Cook County Lifestyle
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Oakton foundation hopes to raise $50,000Aug 14, 2014 1:01 am - This event is Aug. 22; the initial posting has the wrong date. The Oakton Community College Educational Foundation is hoping to raise $50,000 at a fundraiser beginn...
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Take items from around house to create your own mini-golf courseAug 13, 2014 6:00 am - You've probably done lots of fun things with your family so far this summer, but have you built your own miniature golf course yet? Recently, our neighbors invited my 6-...
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End summer with positive back-to-school routinesAug 13, 2014 6:00 am - In preparation for a new school year, Rebecca Castro and her 8-year-old son, Pablo, soon will be shopping for a new backpack. The Palatine mother of two pre-orders a ma...
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69 years, 151 pints: 'Mr. Blood Drop' keeps on givingAug 13, 2014 5:30 am - If there was one thing that made the blood donation Palatine resident George Serena gave Tuesday morning different from the 150 he's given in the past, it would probably...
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Links Technology Cup raises money for Schaumburg Park FoundationAug 13, 2014 1:01 am - Hundreds of golfers were at Schaumburg Golf Club Wednesday to compete for the Links Technology Cup in a fundraiser for the Schaumburg Park Foundation. The seventh annual...
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Old Crow Smokehouse Schaumburg to Host Free Weekly Patio Party & Roast Every ThursdayAug 13, 2014 1:01 am - WHO: Old Crow Smokehouse Schaumburg WHAT: Free roast samples + the chance to hang out with Executive Chef and FOX "MasterChef" finalist Tony Scruggs on Old Crow Smokeh...
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Lombard's Beacon Hill celebrates anniversary, additionAug 13, 2014 1:01 am - Residents, village officials and employees gathered in Lombard Wednesday to celebrate Beacon Hill senior living community's 30th anniversary and the groundbreaking for a...
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Antiques sale benefits infant welfare:Aug 13, 2014 1:01 am - The Lake Forest Chapter of Infant Welfare Society of Chicago will sponsor the 46th annual Antiques & Treasures, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Sunday, Sept. 7, at the Deerpath Middle...
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Women's shelter benefits from Sew Generously's all night sew-a-thonAug 12, 2014 11:00 pm - Sew Generously, a Bernina dealer and fabric store in St. Charles, is sponsoring an all-night Sew-A-Thon on behalf of Mutual Ground Women and Children's Domestic Violence...
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Sign up now for KinderConcepts programAug 12, 2014 11:00 pm - JCYS George W. Lutz Family Center is now enrolling 4-year-olds throughout the North Shore for a specialized prekindergarten program: KinderConcepts. Held from 11:30 a.m...