Vermilion Housing Authority

06/29/2026

The heat is here, and for some of our neighbors, these temperatures can be more than just uncomfortable. They can be dangerous.

Please take a few minutes today to check in on an older neighbor, a friend who lives alone, someone with limited access to air conditioning, or a neighbor experiencing homelessness. A bottle of cold water, a ride to a cooling center, or simply sharing information about available resources can make a meaningful difference.

Our partners at Crosspoint Human Services shared a list of local cooling centers to help everyone stay safe. Please share this post so more people know where they can go to find relief from the heat.

Our community is at its best when we look out for one another. ❤️

06/16/2026

Come out for the annual Wash Away Violence Everywhere event!
Open to the public!

We love being a part of W.A.V.E. every year with the Violence Prevention Coalition! 🌊

Make sure you have saved the date and plan to come out to have some FREE community fun in the sun on Saturday, June 27th!

06/15/2026

With Serve Together: Vermilion County and a few of the most dedicated employees, Fair Oaks is ready for summer! Thanks to all the volunteers for the spruce up! It's beautiful!

05/18/2026

Danville Community Consolidated School District No. 118 is offering the Summer Feeding Program. Be sure to register.

03/11/2026

Mark your calendars and plan to join us along with these other wonderful agencies for this incredible event!

02/24/2026

First National Youth Poet Laureate to recite a poem at a U.S. presidential Inauguration (2021). An American poet, activist, and model. Her work focuses on issues of oppression, race, and marginalization, as well as the African diaspora. Gorman was the first person to be named National Youth Poet Laureate. She published the poetry book The One for Whom Food Is Not Enough in 2015. She rose to fame in 2021 for writing and delivering her poem "The Hill We Climb" at the inauguration of Joe Biden. Gorman's inauguration poem generated international acclaim and, shortly thereafter, two of her books achieved best-seller status and she obtained a professional management contract.
Gorman was highlighted in Time magazine's 100 Next list under the category of "Phenoms", with a profile written by Lin-Manuel Miranda.[3] That same month, Gorman became the first poet to perform at the Super Bowl, when she delivered her poem "Chorus of the Captains" at Super Bowl LV.

02/23/2026

An American professor and academic administrator. Simmons served as the eighth president of Prairie View A&M University, a historically Black university (HBCU), from 2017 until 2023. From 2001 to 2012, she served as the 18th president of Brown University, where she was the first African-American president of an Ivy League institution. During her time at Brown, Simmons was named the best college president by Time magazine. Prior to Brown University, she headed Smith College, one of the Seven Sisters and the largest women's college in the United States, beginning in 1995. During her tenure, Smith College launched the first accredited engineering program at an all-women's college.
Simmons is a professor of literature specializing in the Romance languages. As of 2017, Simmons is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the American Philosophical Society (1997), an honorary fellow of Selwyn College, Cambridge, and a Chevalier of the French Legion of Honor.
In February 2023, Simmons announced her plans to advise Harvard University on fostering relationships with historically black universities (HBCUs). As of April 2023, Simmons serves as a President's Distinguished Fellow at Rice University.

02/23/2026

An American artistic gymnast. She is the 2012 Olympic all-around gold medalist and the 2015 World all-around silver medalist. She was a member of the gold-winning teams at both the 2012 and the 2016 Summer Olympics, dubbed the "Fierce Five" and the "Final Five" by the media, respectively. She was also a member of the gold-winning American teams at the 2011 and the 2015 World Championships. Additionally, she is the 2012 U.S. champion on the uneven bars and the 2016 American Cup all-around champion.
Douglas is the first African American to win an Olympic individual all-around title, and the first U.S. gymnast to win gold in both the individual all-around and team competitions at the same Olympic Games. With a total of six Olympic and World Championship medals, she is the 11th most decorated U.S. female gymnast of all time.

02/23/2026

American writer and businessman. He was the founder of the Famous Amos chocolate chip cookie, the Cookie Kahuna, and Aunt Della's Cookies gourmet cookie brands, and was the host of the adult reading program Learn to Read.

Amos was born July 1, 1936, to Wallace and Ruby Amos. He was born and raised in Tallahassee, Florida, until he was 12 years old.[2] When his parents divorced, he moved to New York City with his aunt, where he enrolled at the Food Trades Vocational High School. He showed his interest in cooking at a young age. It was from his aunt Della Bryant, who would bake cookies for him, that Amos later developed his chocolate chip cookie recipe. Amos dropped out of high school to join the United States Air Force.
He served at Hickam Air Force Base in Honolulu, Hawaii, from 1954 until 1957. He earned his high school equivalency diploma before being honorably discharged from the military.