Woodridge 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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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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Naperville students shaving heads for new brain cancer nonprofitNov 13, 2014 4:30 am - Two teenage girls with long locks and freshly double-pierced ears will be going bald Sunday as one of them marks her 17th birthday. Nov. 16 is a day that lost its celebr...
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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...