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Oak Street Health Celebrates Veterans with “Preserving Your Legacy” Event

What:   Oak Street Health is honoring veterans with a special “Preserving Your Legacy” event. We’re inviting seniors to participate in the Illinois Veterans Advisory Council’s Veterans History Project by coming in to any of our seven centers to get interviewed about their service. Interviews will be recorded and submitted the next day to the Illinois State Archives Collection. Veterans will be invited to a June Veterans event to pick up a DVD copy of their interview to commemorate their service.

Who:               Oak Street Health

When:            Wednesday, May 20, 2015 at 9am-4pm

                         (participants should call 312-733-3334 to reserve an interview slot)  

Where:           Oak Street Health Ashburn, 3348 W. 87th Street  

                       Oak Street Health Avalon Park, 1715 E. 95th

                         Oak Street Health Bronzeville, 4318 S. State

                         Oak Street Health Portage Park, 4848 W. Irving Park

                         Oak Street Health Edgewater, 1541 W. Devon

                         Oak Street Health Berwyn, 7000 W. Cermak Road

                         Oak Street Health Blue Island, 3046 W. 127th Street

Why:  At Oak Street Health we proudly celebrate the contributions of our veterans and want to thank them for their service through The Illinois Veterans Advisory Council’s Veterans’ History Project. The project invites seniors to contribute their stories to an online database, thus preserving their legacy for friends, family and future generations. Oak Street Health supports this wonderful project and wants to ensure that, every veteran has an opportunity to contribute his or her story.

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Oak Street Health Celebrates Veterans with “Preserving Your Legacy” Event

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