Gilberts Lifestyle
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Raise a slice for a good cause; 3 suburban pizzerias to host fundraisers for Aurora literacy centerApr 16, 2023 11:00 pm - Three Lou Malnati's Pizzerias - two in Naperville and one in Aurora - are hosting fundraisers for the Dominican Literacy Center in Aurora. The fundraisers will take plac...
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The path to publication: How three Tri-Cities journalists became book authorsApr 14, 2023 6:00 am - Writers are going to write. Today's column celebrates that premise, focusing on three journalists who have been around the Tri-Cities a long time in the newspaper, marke...
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Birth of a trail: Different agencies team up to choose site, survey and come up with plan for new biking trailApr 11, 2023 6:00 am - Editor's note: This is the second of a three-part series titled Birth of a Trail. Part 1 ran March 28. In part three, CAMBr volunteers build the trail. In 2015, the Chic...
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Vocational farm in Hampshire offers animal therapy, goat grams ahead of EasterApr 08, 2023 1:00 am - Live Learn and Lead — a vocational farm in Hampshire — is doing well after more than three years of serving the public through programming it said transforms the mind, b...
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Meet the 98-year-old Elgin woman who walks 3 miles dailyApr 07, 2023 6:00 am - Betty McKeown should have been a postal worker in the days when nearly all walked their routes. She certainly had the skill set and ambition to walk whenever and whereve...
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Shepherd of the Prairie to host April 22 food drive for Grafton Food PantryApr 06, 2023 11:00 pm - Shepherd of the Prairie Lutheran Church, 10805 Main St. in Huntley, will hold a food drive to benefit Grafton Food Pantry on Saturday, April 22, from 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p...
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500 women and girls in Aurora to receive empowering gifts from the communityApr 06, 2023 11:00 pm - The POWER Women employee resource group at Aurora City Hall hosted a monthlong Empower Bag Collection Drive during Women's History Month. The goal was to collect 100 pu...
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Kids Above All helps youths dealing with trauma, injustice build better livesApr 06, 2023 6:00 am - Kids Above All does exactly what its name implies. It puts kids first. Founded in 1894 as an orphanage in Lake Bluff, the organization has seen a diverse expansion o...
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Birth of a Trail: Chicago Area Mountain Bikers prove reliable to help get trails built in area preservesApr 04, 2023 6:00 am - Editor's note: This is the first article of a three-part series titled Birth of a Trail. In part 2, CAMBr sets its sights on another Cook County trail. Seven years, 4,00...
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Lego train expo's dazzling displays a hit with kids in East DundeeApr 02, 2023 1:00 am - It was the best of both worlds Sunday for many youngsters — and the young at heart — as the Northern Illinois Lego Train Club visited the Fox River Valley Public Library...