OPERATION TURKEY ELGIN

SOURCE: Shametra McGregor, City Leader and Volunteer since 2013 Mark Your Calendars!! Over the last 23 years Operation Turkey has remained a 100% volunteer organization without a single paid employee. We are more than 40,000 volunteers strong working together to ensure everyone receives a warm meal on Thanksgiving Day. Each year we have multiple events throughout the year that you, friends, and family can participate … Continue reading OPERATION TURKEY ELGIN

October Issue: Bonnie Skulark

A Home-based Business Made With Love Our October Issue features Bonnie Skulark, owner of Sweet Cream. Her business is made with love. Learn how she became a successful business women and entrepreneur. You will also want to read stories written by our contributing writers as well. Please share the link with your friends and followers. We hope you enjoy the read. Continue reading October Issue: Bonnie Skulark

Growing Up

Contributing Writer: Aubrie Edmond Coming home for the summer after being on my own for a while is a strange feeling. Waking up in my childhood bedroom every morning is jarring, I feel like I’m being jolted back in time. It always hits me like a truck that I’m older, it’s the first thing that I think of each time I wake up. I start … Continue reading Growing Up

Thanking Our Sponsor: Estrada’s Cleaners!!

Estrada’s Cleaners has been a sponsor of Ujima Magazine for many years. They provide excellent services for cleaning your clothes and more. If you need a special outfit cleaned for an event or you just want your shirts and jeans looking crisp and neat, you want to go to Estrada’s Cleaners. Ask them about their Tuesday Special as well. Estrada’s Cleaners is family owned and … Continue reading Thanking Our Sponsor: Estrada’s Cleaners!!

SHE SPEAKS WELLNESS: CAN WE TALK 4REAL?

By Minister Sonya Hosey “Mental health needs more sunlight, candor, andunashamed conversation.”– Glenn Close I am unashamed to saythat I dealt with threedeaths, all within a yearand a half – my sisterand two nieces. At onepoint, I thought after onedeath, I could breatheagain; two more tookmy breath away. I recently went to asalon, and the Nail Techand I began chit-chatting. Curious, I asked how Asianculture … Continue reading SHE SPEAKS WELLNESS: CAN WE TALK 4REAL?