West Chicago Lifestyle
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'It's going to save lives': DuPagePads asks county to help fund winter hotel stays for homelessNov 08, 2022 4:30 am - In pre-pandemic times, DuPagePads was providing nightly shelter for about 150 people experiencing homelessness during the winter. The Wheaton-based nonprofit organizatio...
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Montini Catholic dedicates the Kolinski Family Golf StudioNov 06, 2022 10:00 pm - Montini Catholic Bronco golf team members, coaches, administration and athletic staff members gathered Sept. 23 to dedicate the Lasallian college preparatory school's ne...
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Neighbors in Need returns: How you can help fellow suburbanites this holiday seasonNov 05, 2022 1:00 am - Ask anyone working in the charity sector their ultimate goal and they likely will tell you it's for their organization to cease operating, because that means the need it...
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B.R. Ryall YMCA partners with Alive Center to bring teen after-school program to Glen EllynNov 04, 2022 11:00 pm - The B.R. Ryall YMCA of Northwestern DuPage County has been awarded a $253,000 transformational grant from the DuPage Community Transformation Partnership, established by...
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Veterans Day collection drive continues to Nov. 11 in WheatonNov 03, 2022 11:00 pm - DoodleBug Workshop, along with Wheaton Park District, Wheaton Library, Arrowhead Golf Club, Wheaton City Hall, Downtown Wheaton Association and Innovator, is collecting ...
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'This could happen to anybody': People will stay in vehicles, tents, boxes for homeless familiesNov 03, 2022 5:30 am - Veronica Horton, a case manager at Bridge Communities in Wheaton, knows what the homeless families she works with are going through because she's gone through it herself...
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Holiday book, art sale starts Nov. 10 at Wheaton Public LibraryNov 01, 2022 11:00 pm - The Friends of the Wheaton Public Library are busy pricing items for their popular Holiday Book and Art Sale. The sale features like-new gift books for children and adul...
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Veterans Day, turkeys and the upcoming holidays dominate November's festsNov 01, 2022 6:00 am - Nov. 2 The Great Pumpkin Roll: 4 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 2, at Central Park, 1510 Forest Gate Road, Oak Brook. Bring your pumpkin(s) to roll down the Sled Hill at Central P...
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Nonprofits get a boost from grant program in DuPage CountyOct 31, 2022 2:00 pm - A new partnership between DuPage County and a Downers Grove-based foundation is already making a difference in the lives of residents across the county. After DuPage re...
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Intervention key to addressing 'alarming' rates of chronic absenteeism, educators sayOct 31, 2022 5:30 am - With 30% chronic absenteeism reported statewide last school year, school leaders across the suburbs are exploring different approaches to improving student attendance ra...