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Fortunately, there is an extensive network of resources in Lawndale for people with chronic health problems and other needs, not the least of which are the family members, neighbors, and other informal networks by which residents have always cared for each other. One advantage held by LCHC for providing holistic care is its association with LCC and LCDC, which provide complementary services to the primary care and health support services offered by LCHC. Additionally, a variety of churches and organizations in the neighborhood sponsor a variety of activities ranging from after-school programs and summer camps to neighborhood gardening clubs and counseling services.

LCHC is fortunate to have a large number of staff members that live locally, attend LCC, LVCC or other local churches, and/or are involved in other neighborhood activities. This benefits LCHC by increasing its responsiveness and sensitivity to the community it serves, and helps patients by connecting them to an institution that is rooted in and significantly invested in the neighborhood.

Today Lawndale Christian Health Center looks forward to a future full of challenges and opportunities. We are proud to work in an area rich in history and culture, with strong spiritual foundations, hard working people, and great Mexican food!

We also recognize that our community still despairs over the problems that plague it and desire to be an increasingly valuable resource for improving the health of our neighbors. Our hope is that in doing so we truly fulfill our mission of showing and sharing the love of Jesus Christ.

Suggested Reading and Browsing
The Chicago Area Health Inventory is a wealth of data on health indicators for neighborhoods throughout the city, including North Lawndale.

The Resources section of the LCHC web site has links to Lawndale-related web sites, peer organizations of LCHC, and others of interest to health care providers.

Chicago's Harold Washington Library has historical non-circulating collections on both general Chicago history, as well as specific neighborhood archives, including several on North and South Lawndale.

Irving Cutler's The Jews of Chicago traces the history of Chicago Judaica, and includes a wealth of information on North Lawndale in the first half of the 20th century.

In The Promised Land, Nicholas Lemann documents the great black migration by telling the stories of families who relocated from the Clarksdale, Mississippi area to Lawndale in Chicago.

The American Millstone provides a pessimistic view of life in North Lawndale from a compilation of Chicago Tribune stories in 1985, but also has some interesting anecdotes about the neighborhood.

Although Laurie Abraham's Mama Might Be Better Off Dead is not specifically focused on the Lawndale area, its eighth chapter is a fitting tribute to LCHC's founder and CEO, Dr. Art Jones.

Roberto Suro's Strangers Among Us: How Latino Immigration is Transforming America contrasts Latinos and Blacks and explains the process of network migration, explores reactions to Latino immigration, and profiles Latino immigrants in six cities, including Chicago's La Villita.

Real Hope in Chicago, by Wayne Gordon, is a collection of inspirational narratives about past and present members of Lawndale Commmunity Church, whose stories collectively give a history of Lawndale Community Church and its affiliated ministries.