The job market may not be as hopeless as some seem to think. Check out today’s Chicago Sun-Times labor report, featuring event planner Julie Ratowitz. She volunteers for CCH, not only to help the homeless and with Hopefest, but also to make vital job connections with former clients in a tumultuous time.

“It’s reconnected me to a lot of people," she says of her experience.

You can read the full article HERE.

Hopefest 2010, the event Julie and the rest of her team are working on, will be Saturday, February 20 at the Park West.

- Lindsey Wallem, Social Media Intern