St. Charles Lifestyle
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St. Charles woman provides hope in face of heroin scourgeNov 26, 2014 12:01 am - Lea Minalga formed the Geneva-based Hearts of Hope in 1998 to educate and prevent people from using heroin, counsel addicts and provide support to their families. "The ...
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Lazarus House Thanksgiving Feast celebrates communityNov 23, 2014 6:00 am - When Lazarus House began serving a free Thanksgiving feast in 1998, the majority of guests were clients, staffers and volunteers. Over the course of 16 years, it's evolv...
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Other groups offering a free Thanksgiving dinnerNov 23, 2014 6:00 am - Here's a look at a few of the other groups serving a free meal on this special day: Arlington Heights: 105 sailors from Great Lakes Naval Academy in North Chicago will v...
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Churches, organizations offer free Thanksgiving meals to people in needNov 23, 2014 6:00 am - Churches, restaurants and service organizations in the suburbs give the lonely, the elderly, the poor, the homeless and those in military service camaraderie and a great...
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Thanksgiving tradition grows at St. Matthew Lutheran Church in Hawthorn WoodsNov 23, 2014 6:00 am - After their Thanksgiving celebrations thinned as relatives died or moved on, Dean and Susan Stewart took a different approach. “We started it with people who didn't have...
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Great Lakes soldiers find Thanksgiving home in PalatineNov 23, 2014 6:00 am - Some 34 Great Lakes sailors will find a home away from home Thursday at American Legion Post 690 in Palatine, thanks to the organizing efforts of program chair Cindy Alt...
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Toss the tie - give memorable experiences insteadNov 20, 2014 5:01 am - You want to give your loved ones something memorable for the holidays, but what you don't want is to saddle them with things they can't use, don't want or will simply ad...
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B-52s, Charlie Daniels among new Arcada actsNov 18, 2014 12:01 am - The Charlie Daniels Band and the B-52s are two of the newly announced musical groups who will take to the stage in 2015 at the Arcada Theatre, 105 E. Main St., St. Charl...
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Suburban sufferer of immune deficiency fights for insurance coverageNov 17, 2014 12:00 am - The hassle of driving to St. Charles for a six-hour intravenous infusion every six weeks sounds pretty good to Mary Ellen Karp these days. The 65-year-old retired McHenr...
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Donations bring paper products to area seniorsNov 15, 2014 12:01 am - It's not unusual for a FedEx truck to pull into an industrial park loaded with important packages, but it's not every day those boxes are filled with tissues and toilet ...