Wood Dale Lifestyle
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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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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 ...
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5 things to do this weekend in the suburbsNov 07, 2014 12:01 am - Kick off the holiday season in Crystal Lake, escape into an underwater world in Schaumburg or journey to Oz in Lincolnshire. These are just a few of the options this wee...
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Rise From the Ashes helps abused women get legal aidNov 03, 2014 6:01 am - Formed less than a year ago, Rise From the Ashes is a DuPage-based, nonprofit group that helps women who have left abusive relationships and are unable to afford an atto...
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Marcel's Culinary Experience, Glen Ellyn, Announces New Gift Boxes, Private/Corporate Event OptionsOct 30, 2014 11:00 pm - Marcel's Culinary Experience (www.marcelsculinaryexperience.com), a gourmet retail store and recreational cooking school in downtown Glen Ellyn, is gearing up for the ye...
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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, ...