Maple Park Lifestyle
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TriCity Family Services' Green Means Go 5K going virtualApr 28, 2020 11:00 pm - In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, TriCity Family Services made the decision to restructure its Green Means Go 5K from a road race to a virtual race. With sincere gratit...
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Geneva restaurateurs open The Burger Shop diner in the middle of the pandemicApr 24, 2020 6:00 am - It would make sense for a restaurant owner to say the past several weeks have been difficult because of the coronavirus shutdown. But it would be quite surprising to hea...
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Balmoral, other Campton Hills restaurants pay it forward during pandemicApr 24, 2020 5:25 am - Colin Smith, owner of the Balmoral Restaurant in Campton Hills, can remember being hungry as a child in Scotland - and getting help from strangers. So when schools and o...
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New season sees yellow-rumped warbler making a stop on migration northApr 23, 2020 6:00 am - We all need survival strategies in these stressful, scary times. My preferred coping method is binge-watching. Not on the couch staring at a screen, but outside, watchin...
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Coleman Foundation to match donations to Association for Individual DevelopmentApr 21, 2020 11:00 pm - Thanks to the generous support of the community, the Association for Individual Development has reached its fundraising goal of $30,000. These funds provide essential s...
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Good News: Wheaton workshop collecting cards, letters to send to military personnelApr 21, 2020 6:00 am - The cards and letters are coming in. After a plea went out last month from a Wheaton-based organization for families “staying at home” to write letters to the military, ...
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Fideliter Club of Elgin feeds kids, supports local nonprofitsApr 21, 2020 6:00 am - Fideliter Club of Elgin, Elgin's oldest philanthropic organization, which was founded in 1882, has immediately responded to an urgent plea from Mike Warren, board presid...
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Change a child's story by volunteering with CASA Kane CountyApr 20, 2020 11:00 pm - CASA Kane County has been advocating for children in the foster care system for more than 31 years and has served thousands of youth struggling through a horrible time i...
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The Virtual Therapist Network puts counselors back to work helping anxious clients during COVID-19Apr 20, 2020 11:00 pm - The Virtual Therapist Network announced that it is helping put licensed counselors and therapists back to work helping people deal with the stress and anxiety that may h...
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How community colleges adapting to COVID-19Apr 17, 2020 6:00 am - With the outbreak of COVID-19, the last few weeks have been many things; sobering, stressful, historic to name a few. We have all been affected in some - or many ways - ...