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Elgin company helps charity by wearing jeans

Dressing down at one Elgin company will help one local family move on up. Employees at Corporate American Family Credit Union raised nearly $7,000 for Habitat for Humanity this year by making donations for the privilege to wear jeans to work on select Fridays. More than 200 employees at the credit union participated in the fundraising effort. "Our credit union employees took it upon themselves to organize and participate in our 'Dress Down Fridays' fundraiser, and I'm proud of them," said the credit union's president & CEO Pete Paulson. "I like the fact that Habitat for Humanity is able to make a long-term impact on peoples' lives, both for those who help and those who are helped by the program."

County seeks candidates for zoning board

The McHenry County Board is accepting applications from people interested in serving on the county's Zoning Board of Appeals through Sept. 1, 2009. The candidate must live in Burton, Coral, Dunham, Grafton, Greenwood, Hartland, Hebron, Marengo, McHenry, Riley or Seneca township. Application forms are available at www.co.mchenry.il.us or at the county administration building, 667 Ware Road, in Woodstock. Applications are due by 3 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 8.

Want to be on the Dist. 300 school board?

Nominating petitions are now available for residents of Community Unit District 300 who are interested in running for a seat on the school board. Three of seven seats are up for election in the spring: board Vice President Karen Roeckner, board Secretary Anne Miller and Mary Warren. Petitions are available between 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. at the district's administration building, 300 Cleveland Ave., Carpentersville. Petitions must be filed between Tuesday, Jan. 20 and Monday, Jan. 26 at the administration building. Call (847) 551-8344.