Buffalo Grove Lifestyle
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Amateur radio operators adapt to COVID-19 crisisJun 16, 2020 11:00 pm - The last full weekend in June is a big one for tens of thousands of amateur radio operators all over North America. It's Field Day weekend, a combination emergency-prepa...
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North Suburban YMCA Reopens Pool for Lap SwimmingJun 16, 2020 11:00 pm - With CDC and state and local government guidelines in place, the North Suburban YMCA opened its indoor pool for member lap swimming on Monday, June 15. To ensure proper ...
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Discover your antibody test status with Red Cross blood donationJun 16, 2020 11:00 pm - For a limited time, the American Red Cross will test all blood, platelet and plasma donations for COVID-19 antibodies as an additional health service to donors. This tes...
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Relief fund doubles amount of aid given thanks to state grantJun 16, 2020 1:00 am - Thanks to a state grant, the United Way of Lake County distributed $410,000 to area nonprofits in its fifth and largest round of funding through the COVID-19 Community R...
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Mount Prospect Historical Society shows off items from Victorian eraJun 15, 2020 6:00 am - We recently asked the Mount Prospect Historical Society staff to consider which artifacts on display in the museum's closed galleries they would most like to share with ...
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Partnership between ElderCare, limo company has Lake County seniors riding in styleJun 15, 2020 5:30 am - When Patricia Page needed a ride to a doctor's appointment earlier this month, she rode in style thanks to a unique partnership between a Lake County nonprofit desperate...
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Laptop Computer Drive for Kids in NeedJun 14, 2020 11:00 pm - The North Suburban YMCA is collecting used laptop computers (with charging cords) to donate to children in the Chicagoland area who do not receive laptops from their sch...
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Countryside Fire knows 'Close Before You Doze'Jun 11, 2020 11:00 pm - Underwriters Laboratories (UL) sponsored a nationwide Close Before You Doze video contest last year with $75,000 in prize money. Countryside Fire District participated i...
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Why we walk: Jim Gibbons 5K Run & 3K walk goes virtual to aid Leukemia Research FoundationJun 11, 2020 6:00 am - It is estimated that more than 30,000 people in the Chicago area are living with a blood cancer diagnosis. The Leukemia Research Foundation, a charity headquartered in ...
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Why we walk for LRF: 'I am not cured, I am in remission'Jun 11, 2020 6:00 am - My family and I are participating in this year's virtual Gibbons run. Carol White has inspired us to participate for the past several years and we are honored to be a pa...