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WILL Connect: The Economy, Meeting Those Who Asked for Help

Story air date: Wednesday, August 26, 2009

Amanda Chepan and Robert Buchen, with their dog Bella on the porch of their new home

Casey Petersen and Wanda Purcell in their peer counseling office

Organizations that help the poor in east-central Illinois are giving out more and more assistance. But there may be many people who for some reason or another have not made that call for help. In the latest of our series of stories in connection with the outreach project “WILL Connect: The Economy,” AM 580’s Tom Rogers introduces us to people who decided to make the leap and reach out for aid, and people who encourage others to do so.