Life Shop & OPRF CITE Meet at the Barre Code

The Life Shop & CITE 1 classroom want to thank our community partner Ali Haynes of the Oak Park Barre Code.  Ali is generously donating her time and studio to the Warriors every Tuesday afternoon!  She turns 30 minutes into a serious and fun workout by taking us...

Life Shop Holiday Family Shopping Day

Last Tuesday morning the Life Shop had their annual holiday shopping day.  Warriors made purchases for their family members.  This year we did our holiday shopping at Winston’s Plaza in Melrose...

Life Shop Warrior Planned November Outing

Warrior planned outings, Peer-Led planning, Club planning, Warrior Roles, and MyWarriorPlans are a few examples of the many different ways that Warriors will have a voice in what takes place at the Opportunity Knocks Life Shop. Warrior outings are scheduled to take...

Life Shop & CITE Prepare Meal for Veterans at Hines VA Hospital

For Thanksgiving the Life Shop was happy to donate food to our good friends at Oak Park River Forest CITE 1 classroom who coordinated a special Thanksgiving at the Edward Hines, Jr. VA Hospital.  The good students of CITE 1 classroom worked hard serving their meal to...

Life Shop Giving Thanks for Giving Tuesday!

All of us at the Life Shop want to give a huge THANK YOU shout-out to everyone who supported us for Giving Tuesday.  It was a very special day yesterday for us at the Life Shop and we were very excited to be able to participate in Giving Tuesday whether it being...

Lights, Camera, Action with Chicago Best at the Life Shop!

Every Tuesday at the Life Shop we make batches of Knock-Out-Pickles for our customers, Kinderhook Tap, Old School Tavern & Grill, and Scratch Deli!  Be sure to tune in to WGN’s very own Chicago’s Best TV’s “Giving Back” episode...