Des Plaines Lifestyle
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LCFS keynote speaker: 'We all do better when we all do better'Feb 02, 2017 10:00 pm - In Illinois and across the nation, issues surrounding wealth and income inequality are raising increasing concerns. This year's Lutheran Child and Family Services of Ill...
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NAPO Chicago Volunteers Help Local Domestic Violence Shelter Get OrganizedFeb 01, 2017 10:00 pm - January was Get Organized (GO) Month, and the Chicago chapter of the National Association of Professional Organizers (NAPO) participated in the national public awareness...
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Registration now open for 23rd annual ABC 7 Gibbons 5K Run, 3K WalkFeb 01, 2017 10:00 pm - Break out of cabin fever and help the Leukemia Research Foundation fund research and support patients living with a blood cancer diagnosis by registering for the 23rd an...
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Benefit set for District 62 grant fundsJan 31, 2017 12:00 am - The District 62 Foundation is hosting its annual benefit to fund student grants. The benefit is 6 p.m. Feb. 24 at Cafe La Cave, 2777 Mannheim Road in Des Plaines. This y...
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ChildServ unveils Imagination Playground for child developmentJan 30, 2017 10:00 pm - ChildServ, a nonprofit dedicated to building better lives for children at risk, held an event to unveil an Imagination Playground from KaBOOM! The equipment, provided b...
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New furniture adds personal touch to The Harbour's transitional living experienceJan 27, 2017 10:00 pm - The residents of The Harbour's transitional living home in Des Plaines are enjoying newly furnished surroundings after they were recently selected for the generous donat...
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Heartland Blood Centers' mobile bus to stop at Chicago Auto ShowJan 25, 2017 10:00 pm - While Chicagoans attend the nation's largest auto show, they can "roll up their sleeves" to save a life on board Heartland Blood Centers' blood mobile, the most powerful...
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Algonquin skater follows his dreams with Disney on IceJan 22, 2017 6:00 am - Algonquin's Kyle Shropshire took to the ice not long after he learned to walk. “My mom was in the Ice Capades back in the day, and she became a skating coach. So my si...
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How Ray Kroc movie 'The Founder' replicated suburban sites in GeorgiaJan 18, 2017 4:00 am - In John Lee Hancock's bio-drama “The Founder,” Northwest suburban businessman Ray Kroc, played by Michael Keaton, beholds an empty tract of land on Lee Street in Des Pla...
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Arlington Heights announces Hearts of Gold winnersJan 18, 2017 12:00 am - Among the 11 winners of this year's Arlington Heights Hearts of Gold awards are the founder of Escorted Transportation Service, which uses volunteers to provide rides to...