<h1><img class="alignright size-full wp-image-4792" src="http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/BedBugWeek_Banner.jpg" alt="" width="2550" height="788" />August 19 - 25, 2018</h1>
MPAC will host our first-ever <strong>BITE Back! Week</strong>, filled with events, workshops, and educational activities across Chicago focused on keeping the bed bug problem in check. Check this page often as we add more events, and follow us on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/ToxicFreeMW">@ToxicFreeMW</a> for the latest updates.

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<h4><b>August 19, 2018:</b></h4>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">MPAC will demo how to use IPM-friendly products to prevent and control bed bugs at a local Chicago retailer. </span>
<h4><b>August 20, 2018 | 10:00 am:</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">  </span></h4>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">Vol. 24 of our popular BITE Back! Newsletter will be published. Follow us on <a href="https://twitter.com/ToxicFreeMW">Twitter</a> to be notified!</span>
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<h4><b>August 21, 2018 | 1:30 - 2:30 pm:</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">  </span></h4>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">Webinar: "Effective Retail Products &amp; Tools for Bed Bug Control" <a href="https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/7364153242002511874"><strong>REGISTER</strong></a></span>
<h4><b>August 22, 2018 | 5:00 to 7:00 pm:</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span></h4>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">MPAC will present on bed bug control with simultaneous Spanish translation by the <a href="http://sc4housing.org/">Spanish Coalition for Housing</a>. Location: </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">South East Vodak Library, <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/Vodak-East+Side+Branch,+Chicago+Public+Library/@41.7028391,-87.5355904,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x8811d87a3fa7b6e1:0x48b8af20772cd5b9!8m2!3d41.7028391!4d-87.5334017">3710 E. 106 St., Chicago, IL 60617</a>. </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">To register, call the Spanish Coalition at 773-933-7575.</span>
<h4><b>August 22, 2018 | 6:00 to 8:00 pm:  </b></h4>
<b><span style="font-weight: 400;">Co-hosted by CIC, MPAC will teach a workshop for property managers, "Putting Together a Bed Bug Plan," at the <a href="https://www.google.com/maps?q=7300+S+Cottage+Grove+Ave,+Chicago,+IL+60619,+USA&amp;entry=gmail&amp;source=g">Frank J. Williams Realtors Education Center</a>. <a href="https://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/eventReg?oeidk=a07efkya660ff419b69&amp;oseq=&amp;c=&amp;ch"><strong>REGISTER</strong></a></span></b>
<h4><b>August 24, 2018 | 1:30 to 2:30 pm:</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">  </span></h4>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">Webinar: "Chicago's Bed Bug Ordinance: What's in it for Me?" <strong><a href="https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/4834215469396731650">REGISTER</a></strong></span>
<h4><b>August 25, 2018:</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span></h4>
MPAC will be on site to answer questions and hand out info at Ward 46's Back-to-school event at Clarendon Park! (4501 N Clarendon Ave.)
<h4><b>August 25, 2018:</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">  </span></h4>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">MPAC will table at the <a href="https://nextdoor.com/events/il/chicago/4th-ward-health-and-housing-fair-2276162">4th Ward's annual Health and Housing Fair</a> from 10-2 pm at Walter H. Dyett High School</span>
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Follow MPAC on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/ToxicFreeMW">@ToxicFreeMW</a> and Facebook <a href="https://www.facebook.com/MidwestPesticideActionCenter/">@MidwestPesticideActionCenter</a> for a new bed bug fact or resource every day during BITE Back! Week

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Want to co-host an event during BITE Back! Week, or have a training that you'd like MPAC to speak at? Contact LTrudeau@pesticideaction.org for more details.

Help us spread the word - <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/247726122694395/">share the BITE Back! Week Facebook event</a> and mark yourself as attending!