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Grant Hensel Feb 18, 2011
The idea for encore emerged during the summer of 2009 when, one night after dinner, my dad challenged me to start a resale store. I've always been interested in business, (I recently built a website for students taking AP Exams, called http://etestnotes.com/). After being given the idea, I wrote a business plan and presented the idea to the Elders of Holy Trinity. We had seen a model that worked before since some of our elders helped launch Twice is Nice. The elders in turn recommended that we start the store through Hope for Chicago (Holy Trinity’s Mercy and Justice not-for-profit), which had the framework and vision that made Encore possible. Encore evolved through a number of Hope for Chicago discussions, but the dream really started to make progress after we hired Kristi Brockway to be the store's manager. Kristi found retail space for Encore to rent and did everything, from buying ...
Catherine Anderson Feb 15, 2011
Encore is starting to generate a positive press buzz. A few weeks ago, we were featured in Kenwood High School's paper, an article is planned for the Lab School Paper, and following is a link to an article that was in The Chicago Weekly last week.
Thank you for your prayers and your support.
http://chicagoweekly.net/2011/02/09/higher-attire/
Joseph Kim Jan 18, 2010
As a church family we are mourning for the lives lost in Haiti. As we mourn, we are praying, trusting God and wanting to help however we can.
We have established an informal Haiti response team and are writing now to update you on a few items related to Holy Trinity’s participation in the relief effort.
Our first medical professional departs for Haiti tonight at 6:50 p.m. He will travel first to Ft. Lauderdale and then tomorrow to the Dominican Republic. In Santo Domingo he will meet up with Med Air, a Swiss-based relief organization and travel to Port Au Prince to assist World Relief in their efforts.
Please pray for Dr. Ryan Carroll of our downtown congregation.
Additionally, we have one other individual who has been asked by a relief organization to depart tomorrow for Haiti. Please pray for wisdom.
If you are a medical professional and are interested in assisting in some way, feel free to contact Samuel ...
