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...

Life Shop Meets ROYGBIV

This week in Life Shop’s Science Club Warriors learned how to make the colors of the rainbow by using a color wheel.  They started out with the primary colors, blue, red, and yellow and mixed them to make the colors orange, green, violet, and indigo.  It...

Life Shop Hula Hoops into Fitness

Warriors have continued getting fit with Cheryl at Core Strength Personal Training!! Last week Warriors exercised their hula hooping and jump roping skills while jamming to music. We wrapped up the day with partner circuit training – playing catch with weighted balls,...

Scratch Deli & Cafe to Sell Knockout Pickles

On November 1st, our friends at Scratch Kitchen and Lounge in Forest Park expanded their restaurant vision across the road when they opened the doors to the Scratch Deli and Cafe. The deli plans to offer delivery, take-out and catering alongside coffees and...

Great Plays at the Last Day of After Opps Football

The Warriors were making some great plays today at the last day of football! #nonprofit #recreation #fitness #fall #football A video posted by Opportunity Knocks (@okwarriors) on Nov 6, 2015 at 3:29pm...