Tri-Cities briefs
Soup, Stations of the Cross:The junior high youth ministry at St. Peter Catholic Church in Geneva offers a free soup supper from 5:30 to 7 tonight at the church, 1891 Kaneville Road. A Stations of the Cross devotional prayer service follows in the sanctuary. For details, call (630) 232-0124.Geneva arts walk:The "First Friday" Geneva art gallery walk is from 6 to 9 tonight. Look for "First Friday" flags outside participating businesses in downtown Geneva, or get a map at artgalleriesgeneva.com.First Choice homebuyer event:First Choice Bank, 1900 W. State St., in Geneva will host a free homebuyer seminar from 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday. The "Put the Homebuyer Tax Credit to Work for You" seminar will provide information for first-time and repeat buyers. Guest speakers include: Joe Cantu, First Choice Bank; attorney Gabrielle Gosselin; Lily Bartokoske, a certified public accountant; Teresa Haish, Chicago Title Insurance Co.; and Jeff Kellenberger from Realtor Association of the Fox Valley, Inc. Reserve a seat by calling (630) 845-0500 or go to firstchoicebanks.com.Dist. 129 freshmen supper:West Aurora High School starts its orientation night for incoming freshmen with a spaghetti dinner from 5 to 6:15 p.m. Tuesday in the school auditorium, 1201 W. New York St., Aurora. Dinner tickets are $5. To purchase tickets online, visit https://donate.aplusfoundation.org/forms/spag dinner.php. A limited number of tickets will be available at the door. Dinner participants will be able to enter a $1 raffle for free registration fees for the 2010-11 school year. Students must be accompanied by their parents. At 6:45 p.m. in the auditorium, incoming freshmen will learn about athletic teams, academic clubs and performing arts groups, while parents are introduced to the booster club opportunities and the Parent, Teacher, Student Organization. Contact Robbie Bilodeau at (630) 301-5530 or rbilodeau@sd129.org.New way to give:If you have event tickets you can't use, you can donate them to support the Heritage YMCA Group, which serves residents in Aurora, Oswego and Naperville. Heritage YMCA has joined Tix4Cause.com, which provides a way to donate unwanted tickets and receive a tax deduction. Buyers can then purchase the tickets and Tix4Cause passes 100 percent of the proceeds to Heritage YMCA. For details, visit tix4cause.com.