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Itasca networking event
Employees of any Itasca-based business are invited to network at the first monthly Business After-Hours sponsored by the village and Holiday Inn Itasca from 4:30 to 7 p.m. today, April 2, at Holiday Inn Itasca, 860 W. Irving Park Road. Admission is free. Provide organizers with your business card or contact information and receive a complimentary drink and entry into a raffle.
Citizen Police Academy set
The Addison Police Department is accepting applications for its Citizen Police Academy, offered at 6:30 p.m. Thursdays, April 23-June 25. The 10-week program includes information about police hiring; department hierarchy; crime prevention; traffic enforcement; investigations; 911 dispatch; use of force; crime scene processing and evidence collection; laws of arrest, search and seizure; and more. Participants must be 18 or older, live or work in Addison and have no criminal record. For details, call Sgt. Douglas Olson at (630) 693-7911, e-mail dolson@addison-il.org or visit addisonadvantage.org.
United Way issued challenge
Fox Valley United Way has started a fundraising campaign that aims to leverage a $50,000 contribution into $250,000 to provide emergency food and shelter services. The $50,000 in seed money for the Dunham Emergency Assistance Fund came from the Dunham Foundation, a private foundation honoring the legacy of Aurora businessman and philanthropist John C. Dunham. The Dunham Foundation also will match up to $100,000 in donations made to the Fox Valley United Way to provide emergency assistance. The match means a donation of $5 becomes $10, and a contribution of $50 becomes $100. In less than 10 days from the start of the campaign, Fox Valley businesses and individuals had contributed more than $11,000 to the fund. Checks should be made out to the Fox Valley United Way, with the memo stating the money is for the Dunham Emergency Assistance Fund, and sent to the Fox Valley United Way, 40 W. Downer Place, Aurora, IL 60506. For details, see uwfoxvalley.org.