Lifestyle Stories from May 13, 2018
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Downers Grove works together to plant 1,100 trees for Arbor Day
Apr 18, 2019 8:19 PM - This year, the Downers Grove Park District is expanding efforts to enhance the community's urban canopy by planting more than 1,100 trees in Downers Grove. On Friday, April 26, the community is invited to stop by and receive a free seedling (while supplies last). -
Christ Church Mission Fest offers insight into the value of its domestic, global outreach partnerships
Apr 18, 2019 8:10 PM - Christ Church in Oak Brook and Downers Grove supports global partnerships in Kenya and elsewhere to show love in practical ways by supporting schools as well as efforts to increase access to resources such as clean water. To allow the public a better understanding of the work done by each of its 90 global and domestic mission partners, Christ Church is holding its annual Mission Fest May 2-5. -
Elgin Master Chorale creates Joe Dowdell Memorial Endowment Fund to support ongoing and future artistic operations
Apr 18, 2019 7:48 PM - The Elgin Master Chorale recently announced the creation of the Joe Dowdell Memorial Endowment Fund to financially support the chorale's artistic operations. The Community Foundation of the Fox River Valley administers the fund on behalf of the chorale. -
Dusty the Donkey saved from traffic on I-90
Apr 18, 2019 6:43 PM - A Cook County sheriff's sergeant encountered unexpected obstacle on the Northwest Tollway around 11:50 a.m. Wednesday. The sergeant found a donkey -- named Dusty -- standing in the middle of traffic near Arlington Heights Road, sheriff's spokeswoman Sophia Ansari said. -
Shear generosity: Teens have their heads shaved for a good cause in Grayslake
Apr 18, 2019 6:26 PM - The Grayslake Middle School gymnasium was packed Thursday as students and staff members cheered on teens who volunteered to have their heads shaved for a good cause. -
Nonprofit to host annual 'Golden Ball' May 18 to benefit golden retrievers
Apr 18, 2019 4:28 PM - As Good as Gold-Golden Retriever Rescue of Illinois is hosting its annual gala event, "A Golden Ball," at 5 p.m. Saturday, May 18, at Medinah Shrine Center in Addison. -
Mondelez makes second investment in food startup
Apr 18, 2019 4:01 PM - For the second time in a little over a month, global snack maker Mondelez International has made a minority investment in a food-related startup company. -
Local Montessori students enjoy a snowy Easter egg hunt
Apr 18, 2019 1:45 PM - For the students of Northwest Suburban Montessori School in Arlington Heights, the Easter Bunny was perhaps more of an Arctic Hare this year. -
How to break free of a mid-20s crisis
Apr 18, 2019 1:44 PM - If you're having a mid-20s crisis it's because you're supposed to be. It's the time to figure out what you want, who you want to be.
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Pope washes inmates' feet, says bishops must be servants
Apr 18, 2019 10:58 AM - Pope Francis washes the feet of 12 prisoners and urges them to serve one another as brothers, as he ushers in the solemn pre-Easter rituals made more poignant this year following the devastation of Paris' Notre Dame Cathedral
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