Downers Grove Lifestyle
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DuPage Foundation grants $300,000 from COVID-19 Response FundApr 16, 2020 1:00 am - The DuPage Foundation has provided grants totaling $300,000 to 21 agencies in the first round of disbursements from its COVID-19 Response Fund. The fund so far has rais...
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How agencies help jobseekers 'be proactive' during pandemicApr 16, 2020 1:00 am - Nonprofit and federally funded career assistance centers are preparing themselves - and their online resources - for a surge of jobseekers newly laid off amid the corona...
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Wildlife center limiting its intake of spring babiesApr 16, 2020 1:00 am - DuPage County Forest Preserve District's Willowbrook Wildlife Center in Glen Ellyn is taking in spring babies, but limiting their admission due to the COVID-19 outbreak....
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Chamber Music on the Fox continues online mini concertsApr 15, 2020 11:00 pm - With social distancing and shelter-in-place orders in place, Chamber Music on the Fox is offering a new series of digital mini-concerts: a series of very short 5- to-15-...
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DuPage provides $85,000 to help pay for hotel rooms for the homelessApr 15, 2020 1:00 am - Two nonprofit groups will receive financial assistance from DuPage County so they can continue renting hotel rooms for homeless people during the state's stay-at-home or...
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Dining in: Despite tough times, restaurants giving back to front-line workersApr 14, 2020 11:00 pm - As Illinois residents continue to abide by Gov. J.B. Pritzker's stay-at-home order, it's important to support suburban restaurants by ordering meals to dine on at home. ...
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Suburban forest preserves keep monitoring, will stay open 'as long as people behave'Apr 14, 2020 5:00 am - As social distancing concerns grow with the rising temperatures this spring, suburban forest preserve officials say they continue to monitor the size of crowds at their ...
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College of DuPage proposes moving Frida Kahlo exhibit to 2021Apr 14, 2020 1:00 am - The College of DuPage is considering plans to push back its Frida Kahlo art exhibit to summer 2021 as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, delaying a blockbuster displa...
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Lisle Lions Club offers two scholarshipsApr 13, 2020 11:00 pm - The Lisle Lions Club is committed to serving and meeting the needs of the Lisle community, as well as working on world-wide causes serving the visually-impaired. The clu...
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Humanitarian Service Project launches campaign to combat hunger amid crisisApr 13, 2020 11:00 pm - The Humanitarian Service Project of Carol Stream started a new community engagement campaign to fight local hunger titled "Spring into Action." They are currently at $2...