Batavia Kiwanis to raise funds for kids
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Batavia Kiwanis: Batavia Kiwanis is hosting its 21st annual Batavia Youth Fundraiser with a spaghetti dinner on Thursday, April 23, at Riverview Banquets in Batavia. There will be live entertainment. Dine-in is all-you-can-eat and carryout is available. They also have a variety of raffle items, including two tickets to a Cubs game on May 4. Tickets are $7 for adults, $4 for children, age 6 to 11, and free for children 5 and younger. The event is from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. Kiwanis supports the Batavia High School Key Club, Rotolo Middle School Builder's Club and the Hoover Wood Elementary School K-Kids Program. They also support a variety of youth activities in the community including honoring a Student of the Month and giving college scholarships. For information, call Sue at (630) 879-2281.
Boy Scout Troop 99: Boy Scout Troop 99 of Wayne will host its 16th annual all-you-can-eat spaghetti dinner fundraiser from 4 to 8 p.m. Saturday, April 25, at Resurrection Parish on Army Trail Road at Route 59, in Wayne. The dinner will include spaghetti and meatballs, salad, bread, ice cream sundaes and beverages. Tickets are $7 or $6 for seniors, $5 for children, age 4 to 10. Children 3 and younger get in free. Tickets may be purchased at the door for from any Troop 99 Scout. The fundraiser allows the boys to attend various campouts, purchase new equipment, and helps with monthly expenses. Boy Scout Troop 99 serves boys the communities of Wayne, Bartlett, West Chicago, Carol Stream, Hanover Park, and Bloomingdale.
Kane County Audubon Society: On Saturday, April 25, enjoy a bird walk with the Kane County Audubon Society at 8 a.m. at Oakhurst Forest Preserve, on Fifth Avenue, half-mile east of Farnsworth Avenue in Aurora. This Kane County Forest Preserve offers a variety of habitats and should produce a large number of birds. For more information, call Vernon LaVia at (312) 543-4718. Visit kanecountyaudubon.org.
North Aurora Garden Club: North Aurora Garden Club will hold a plant sale from 8 a.m. to noon Saturday, May 9, at the North Aurora Activity Center, Route 31 and Butterfield Road. Local plants, annuals and perennials will be available. For details, call Marilyn Clever at (630) 896-6813.
Batavia Woman's Club: Spring is in the air and Mother's Day is fast approaching. The Batavia Woman's Club is now taking orders for their 37th annual Geranium Sale. The geranium sale supports the clubs scholarship program which assists middle school students who wish to further their studies by attending summer camp/study programs.
The sale consists of premium potted geraniums, hanging geraniums and flats of impatiens in a variety of colors which are supplied by Shady Hill Gardens. The sale and pickup of pre-orders will be from 8:30 a.m. to noon Saturday, May 9 at the Batavia Riverwalk Peg Bond Center located on Houston Street in Batavia.
Most flowers are sold through pre-orders which are recommended, for there will be a limited supply of flowers for sale on the May 9. In addition, the club will be selling T-shirts, note cards and handmade gift bags. To place an order for flowers, call Kellee Hollis at (630) 326-9152. For information about the sale, and the Batavia Woman's Club, visit bataviawomansclub.org.
Fox Valley Retired Educators: Fox Valley Retired Educators will meet Tuesday, May 12, for a luncheon and program at the Odyssey, 3755 E. Main St., St. Charles. The meeting will begin with a social time at 11:30 a.m., followed by lunch, a short business meeting and a presentation by Sharon Weber and Marsha Machenbrock on their book, "Dig It! Privy Artifacts A-Z." "Dig It!" is this team's second book since retiring with 60 combined years in education. This project plunged them into digital photography and they took more than 500 photos to illustrate the book about privy excavation. Listen as the authors tell of memorable finds such as an entire set of china or a double-barreled shotgun found in an "outhouse" or "privy" from the past.
Cost is $16 for the luncheon. To make a reservation, send a check payable to FVRE to Don Price, 6N119 Woodland Drive, St. Charles, IL 60175 before the May 5 deadline. Fox Valley Retired Educators is a chapter of the Illinois Education Association-National Education Association-Retired. All retired educators, teachers, administrators, school nurses and secretaries are included. All retired classified and certified personnel are invited to join. For information, contact Ron Koeppl or Donna Stockman, FVRE co-presidents, at (630) 208-7471 or (630) 201-4124.
University of Wisconsin Alumni: The regional chapter of the University of Wisconsin Alumni is calling all Badgers to the annual Founders Day Dinner to be held on Wednesday, May 13, at Riverside Receptions in Geneva. The program includes the cash bar at 6 p.m., followed by dinner at 6:45 p.m. and a speaker from the Madison campus at 7:15 p.m. Darrell Bazzell will present a summary of campus development plans and projects. The cost for the evening is $22 per person. Badgers and their guests are encouraged to "Bring Another Badger!" Contact Harrison Schneider at (630) 232 5969 or mail reservations before May 8 to UW West Suburban Alumni Club, P.O. Box 515, Geneva, IL 60134. Visit uwalumni.com/westsuburbanchicago.com.
Fox Valley Troop Support Inc.: Fox Valley Troop Support Inc. is organizing their annual spring care package mailing from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday, May 15 and 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, May 16 at the Batavia Veterans of Foreign Wars, 645 S. River St., Batavia. Do you know someone deployed from the Tri-Cities? Fox Valley Troop Support Inc. is a group of patriotic citizens whose mission is supporting local troops with letters of support and care packages for those who are deployed around the globe. The volunteer organization is also collecting donated items for spring care packages that will be sent to the local troops deployed in Iraq, Afghanistan and other locations. They encourage local residents to participate in not only collecting donations but also assisting in packing a care package at the care package event. Friday is designated for dropping off and sorting donations and Saturday will commence the packing and sealing of the care packages.
Co-chairs Sarah Giachino and Kathy Tobusch are looking for local residents who are deployed and would like to receive a care package. To add a deployed service member to the FVTS deployment care package list, they will need the name, rank, unit address including APO or FPO. They also require the month of their deployment and an approximate month of return. The Tri-City area has traditionally been very supportive of our deployed troops but FVTS has noticed that troop support drops in the approaching summer months. For information and a list of suggested care package donations, call Sarah Giachino at (630)-587-3789 or e-mail myconfident@aol.com or Kathy Tobusch at (630) 406-9172 or e-mail Kasha2226@aol.com.
Campton Hills Rotary Club: A group of residents are forming a Campton Hills Rotary Club. They meet to discuss the creation of this organization at noon every Tuesday at Old Towne Pub, 40W290 LaFox Road in Campton Hills. Rotary is an international organization of business and professional persons united to provide humanitarian services, encourage high ethical standards in all vocations, and peace in the world. To learn more about Rotary, log onto www.rotary.org. Bill Paskey, a former Rotarian and Campton Hills' resident, is spearheading this organizational effort. A Rotary Club member will be available to speak about Rotary Club and answer your questions. If you have any questions about organizing the Campton Hills Rotary Club, email Bill Paskey at bpaskey@ttssystems.com.
Pottawatomie Garden Club: The Pottawatomie Garden Club has changed its annual tree and shrub sale at Wasco Nursery from April to September. Trees and shrubs planted in the fall do best in Zone 5 climate. In addition to trees and shrubs, fall plants and supplies will be sold such as mums, kale, bird seed, etc. For details, visit pottagardenclub.org.
Sugar Grove Corn Boil Committee: The 2009 Sugar Grove Corn Boil hometown celebration is off to a good start with new bands and a new carnival, as well as free activities for kids and adults, and the fireworks display in the area, thanks to the Sugar Grove Lions Club. The Corn Boil Committee is working hard to keep the tradition of family fun and entertainment at family affordable prices. The festival will be July 24-26.
They need volunteers every year and this year is no exception. To volunteer at this hometown event, call the Corn Boil hotline at (630) 466-5166 and leave your name and number and a volunteer will call you back.
Local business people have been extremely generous to the Sugar Grove Corn Boil but even they have limits. So if you can't volunteer to work for a few hours, maybe you would like to make a contribution to the fireworks. Local businesspeople and residents who have enjoyed past firework displays or who plan to come this year are invited to make any size donation they can afford. Donations can be sent to: The Sugar Grove Corn Boil, P.O. Box 225, Sugar Grove, IL 60554 and the checks should be made out to: The Sugar Grove Lions Club.
The nonprofit Corn Boil Committee donates everything, except seed money for the next year's event, back to local groups and organizations right here in Sugar Grove.
Sponsorship will be needed more than ever this year. Visit the Web site at sugargrovecornboil.org.