South Elgin Lifestyle
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Volunteers deliver hundreds of Thanksgiving meal baskets in Northwest suburbsNov 21, 2020 12:00 am - Volunteers delivered hundreds of Thanksgiving meal baskets to families in need Saturday through the annual Basket Brigade of Suburban Chicago program. Deliveries were m...
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Local nonprofit AID seeks data entry volunteersNov 18, 2020 10:00 pm - The Association for Individual Development is seeking enthusiastic volunteers to assist with an expansive data entry project at the AID Behavioral Health Aurora location...
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Elgin Chamber's Community Thanksgiving lunch celebrates 5 'unsung heroes' Nov. 24Nov 16, 2020 10:00 pm - Thanksgiving is an ideal occasion to join to give thanks for our bountiful blessings. One of the longstanding traditions in the community is the Elgin Area Chamber of Co...
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Kiwanis Club of Elgin accepting funding requestsNov 12, 2020 10:00 pm - For one hundred years, the Kiwanis Club of Elgin has raised money to help fund Elgin area organizations that serve the children of the area. The club has no paid staff ...
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Be a CASA volunteer to help a child in foster careNov 12, 2020 10:00 pm - CASA Kane County has been advocating for children in the foster care system for more than 32 years and has served thousands of youth struggling through the most horrific...
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A look back at Elgin headlines 50, 75 and 100 years agoNov 11, 2020 5:00 am - "Did you hear they closed an Elgin school because of polio?" "I'll never pay $1 for a haircut!" "I didn't know the same drivers that raced in the Indy 500 also competed ...
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Two Local Women Filling a Need with a Face Mask Refreshing SprayNov 08, 2020 10:00 pm - Anne Gardner and Christine Platt of ANC Enterprises recently developed Face Mask Refresher, a fine mist spray that dries face masks while leaving a fresh scent. The loca...
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Fall celebration at Panton Mill Station-South ElginNov 05, 2020 10:00 pm - On Saturday, Oct. 31, Panton Mill Station in South Elgin hosted an event for their residents in celebration of fall. Gina Gonzalez State Farm Agency sponsored the ...
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Symposium shows young people have a passion for birdingNov 04, 2020 5:00 am - Those of us working through the COVID-19 era may be tiring of video conference calls. It's easy to get Zoomed out, dreading the next "virtual" meeting. But a Zoomer abou...
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The Nature of Things: Osage-orange tree has flourished for centuries with its many usesOct 31, 2020 5:00 am - “Monkey brains!” the kids exclaimed as we reached the old dirt road. I was leading an outdoor school program, and it took me a moment to realize the students were referr...