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Learn about the <strong>SHIP</strong> (Senior Health Insurance Program) <a href="https://ilaging.illinois.gov/content/dam/soi/en/web/aging/ship/documents/ship-brochure-english.pdf" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color:#271ae7 !important;"><strong><span style="font-size:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0;text-decoration:underline;">here.</span></strong></a><strong> </strong> </p><p style="color:inherit;font-size:1.0625em;line-height:1.618em;margin:0 0 1.25em 0;font-weight:normal;font-family:'Segoe UI', Candara, 'Bitstream Vera Sans', 'DejaVu Sans', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, sans-serif;letter-spacing:-.01em;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;" class=""><strong>Oak Park Township Senior Services</strong> offers programming for River Forest residents at the Senior Center at 130 S. 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(See calendar above for more details).</p><p class="" style="color:inherit;font-size:1.0625em;line-height:1.618em;margin:0 0 1.25em 0;font-weight:normal;font-family:'Segoe UI', Candara, 'Bitstream Vera Sans', 'DejaVu Sans', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, sans-serif;letter-spacing:-.01em;"><strong>January 16 </strong>from 1:00-3:30 p.m.:<strong> Film Lover Fridays </strong>with Jim Jacob. 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