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Health, housing and hope: Owner of new South Loop smoothie shop offers jobs for people experiencing homelessness

You may have heard of Candice Payne. 

She made headlines in 2019 for leading an effort to purchase local hotel rooms to help 122 homeless people during Chicago’s frigid winter polar vortex. She was even invited onto the “The Ellen DeGeneres Show,” where Walmart gifted her $50,000 dollars for her efforts. 

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