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Give blood, get a free pizzaAug 29, 2024 10:38 am - Nonprofit Vitalant urges all eligible blood donors to make an appointment to give now for the coming days and weeks to boost the blood supply for patients in need. As an added incentive, donors will receive a delicious pizza.
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'A bittersweet moment': After 25 years, Fox Valley Habitat chief set to retireAug 28, 2024 12:24 pm - After 25 years, the Fox Valley Habitat for Humanity executive director who has led 71 affordable housing projects will retire from his position on Friday, Aug. 30.
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New location for this year’s Fox Valley Folk Music & Storytelling FestivalAug 28, 2024 11:07 am - This year’s Fox Valley Folk Music & Storytelling Festival returns on Sept. 1-2 at a new location, Wheeler Park in Geneva. After last year’s successful return to Island Park, recent weather events have left the park unusable and required a last-minute location change for this year’s event.
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Naperville Rotary’s resilience workshop to help families of veterans, first respondersAug 27, 2024 11:14 pm - The Rotary Club of Naperville, in collaboration with community partners, is offering a “Resilience Tactics Workshop,” a free event designed to support the families and su...
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Naperville’s Celebration preschool celebrates 20 yearsAug 27, 2024 11:00 pm - There’s school pride, and then there’s the kind of school buy-in that Naperville’s Kelly Gilligan witnesses as director of Celebration Children’s Center preschool, which is celebrating its 20th year in operation in 2024-25.
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Sinfonietta Bel Canto to host annual Voice Invitational Sept. 29Aug 27, 2024 10:30 pm - The Sinfonietta Bel Canto, under the direction of Dan D’Andrea, will host its first concert of the season, the annual Voice Invitational.
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Naperville preschool earns national recognition for education qualityAug 27, 2024 12:17 pm - The Gardner School of Naperville announced its accreditation by the National Association for the Education of Young Children.
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DuPage County Historical Museum welcomes ‘Three Frenchmen and a Goat’ Sept. 14Aug 26, 2024 4:34 pm - Illinois Humanities Road Scholar John Goldsmith presents the story of three enterprising young men who founded a fraternal supply company in 1892 that today is one of the biggest manufacturers of marching band uniforms.
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Shop the Mum Sale at the COD Greenhouse Sept. 11-12Aug 23, 2024 4:26 pm - The College of DuPage Horticulture program’s annual fall mum sale will be Wednesday and Thursday, Sept. 11-12, at the COD Greenhouse.
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College of DuPage board elects Florence Appel as vice chairAug 23, 2024 4:13 pm - Florence Appel of Lombard was elected as vice chairman of the College of DuPage board of trustees at the board’s Aug. 22 regular meeting.