Hanover Park Lifestyle
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How Ghanaian children got to read, eat lunches thanks to Elgin volunteersApr 04, 2015 7:37 am - A team of volunteers from Elgin just returned from a 10-day visit to Ghana where they helped start a school lunch program and library, and visited an orphanage they buil...
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Constable: Juveniles need exit ramp on highway to prisonMar 31, 2015 5:30 am - The banner on the brick wall outside the Cook County juvenile criminal courtroom where my son is about to testify preaches, “The future belongs to those who prepare for ...
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How to donateMar 29, 2015 7:30 am - Harper's Educational Foundation will kick off a $5 million fundraising campaign for the Promise Scholarship Program Monday. Donations can be made at Harper.edu/promise. ...
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Harper president tried free tuition program at his last schoolMar 29, 2015 7:15 am - Tim Zoyac's mom drove a school bus, his dad worked in a warehouse, and neither went to college. He made above average grades and was involved in 13 of the 19 extracurric...
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Harper College promises two years of free tuitionMar 29, 2015 7:15 am - A groundbreaking plan to offer two years of free community college to qualifying high school graduates will be announced Monday by Harper College in Palatine. To earn it...
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Believe Project: $100 for a woman who helps others but now faces cancerMar 29, 2015 6:01 am - Today's winner of a $100 bill through the Believe Project is Margaret Sauck of Hanover Park. Here is an excerpt of her suggestion: "I am requesting that my friend be con...
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Lombard nonprofit Watts of Love delivers lights to poorest areas of the worldMar 23, 2015 11:00 am - It's been a little more than five years since Nancy Economou went to the Philippines and saw the face of a girl who would change her life. The preschooler's skin was mu...
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Meet the Elgin woman who went from an engineer to ballet dancerMar 23, 2015 1:00 am - Ruffled red skirts swirl in huge circular patterns on the dance floor, creating a feast for the eyes as well as a strong breeze. The sounds of traditional folkloric Mexi...
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ECC students spend spring break helping build homeMar 22, 2015 7:30 am - Eleven Elgin Community College students will help Habitat for Humanity of Northern Fox Valley remodel a historic Elgin home this week for an immigrant couple from Uganda...
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Elgin Master Chorale sings Rodgers and Hammerstein classicsMar 17, 2015 11:00 pm - The beloved show tunes of Rodgers and Hammerstein will come to life on stage this weekend in the Fox Valley. The Elgin Master Chorale is teaming up with the Chicago Bar ...