Winfield Lifestyle
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Giving DuPage offers nonprofit trainingOct 29, 2014 11:00 pm - Giving DuPage is hosting a nonprofit training workshop, "Purposeful Boards and Powerful Fundraising," focusing on nonprofit governance, board structure and the role ...
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Sleep Out Saturday raises awareness, money for 'hidden homeless'Oct 29, 2014 5:30 am - Two years ago, Nydia Rivera says she was trying to escape an abusive relationship. She was living with six other people in a two-bedroom mobile home. She worried for mon...
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Sleep Out Saturday to raise money for the homeless on Nov. 1Oct 28, 2014 11:00 pm - A person earning minimum wage would need to work 89 hours a week to afford rent in DuPage County. And, among the more than 71,000 DuPage residents who live in poverty, ...
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Have a safe and spooky Halloween with safety tips from Illinois Poison CenterOct 27, 2014 11:00 pm - With children across Illinois set to hit the streets for trick-or-treating, the Illinois Poison Center (IPC) is urging parents and guardians to be cautious about Hallowe...
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Donations and volunteers make new Ronald McDonald House possible in DuPageOct 27, 2014 11:00 am - Katie Allabough counts herself blessed to have a happy, healthy 5-year-old daughter. She knows not everyone is so lucky, that there are many families who have a child wh...
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Holiday cards to support the Leukemia Research FoundationOct 21, 2014 11:00 pm - The Leukemia Research Foundation announces its annual Holiday Card Sale. This year's catalog includes cards for many occasions - and all can be customized. Cards can be...
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Good feelings run high at Cantigny cancer walkOct 19, 2014 1:01 am - Wheaton's Cantigny Park was filled Sunday morning with the kind of celebration that occurs when people band together to do something good. More than 2,000 people partici...
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Carol Stream Pastor Leads Run for a Life 5K Oct. 18Oct 12, 2014 11:00 pm - Anita Frederick, a Carol Stream pastor, is leading an effort to rescue babies in extreme need in Mozambique through Run for a Life. Run for a Life is a 5K and one-mile ...
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'Uncommon Threads' fashion-art show returns to St. CharlesOct 04, 2014 11:00 pm - Tickets are now on sale for "Uncommon Threads," the annual One-of-a-Kind Wearable Art Show and Luncheon, presented by Fine Line Creative Arts Center in St. Charles. Wea...
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Sedgebrook Alzheimer's WalkOct 02, 2014 11:00 pm - For years Joanne Kopper, resident life manager at Sedgebrook in Lincolnshire, has been driven by a need to find ways to raise funds and awareness to fight the scourge of...