LIFT

LIFT-Chicago and LIFT-Evanston are proud to welcome Matt Forrest, Amber Berkins, Kristen Gietzen, and Allison Rosen as their newest Site Coordinators. Forrest will serve in LIFT-Chicago's Uptown Office, while Berkins will serve in LIFT-Chicago's newest site, the Pilsen Office, and Gietzen and Rosen will serve with LIFT-Evanston.

Frantz Pierre had been a client at LIFT-Evanston for several years, seeking LIFT’s assistance when he was searching for a better job or needed information.  With a strong résumé and history working in the medical field, Frantz could normally work with LIFT-Evanston and bounce back quickly from a job loss.  LIFT-Evanston had helped him land two positions previously, including a temporary assignment at a local hospital, which turned into a full-time job within three weeks.  But after he was laid off from his position at a cancer treatment facility in 2008, getting back into the workforce proved unusually difficult for him.

LIFT-Evanston volunteer Akhila Kolisetty recently blogged about her transformative experience working with Evanston community members and the positive impact she has made for her clients, her city, and herself.  Read on to hear her eloquent personal account of her work with LIFT.