Great job team! Way to be #MisericordiaStrong #MisericordiaCommunity @SO_Illinois

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Big thanks to Manny Petty and Lisa LoGrasso who performed for our residents! What was supposed to be outdoors turned into indoor concert due to weather! Everyone was a great sport and loved the musical performance! #MIsericordiaStrong #MisericordiaCommunity

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Congratulations to the @shannonrovers on their 100th Anniversary and to our very own Shannon Rover Flag Bearer Ryan!! Great job!!!
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McAuley and McGowan residents in the Inclusive Expressions classroom painted murals inspired by Keith Haring today! We learned about his life and legacy and chose to create a piece inspired by his collaboration with Chicago Public Schools in 1989.

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Looking for something fun to do this weekend and support Misericordia! Check it out! https://t.co/Hp7erTMHL6

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Headed to the Andersonville Farmers Market today (Tuesday)? We will be there on Winona and Clark St. with Misericordia's Hearts & Flour Bakery!! Stop by from 3-7pm! @avillechamber #MisericordiaCommunity

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Participants in ARISE have been learning about the history of fireworks and how they work. They then took a creative angle & wrote acrostic poems about fireworks & 4th of July holiday. Participants practiced composing acrostic poems, wrote their own individual acrostic poems!

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Celebrating 250 with a Fourth of July photo booth - props and all!! We hope you are having a fun holiday weekend too! #MisericordiaCommunity #MisericordiaStrong

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Happy 4th of July from our Misericordia Family to yours! We hope you have a fun and safe holiday! #MisericordiaCommunity #MisericordiaStrong

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Have you checked out our Misericordia's Hearts & Flour Bakery Farmers Markets??? No!!

SOAR (Streeterville)- Tues 7am-2pm
Andersonville – Wed 3pm-7pm
Daley – Thur 7am-2pm
Evanston - Sat 7:30am-1pm
Tinley - Sat 8am-12:30pm
Beverly – Sun (every other week) 7/12 is the next one!

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The Greco orchard has already produced 3.2 lbs of zucchini! The residents harvested it and got it to the bakery for the zucchini bread! Quite the haul! Our gardens are #MisericordiaStrong!

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The Gardens residents helped to put together our new flower press. The program then went out to our gardens and collected flowers to press. These pressed flowers will be used to make handmade cards for our staff. #MisericordiaStrong #MisericordiaCommunity

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Last week our resident volunteer opportunity at West Ridge Nature Park took some time after their volunteer shift to do some fishing. Participants were able to enjoy the gorgeous weather and some catch and release fishing! #MisericordiaCommunity #MisericordiaStrong

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The Misericordia Art Department is excited about our their next big project! They have been invited to take part in “Rosemont in Bloom: Where Art Takes Root.” The residents painted an 8ft rose sculpture that will be on display in Rosemont starting in the fall.

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Celebrating all things nature including beautiful butterflies at the Peggy Notebaert @NatureMuseum! Our residents had a blast learning and discovering everything the museum has to offer! #MisericordiaStrong #MisericordiaCommunity

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Our Engage Chicago participants absolutely loves getting a chance to see all the amazing works of art at the Hyde Park Art Center! A definite favorite, @HPAC_chicago various collections of art has brought joy and inspiration to us all time and time again!

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Calling all Southsiders to the 95th St Farmers Market today! Support the @MisBakery!

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Misericordia hosted it's 3rd Annual First Responders Day for our residents! They had a great time talking to and interacting w/ our amazing first responders from the @ChicagoPolice Dept, @CFDMedia Dept., Cook County Sheriff, SWAT & more! We are so grateful for keeping us safe!

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Big thanks to our MFA & congrats on an amazing Benefit at Soldier Field Thursday night! We are so grateful to all our families who participated & attended the event. A beautiful moment was the photo mosaic reveal in honor of our dear Sr. Rosemary on the jumbotron. What a moment!

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That’s a wrap on the 66th Annual Misericordia Family Association Benefit at Soldier Field! Huge congrats to our MFA for hosting such an amazing event. It truly was a Legacy of Love. Congrats to our honoree Madge Erlenbaugh and in memory of her dear her husband Bob. Well deserved.