DuPage County briefs

Get moving at YMCA:

Heritage YMCA Group, which serves Aurora, Naperville and Oswego, holds a kickoff celebration for "Get Moving!" health and wellness week from noon to 3 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 20, at Knoch Knolls Park, on Knock Knolls Road south of Ring Road, in Naperville. Free pedometers will be given to the first 500 attendees and additional pedometers can be purchased for $5 each. The event includes inflatables, family walks, wellness demonstrations, vendor booths, body composition and fitness testing, and a disc golf demo. The celebration is free and the Y will offer other free events during the week of Sept. 20-27. For details, contact heritageymca.org or (630) 420-6270.

Park seeks volunteers:

West Chicago Park District is seeking volunteers to make Chicago Wilderness Corporate Council Day of Service a success by helping clean up recently acquired land adjacent Pioneer Park from 9 a.m. to noon Sept. 26. Each volunteer receives a free T-shirt. Volunteers are asked to sign up by Sept. 21. Register by contacting we-goparks.org or (630) 231-9474.

Peanut Day coming:

Members of the Kiwanis Club of Lombard, SEASPAR Aktion Club and Glenbard Easy Key Club will hit the streets and local stores on Sept. 24-26 to sell peanuts to raise money for charities and child-centered projects. Supporters also can buy a case of 100 bags for $40 by sending a check or money order to the club at P.O. Box 321, Lombard, IL 60148.