Images: Thanksgiving Day in the Suburbs
Images of Thanksgiving Day activities in the suburbs of Chicago. Early morning runs and a dinner for Navy recruits were highlights of the day.
Prafula Patel of Hoffman Estates and her family are first in line to get fifty-percent off merchandise at the Old Navy Store in Schaumburg Thanksgiving night.
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Vaibhav Mathur of Mount Prospect is all smiles as he weaves his way through the aisles of HHGregg Appliances and Electronic Store in Schaumburg Thanksgiving night.
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Christopher Greenwade, left, of Dallas, Texas and Jerin Jimerson of Biloxi, Mississippi sing "Anchors Aweigh" as more than 100 recruits from the Great Lakes Naval Station's recruit training command celebrated Thanksgiving at the American Legion in Arlington Heights Thursday.
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More than 100 Great Lakes recruits were treated to Thanksgiving dinner at the Arlington Heights American Legion.
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Lizmarie Rivera Rossario of Puerto Rico calls home as more than 100 recruits from the Great Lakes Naval Station's recruit training command celebrated Thanksgiving at the American Legion in Arlington Heights Thursday.
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More than 100 recruits from the Great Lakes Naval Station's recruit training command celebrated Thanksgiving at the American Legion in Arlington Heights Thursday.
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Recruits use phones to call home at the Arlington Heights American Legion Thanksgiving event for Great Lakes recruits.
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From left, Amy Kahn, Renee Leonard, Lori Cooper and Marty Weinberger, all of Buffalo Grove, on Thursday sport some turkey hats for Long Grove's 6th annual Turkey Trot with a 5k, 8k run/walk and Kids Dash through downtown Thanksgiving morning.
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Runners line up along Robert Parker Coffin Rd. Thursday for Long Grove's 6th annual Turkey Trot with a 5k, 8k run/walk and Kids Dash through downtown Thanksgiving morning.
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Customers wait in line for the 4pm opening at the HHGregg Appliances and Electronic Store in Schaumburg Thanksgiving night.
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Runners pose for pictures before Long Grove's 6th annual Turkey Trot with a 5k, 8k run/walk and Kids Dash through downtown Thanksgiving morning.
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Runners were dressed up for the holiday Thursday as they participated in the 6th annual Long Grove Turkey Trot with a 5k, 8k run/walk and Kids Dash through downtown Thanksgiving morning.
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Round Lake Beach Police Commander Gary Lunn, right, and officer Mike Barr pull turkeys out of a smoker at BBQ'd Productions in Third Lake as they prepare Thanksgiving dinners for nineteen families in the Round Lake area Thursday.
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Round Lake Beach police Commander Gary Lunn, right, tastes former Round Lake Beach community service officer Kris Schoenberger's creation as they make Thanksgiving dinners for nineteen families in the Round Lake area at Schoenberger's restaurant BBQ'd Productions in Third Lake Thursday. .
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Tom Kuntz of Aurora nears the finish line in the four-mile long 18th annual "The Fox and the Turkey" run presented by the Fox River Trail Runners in Batavia on Thanksgiving Day morning. He has run in the race for the past five years.
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Kids break from the starting line of the one-mile youth run in the 18th annual "The Fox and the Turkey" run presented by the Fox River Trail Runners in Batavia on Thanksgiving Day morning. Adult runners in the four-mile race followed.
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Dressed as Yoda, Brian Ahern of Geneva juggles as he approaches the finish line in the 18th annual "The Fox and the Turkey" run in Batavia on Thanksgiving Day morning. Ahern is a member of the Fox River Trail Runners and runs in the race every year. This is just the fourth year he's donned the Yoda attire and juggled.
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Fox River Trail Runners volunteer Roger Schellenberger of Aurora accepts a food donation from Heidi Schmidt of Elgin before the start of the four-mile race at the 18th annual "The Fox and the Turkey" run in Batavia on Thanksgiving Day morning. The race was presented by the Fox River Trail Runners, which Schmidt has been a member of for about seven years. Schellenberger has been a member for about four years.
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Neile Litton receives a hug from Debbie Panico, both of Elgin, as she serves desserts at the sixth annual Elgin community dinner at First United Methodist Church in Elgin on Thanksgiving Day. Litton's husband, Bill, passed away from cancer this past year. The family has been volunteers for the past several years, and dinner-organizer and chef Jeff Turner of Elgin honored Bill's memory along with Neile, her daughters Hallie and Olivia at the start of the event. Neile was named the sous chef for the meal and given a Community Dinners apron.
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Taylor Henson carries off one of eighteen green bean casseroles to a serving station after being topped off with french fried onions by Deanna Davies at Jeff Turner's sixth annual community dinner held at First United Methodist Church in Elgin on Thanksgiving Day. Henson and Davies are both from Elgin and have volunteered at the dinner for the past five years.
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Richard Litton of Sleepy Hollow and his mother Melodee Litton of Plainfield wrap their arms around each other as chef Jeff Turner of Elgin talks about his brother and her son, Bill Litton of Elgin, who passed away from cancer this year. Bill was a volunteer at the community dinner for several years and his memory was honored at the start of the meal by Turner. This was the sixth annual dinner on Thanksgiving Day and was held at First United Methodist Church in Elgin.
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Hallie Litton, 13, of Elgin slices and plates desserts at the sixth annual community dinner in Elgin on Thanksgiving Day. Hallie and her family have volunteered for several years, and her father, Bill, passed away from cancer this year. His memory and their family's commitment to volunteering at the event was honored by chef Jeff Turner of Elgin.
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Chaplain Henoch Fuentes of the Elgin Police Department serenades diners amongst volunteers handing out dessert at the sixth annual community dinner held in Elgin at the First United Methodist Church on Thanksgiving Day.
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