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View ArticleSummary of Post-9/11 GI Bill Benefits
By Lisa Gunggoll, Illinois Patriot Education Fund The Post-9/11 GI Bill became law on June 30, 2008, and was originally proposed by Senator Jim Webb from Virginia in another form in January of 2007....
View ArticleFor-Profit Colleges Get Boost from Change in Veterans’ Benefits
By John Lauerman – Feb 23, 2011 (via Bloomberg) For-profit colleges, whose recruitment practices have been probed by Congress and the Department of Veterans Affairs, got a boost from changes to a...
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IPEF Partners with Celebrated Chefs to Help Illinois Families
Serve our military families while being served! Illinois Patriot Education Fund is excited to announce its partnership with Celebrated Chefs Chicago, which is a wonderful, free and very easy way for...
View ArticleIPEF Seeking Summer Intern for Website Support
The Illinois Patriot Education Fund (IPEF) is seeking an individual for a website support internship on a renewing or possibly long-term basis starting immediately. Based in Chicago, IPEF’s mission is...
View ArticleIllinois Patriot Education Fund Launches to Assist Illinois Military Families...
Illinois Patriot Education Fund Will Identify Families in Need, Provide Post-Secondary Scholarships After years of planning, due diligence and thoughtful counsel and strategy from dozens of prominent...
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URGENT: Illinois Vet Needs Our Help in Replenishment Blood Drive
Illinois Patriot Education Fund is proud to lend its support to Marine Cpl. John M. Peck, who personifies the reason why IPEF was founded. Please read more about his story below and consider supporting...
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Medinah Patriot Day to Feature Tom Dreesen, Steve Cochran
Second Annual Medinah Patriot Day Announced, Event Set to Support Illinois Military Families July 7 Chicago’s Own Tom Dreesen to Headline Gala Dinner to be Emceed by Chicago Radio Legend Steve Cochran...
View ArticleGolfers on Golf Blog Features Medinah Patriot Day Event
Longtime golf journalist and radio host Rory Spears featured the 2011 Medinah Patriot Day event in the April 22 edition of his Golfers on Golf blog, which is a companion to the Golfers on Golf Radio...
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Illinois Solider to be Honored During Antioch Procession on May 9
U.S. Marine Cpl. John Peck Cpl. John Peck, the Marine we previously wrote about who stepped on an improvised explosive device in May 2010 while serving in Afghanistan and lost both of his arms and...
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Dan Proft Interviews Cpl John Peck on WLS 890
Dan Proft, the Chapter President of Operation Homefront-Illinois (operationhomefront.net/illinois), a non-profit that provides emergency assistance to Illinois military families, and host of “Wolf and...
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Simple Ways to Help Military Families this Memorial Day
Editor’s Note: We wanted to repost the following article that originally appeared on CNN.com (http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/05/20/how.to.help.military.families/), particularly since it mentions our...
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Medinah Patriot Day Launches New Texting Donation Tool, Pledges Support to...
Event will pledge percentage of donations to Heart of Missouri United Way through May 30 CHICAGO – May 25, 2011 – Illinois Patriot Education Fund (IPEF) announced today that it will donate a portion...
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Operation Homefront Illinois Joins Illinois Patriot Education Fund as...
Organizations partner to provide assistance to military families in need CHICAGO – May 26, 2011 – Illinois Patriot Education Fund (IPEF) announced today that it has formalized its partnership with...
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Jarrett Payton and Trisha Payton to Act As Family Hosts of Medinah Patriot Day
Jarrett Payton, son of the late Walter Payton, former Chicago Bears running back and member of the NFL Hall of Fame, will once again (along with wife Trisha) act as family hosts for the 2011 Medinah...
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Medinah Patriot Day Announces Golf-A-Thon for 2011 Event
Fund Raising Tool Allows Participants to Earn a Spot in the Tournament, Win Prizes and Engage the Community While Raising More Money for Military Families and Children CHICAGO, IL — June 1, 2011 —...
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Illinois Patriot Education Fund Partners with Make My Day Mondays to Host a...
Illinois Patriot Education Fund (IPEF) is proud to partner with Make My Day Mondays to throw a “Party for Patriots” in order to spread awareness about our cause. IPEF provides scholarships for the...
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Latest Illinois Soldier Casualty Hits Close to Home for Member of IPEF Team
By Lisa Gunggoll, Director of Operations and Communications An Army carry team carries the remains of Army Pfc. Michael C. Olivieri at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware on Wednesday. | Jose Luis...
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IPEF adds Pat Tillman Foundation as Scholarship Partner
National organization will help IPEF reach more military families in need CHICAGO – June 13, 2011 – Illinois Patriot Education Fund (IPEF) announced today that it has formalized its partnership with...
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Final Day for Discounted Pricing for Medinah Patriot Day Registrations!
WOULD YOU JUST THROW AWAY $50? If you don’t register today for Medinah Patriot Day, that’s exactly what you’re doing! Starting tomorrow, pricing for both our full day and dinner only packages...
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2011 Medinah Patriot Day Comes to a Successful Close
The organizers of the second annual Medinah Patriot Day are pleased with the outcome of last Thursday’s event, where more than 150 volunteers, supporters, corporate executives, philanthropists, VIPs...
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Illinois Governor Pat Quinn Writes Letter of Support to Illinois Patriot...
During last week’s gala dinner at Medinah Patriot Day, Gold Star Father Jim Frazier read a letter from Illinois Governor Pat Quinn commending the efforts of Illinois Patriot Education Fund and...
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IPEF Proudly Welcomes Blake Leitch as its New Intern
Editor’s Note: Illinois Patriot Education Fund is excited to announce an addition to our team – our intern, Blake Leitch. Blake is an Army veteran who was deployed to Iraq in 2005, where he earned an...
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Chicago Fire Department and Ignite the Spirit to Benefit Illinois Patriot...
Ignite the Spirit, a charity founded in 2003 for first responders, paramedics and fire fighters, which works specifically to benefit the Chicago Fire Department, has selected Illinois Patriot...
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Chicago Fire Department’s Ignite the Spirit Octoberfest
Octoberfest for Illinois Military Families Event will feature food, beer and music By LACEY MCCRANEY You can join the Chicago Fire Department in helping the families of our troops killed or injured in...
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Illinois Patriot Education Fund Announces Proceeds Received from Inaugural...
First Annual Oktoberfest Deemed a Success as Thousands Turned Out to Help Military Families CHICAGO – November 10, 2011 – Illinois Patriot Education Fund (IPEF) announced today that it has received a...
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Illinois Patriot Education Fund Awards $9,000 to Scholarship Partner Pat...
Funds will help bridge Post 9/11 GI Bill gaps for Illinois military familiesil CHICAGO – Illinois Patriot Education Fund (IPEF) announced today that it has awarded $9,000 in scholarship support to the...
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Illinois Patriot Education Fund Announces Donation Given to Operation...
Funds helped organization’s Backpack Brigade program for Illinois school-age children CHICAGO – Illinois Patriot Education Fund (IPEF) announced today that it has provided a donation of more than...
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Good Cause: Education Fund Honors Naperville’s Fallen
By Angela Bender For The Sun December 19, 2011 5:18PM Andrew R. Pokorny AT A GLANCE: What: The Illinois Patriot Education Fund is a nonprofit based in Chicago. It’s mission is to raise scholarship...
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Welcome Chad Garland – IPEF’s New Fellow
by Chad Garland You don’t know me. Not yet, anyway. I’m the new guy. My name’s Chad Garland. I’ve been interning at Illinois Patriot Education Fund, or IPEF, for a little while now, helping out with...
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2011 in Review
Thank you for investing in our Illinois military families. In our 2011 inaugural year, we successfully funded 8 scholarships for Illinois military families, and provided over 1,000 backpacks to...
View ArticleSVA Scholarship Recipients to Be Announced Soon…..
Illinois Patriot Education Fund Awards $7,000 in Scholarships to Student Veterans of America WASHINGTON, DC – SVA and the Illinois Patriot Education Fund have teamed up to give 7 student veterans a...
View ArticleSeven Scholarships Given to Illinois Veterans
Winners Announced for Illinois Patriot Education Fund Scholarships Provided to Student Veterans of America Six men and one woman to receive $1,000 each to help meet undergraduate, graduate educational...
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Inspired to serve, Children of the American Revolution raise funds for IPEF
by Chad Garland The Illinois patriotic youth organization will reveal results of annual service project to support Illinois veterans and military families on Saturday On Feb. 25, the Illinois State...
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IPEF Loses Our Dear Friend John Brown – WWII Hero
Many of you had an opportunity to visit with John and Nancy Brown during our golf outing at Medinah Country Club over the years. It is with a heavy heart that we announce the passing of our dear friend...
View ArticleIPEF’s Ambassador to the Ryder Cup, Jim Cornelison, Sings National Anthem at...
Check out IPEF’s ambassador to the Ryder Cup, Jim Cornelison, singing the National Anthem Chicago Blackhawks-style before the Sunday singles matches at Medinah Country Club Ryder Cup 2012. Cornelison...
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General Ray Odierno Receives Liberty Award
Congrats to General Ray Odierno an Illinois Patriot Education Fund supporter! We had a great time visiting with you and your team at Medinah Patriot Day Golf Event I was incredibly honored to receive...
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Chicago Marathon – Run for Our Illinois Military Families
Thanks to everyone who sponsored, encouraged and cheered on our runners today! Register to Run NEXT Year at www.chicagopatriotrun.com Slots are starting to fill up already! Today’s race may be over...
View ArticleIllinois Patriot Eduction Fund Supports Illinois Joining Forces
The Illinois Joining Forces mission is to establish a state-wide public and private organizational network that will identify, collaborate, and marshal available resources and services in order to...
View ArticleNaperville’s Fields of Honor
Naperville, Illinois‘ Fields of Honor. 2,012 U.S. flags are posted as a tribute to veterans. The “notes of dedication are truly…amazing” and worthy of the trip out to see them.If you go, please...
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IPEF-SVA Scholarship
The 2013 SVA-IPEF Scholarship will award up to $20,000 in scholarships to student veterans and the dependents of service members killed in action. Each scholarship will range from $1,000 to $2,000. The...
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Remembering Marty Napoli – Honorary Chairman of Medinah Patriot Day Golf...
This week we lost a very special man – Marty Napoli. Marty was our Honorary Chairman of Medinah Patriot Day Golf Event and was always affectionately referred to as “The Mayor of Medinah.” Marty was...
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Some investments provide returns you can’t measure on the stock market…
While we’d all rather be enjoying the holidays this time of year, most of us also have to take a look at our year end finances to decide how to plan for the coming year. Tax time is right around the...
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David Glass Receives John Brown Memorial Scholarship
Many of you had an opportunity to visit with John and Nancy Brown during our golf outing at Medinah Country Club over the years. John had an amazing journey throughout his life – one of those most...
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Illinois Veterans Face Challenges in the Classroom
By Jakub Rudnik and Winnie Dortch @RedLineProject Tyna Korcz, a junior psychology major at DePaul University, served four years of active duty in the U.S. Army before attending college. She applied to...
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