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JANUARY5 Business Exchange (TIPS),Chamber, 7:30 a.m.9 City Council, City Hall, 7:00 p.m.10 Coffee & Contacts, 7:30-9:00 a.m.18 Chamber Restaurant Night, QuakerSteak and Lube20 Business Exchange (TIPS),Chamber, 7:30 a.m.23 City Council, City Hall, 7:00 p.m.24 Business After Hours,American Red Cross, Loess HillsChapter, 5:00-7:00 p.m.25 Chamber Annual Meeting,Harrah’s, 11:30 a.m.28 Legislative CoffeeFEBRUARY2 Business Exchange (TIPS),Chamber, 7:30 a.m.11 Legislative Coffee13 City Council, City Hall, 7:00 p.m.14 Coffee & Contacts, 7:30-9:00 a.m.15 Chamber Restaurant Night, HiltonGarden Inn at Horseshoe Casino16 Business Exchange (TIPS),Chamber, 7:30 a.m.16 ABC Clinic25 Legislative Coffee27 City Council, City Hall, 7:00 p.m.28 Business After Hours, Country Inn &Suites, 5:00-7:00 p.m.MARCH1 Business Exchange (TIPS),Chamber, 7:30 a.m.5 City Council, City Hall, 7:00 p.m.10 Legislative Coffee13 Coffee & Contacts, 7:30-9:00 a.m.15 Business Exchange (TIPS),Chamber, 7:30 a.m.15 ABC Clinic19 City Council, City Hall, 7:00 p.m.21 Chamber Restaurant Night,Quaker Steak and Lube24 Legislative Coffee27 Business After Hours,Kaplan University, 5:00-7:00 p.m.For additional Council Bluffscommunity events, visitwww.cbevents.comHeartland Family Service is a nonprofit, nonsectarian social workagency serving the entire Council Bluffs/Omaha metro area throughsixteen locations--eight of them in Southwest Iowa. The mission ofthe agency is to strengthen individuals and families in our communitythrough education, counseling and support services.2011 Impact• $1,200 - saved annually per unit byproviding permanent housing, ratherthan emergency shelter, for families inneed• $4,000/month savings for each clientwith severe mental illness who avoidsgroup home placement• $34,500 - for neonatal care is savedfor every drug-free baby born in ourFamily Works program• $97,380 annual savings per studentwho is able to attend a school yearat the Therapeutic School instead ofbeing placed in a more restrictive levelof care2011 Agency AwardsBest Places to Work Award, GreaterOmaha Chamber of Commerce &Baird HolmSouthwest IowaProgramsAddictions Treatment & DUIClassesAssertive CommunityTreatmentCounseling for Individuals,Couples & FamiliesProblem Gambling TreatmentHardship AssistanceHeartland HomesIowa Family WorksMental Health CrisisResponse TeamPottawattamie CountyHomeless LinkTherapeutic SchoolTransitionsWays to Work2011 Integrity Award for a charity, Better Business BureauMost Outstanding New Program, Ways to Work, Alliance for Children &FamiliesExcellence in Service to Women Award, Women’s Fund of OmahaKerry Black Wiles, honored by Addiction Professional Journal as theoutstanding clinical supervisor in the nationHow You Can Help• Call for a tour of our facilities• Make a donation• Attend our Strike A Chord fundraiser in August• Nominate a family for Salute to Families2011 HFS SouthwestIowa Advisory Committee(L to R): Sara Scott, LydiaMason, Janella Higgins,Rick Killion, Lisa Gronstal,Jill Killion, Joanie Tekippe.(Not pictured: SuziBrehmer, Jody Edwards,Cindy Hoover, KelleyKulesa, Scott McMullen,Martha Peterson and BarbWalsh.)For more information, contact Nancy Schulze,Vice President of Iowa Professional Services, at (712) 325-5600or nschulze@heartlandfamilyservice.org.