Elgin Lifestyle
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Home & garden calendar, Oct. 5-11Sep 30, 2025 12:39 pm - Upcoming events include a native tree and shrub sale, gardening talks on herbs, year-round growing, fall gardening, hydrangeas, and bonsai, as well as plant swaps and fundraisers.
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‘A sense of comfort and peace’: How some suburban care facilities are using doll therapy for dementia and Alzheimer’s patientsSep 28, 2025 4:00 am - About a month after her mother moved into an Elmhurst memory care facility, Gail Bekin bought her a doll. “She never put it down,” said Bekin. For decades, health care providers have incorporated certain techniques — music, art and pet therapy as well as caring for baby dolls — to help treat people with dementia or Alzheimer’s.
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‘A thorough check is the key’: Cooler weather approaching but ticks still with usSep 28, 2025 12:00 am - Cooler days are coming but that doesn’t mean we’re out of the figurative woods when it comes to ticks, whose bites can cause serious illnesses.
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How father, son with autism bonded through riding roller coastersSep 26, 2025 2:30 am - Tom Callsen and son Thomas, who has autism, have ridden 471 different roller coasters across the United States over the past 20 years, finding joy in the physical thrill and bonding experience.
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Grace Lutheran Church to host fall rummage sale Oct. 3-4Sep 24, 2025 12:43 pm - Grace Lutheran Church in Lily Lake is hosting its fall rummage sale Oct. 3-4 with furniture, clothes, jewelry, and more, with many items starting at $1.
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Living Lord Church makes a difference through ELCA service daySep 22, 2025 5:21 pm - Living Lord Lutheran Church in Bartlett organized a "God's Work. Our Hands." day of service with 47 volunteers participating in various mission activities.
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‘The hope is in the kids’: Elgin temple prepares for new year by teaching kids how to make challahSep 21, 2025 12:47 pm - Meticulously rolling, twisting and weaving the dough, about 20 young bakers prepared for the Jewish new year by making sweet round challah bread Sunday during Torah school at Congregation Kneseth Israel in Elgin.
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Downers Grove couple recognized as Lutheran Social Services True FriendSep 20, 2025 1:07 am - Former BMO executive John Rudy and wife Liz will receive True Friend Award for philanthropy and service to Lutheran Social Services of Illinois.
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Great Elgin Pipe Organ Tour resumes Sept. 28 at First CongregationalSep 19, 2025 10:20 pm - The Great Elgin Pipe Organ Tour is returning for the 2025-26 season, featuring local organists and church musicians performing on historic pipe organs in the Elgin area.
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Volunteers to repaint historic Pioneer Sholes School museum fence in St. CharlesSep 17, 2025 12:50 pm - An upcoming volunteer painting project will help spruce up the historic Pioneer Sholes School museum in LeRoy Oakes Forest Preserve.