Aldi to Zoo: This Week's Resource Broadcast

Hi! This is Abi with your weekly resource broadcast. Today’s message contains information on three job opportunities in food service, grocery work, and security, as well as a job fair in Bronzeville.


In food service, the Levy Restaurant at the Lincoln Park Zoo will hold a job fair on Tuesday, April 24 from 3 to 6 pm at 2021 North Stockton Drive. The restaurant is looking for friendly and hardworking people to serve as bartenders, servers, runners, cashiers, vendors, cooks, food preparers, and maintenance staff. Bring a resume to the event and be prepared to fill out an application. For more information, visit http://www.levyrestaurants.com/.

In grocery work, Aldi will hold a cashier and shift manager job fair next Monday, April 16 from 7 am to 9 am at 5001 North Pulaski. Applicants must be over 18, have a high school diploma or GED, be available from 6 am to 11 pm, and be able to lift 45 pounds. Bring a resume and be prepared to complete an application.

In security, Safety Service Systems is hiring Loss Prevention Security. Applicants must be over 21 and have a valid PERC card. Full-time positions are available. Apply in person Monday through Friday, 9am to 4pm with an ID, social security card, and PERC card at 4036 N. Nashville Avenue (off of Irving Pk Rd. between Oak Park and Narragansett). For more information, call 773-494-8616.

On Tuesday, April 24, The Renaissance Collaborative will hold an Employment and Health Fair at the Wabash YMCA at 3762 South Wabash in Bronzeville. Attend from 9 am to noon to meet with employers from various fields as well as representatives from colleges, training programs, health resources, and legal services. For more information, call 773-924-9270.

This week is your last chance to file your taxes before the due date, Tuesday, April 17. The Center for Economic Progress provides free tax services at sites throughout Chicago – to find a site near you, visit http://www.economicprogress.org/. And to celebrate completing your taxes on April 17, visit any Cinnabon between 6 and 8 pm to receive free Cinnabon Bites, or visit any Panda Express to receive free samples of their new Shanghai Angus Steak.

Finally, in honor of National Poetry Month, here’s a poem from American author Edgar Allen Poe:

Gaily bedight,
A gallant knight,
In sunshine and in shadow,
Had journeyed long,
Singing a song,
In search of Eldorado.

But he grew old,
This knight so bold,
And o'er his heart a shadow
Fell as he found
No spot of ground
That looked like Eldorado.

And, as his strength
Failed him at length,
He met a pilgrim shadow;
"Shadow," said he,
"Where can it be,
This land of Eldorado?"

"Over the mountains
Of the moon,
Down the valley of the shadow,
Ride, boldly ride,"
The shade replied,--
"If you seek for Eldorado!"

I wish you strength and guidance in your own bold rides this week.