Elgin News Digest: Township mental health board awards $1.15M in grants; Tibetan monks to be in residency at ECC in April
Township mental health board awards $1.15M in grants
The Hanover Township Mental Health Board has approved $1.15 million in grant funding for 33 agencies.
Among the Elgin-area agencies to receive grants are:
Ecker Center for Mental Health, $180,500 for therapy, substance abuse and crisis services;
Easter Seals of DuPage and Fox Valley Region, $90,000 to provide outpatient medical rehabilitation to Hanover Township residents and $30,000 for mental health treatment for youth and to assist clients with developmental disabilities;
Family Service Association of Greater Elgin, $48,000 for therapy services;
Centro de Información, $40,000 for family-centered mental health services;
About Behavioral Change, $17,500 to provide substance abuse counseling and education;
Hopeful Beginnings, $20,000 for its maternal mental health program.
To view the complete list of grant allocations, go to www.hanover-township.org.
Tibetan monks to be in residency at ECC in April
The Mystical Arts of Tibet world tour featuring the monks of Drepung Loseling Monastery will be in residency April 8-12 at Elgin Community College.
The monks will participate in a variety of activities open to the public, including rituals, ceremonies and lectures on Tibetan meditation, philosophy, art and culture, according to a news release.
A highlight of the residency will be the creation of a sand mandala, a traditional Tibetan Buddhist art form featuring intricate designs made with colored sand. The residency culminates at 7 p.m Saturday, April 12, with 'Sacred Music, Sacred Chants for Peace and Healing,' which combines traditional multiphonic chanting and sacred music, the release said.
ECC received a $10,000 Challenge America award from the National Endowment for the Arts to pay the residency.
For more information or to purchase tickets for 'Sacred Music, Sacred Chants for Peace and Healing,' go to eccartscenter.org or call the box office, 847-622-0300.
Bishop memorial concert being held at River Street Tavern
A concert in memory of music educator Matt Bishop will be held from 4 to 8 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 22, at River Street Tavern, 102 N. River St. in East Dundee.
The all-ages event is sponsored by The Wooden Elephant Foundation, a nonprofit set up in Bishop's honor to provide scholarships to District 300 high school seniors to continue their education, according to a social media post for the event. There will be no cover charge to attend the memorial but donations for the scholarship program will be accepted.
Bishop, a 34-year-old Elgin resident, died Feb. 24, 2024. He was a music teacher at Dundee Middle School and at one time served as conductor and artistic director of the Elgin Youth Choir.
He also worked with the Boys and Girls Club of Elgin to establish an annual concert series and served as music director for Children's Theater of Elgin, Fox Valley Theater Company, Marquee Main Stage Theater, Schaumburg on Stage and Point 2 Productions.
For more information on the concert, call 224-293-2033. For information on the foundation, go to woodenelephant.org.
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