Carpentersville Lifestyle
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Salvation Army launching its new online "Register to Ring" programNov 10, 2015 12:00 am - The Fox Valley Area Salvation Army, with local units in Aurora, Elgin and the St. Charles Tri-City corps, is making it as easy as possible for volunteer bell-ringers to ...
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Win a Tesla Model S from Illinois Solar Energy Association raffleNov 09, 2015 10:00 pm - The Illinois Solar Energy Association (ISEA) is raffling off a 2015 Tesla Model S! Net drawing proceeds will benefit ISEA's work in advancing clean energy development. ...
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Elgin church to host interfaith Thanksgiving service Nov. 22Nov 09, 2015 10:00 pm - The annual Elgin Interfaith Thanksgiving Service will be held at 4 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 22, at Zion Lutheran Church, 330 Griswold St., Elgin. This annual tradition gathers ...
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Local VFW Auxiliary president speaks to Dundee Twp. LionsNov 06, 2015 10:00 pm - Diane Ahrens, president of the Tri-City Evergreen Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2298 Auxiliary, gave a presentation to the Dundee Township Lions at their last club meeti...
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Annual quilt program Wednesday at McHenry County Historical SocietyNov 05, 2015 10:00 pm - Quilt aficionados and Civil War buffs, alike, will have an opportunity to satisfy both desires during the McHenry County Historical Society's annual quilt program Wednes...
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Tutor incarcerated youth at Illinois Youth Center in St. CharlesNov 05, 2015 10:00 pm - Literacy Volunteers of Illinois is seeking men and women who are compassionate, flexible and non-judgmental to become volunteer tutors for youth incarcerated at the Illi...
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Wanted: 50 veterans for free lunch in West DundeeNov 04, 2015 10:00 pm - Fifty veterans. That's who the Dundee Township Rotary Club is looking to serve lunch to on Tuesday, Nov. 10. The number may not seem impossible, but Rotary member Mary S...
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Judson to open a Fair Trade Shop to help fund student service trips abroadNov 04, 2015 10:00 pm - On Friday, Nov. 20, Judson University will open Just World Goods, a fair trade store to help students fund service trips throughout the coming semesters and to support t...
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St. Charles Rowing Club sells holiday cards as fundraiserNov 04, 2015 10:00 pm - St. Charles Rowing Club, a nonprofit 501(c)(3) competitive juniors rowing program for high-school athletes located on the Fox River, is selling holiday cards as the firs...
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Longtime teacher brought the world into his classroomsNov 04, 2015 12:00 am - Richard O'Brien was a fixture at Sunny Hill Elementary School in Carpentersville, where he volunteered three days a week as a tutor and teacher's assistant. It wasn't ju...