All Stories from May 8, 2013 (Change date)
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Coasters For a Cause benefits United WayMay 08, 2013 1:47 pm - United Way of Lake County has teamed up with Six Flags Great America in Gurnee for a special promotion called “Coasters For A Cause.” This program allows United Way to s...
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Heartland to hold blood drives around DuPage CountyMay 08, 2013 1:42 pm - Heartland Blood Centers encourages all healthy community members ages 16 and older to donate blood in May. In the United States alone, someone needs blood every two sec...
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Coke takes anti-obesity campaign globalMay 08, 2013 1:39 pm - NEW YORK — Coca-Cola says it will make lower-calorie options and clear calorie labeling more widely available around the world, intensifying a push against critics who s...
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Meet endangered farm animals at Garfield Rare Breeds showMay 08, 2013 1:28 pm - Have a look at the type of farm animals your grandparents, or even great-grandparents, may have known when Garfield Farm Museum holds its Rare Breeds Livestock and Poult...
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Learn how to bloom where you’re plantedMay 08, 2013 1:10 pm - “You have not chosen me, but I have chosen you and I have appointed you (I have planted you), that you might go and bear fruit ...” — John 15:16 AMP I noticed a large pa...
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New Elgin council members sworn inMay 08, 2013 1:09 pm - Four of the five newly elected Elgin City Council members were sworn into office Wednesday night. Toby Shaw was elected to a 2-year term; incumbents John Prigge and Rich...
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Rachel’s Walk in Hoffman raises money for needy childrenMay 08, 2013 12:56 pm - The Rachel’s Walk of Love Foundation invites you to join them on Saturday, May 11 for the annual fundraiser, Rachel’s Walk of Love, 9 a.m.-noon at Thomas Jefferson Schoo...
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Beth Judea’s youth group honored with prestigious awardMay 08, 2013 12:50 pm - In April, the Kinnus Spring Convention for USY (United Synagogue Youth) was held in Northbrook. Kinnus is the CHUSY (Chicago United Synagogue Youth) Region’s Annual Spri...
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Fifth-graders organize kids to run to find answers to cancerMay 08, 2013 12:41 pm - At the age of 11, Oak Brook fifth-graders Anuj Karmachandani and Marcos Lopez are no strangers to philanthropy. Inspired by Marcos’ uncle, a soldier who served in Afghan...
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Organization receives grant from First Presbyterian ChurchMay 08, 2013 12:22 pm - Christian hunger relief organization Feed My Starving Children has been awarded a $25,000 grant from First Presbyterian Church of Libertyville. The grant for the 18,000...