DuPage County Lifestyle
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Seeing the whole learner: Fourth-grade teacher pours passion into helping her students growNov 12, 2024 6:30 am - From squid dissection day to providing students with consistency and routines, Forest Glen fourth-grade teacher Jorie Dragas was recently recognized as the Glen Ellyn Chamber of Commerce’s educator of the year for her commitment to her students’ educational growth.
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How a Mount Prospect man navigated bureaucracy to revive agency that helps veteransNov 10, 2024 9:00 pm - Few veterans in Cook County know about the financial assistance for past-due rent and bills available to them, but more are finding out thanks to the efforts of a Mount Prospect veteran.
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‘Nothing is wasted’: Schaumburg Park District shows how settlers ateNov 10, 2024 3:20 pm - Anyone who’s ever said “I don't want to know how the sausage is made" can skip this story. For the rest of us, there was the Schaumburg Park District’s “Hog House to Smokehouse” event Sunday at Heritage Farm at Spring Valley.
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You may see more coyotes this time of year. Here’s why and what you should doNov 09, 2024 1:15 pm - Suburban residents may see more coyotes between now and February as the young leave their parents to find mates and stake out their own territories.
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Hope for the holidays: ‘Season of Sharing’ aids local, global missionsNov 08, 2024 10:36 pm - Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church in Naperville is helping to support seven local and global missions this November through the church’s annual Season of Sharing.
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How Northern Illinois Food Bank aims to give 50,000 families a holiday mealNov 08, 2024 3:38 pm - Northern Illinois Food Bank is marking 25 years of its Holiday Meal Box program, providing 50,000 meal boxes to neighbors facing hunger across 13 counties in rural and suburban Northern Illinois.
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Hampshire sophomore organizes cleanup of cemetery where Revolutionary War veteran liesNov 08, 2024 5:00 am - A Hampshire High School student’s Eagle Scout project involved sprucing up a Campton Township cemetery that holds a Revolutionary War veteran.
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Brave the elements and bike in all types of weatherNov 07, 2024 6:35 am - Inevitable inclement weather doesn’t necessarily mean hanging up your wheels until spring. Sunday mornings through March finds various bike club members and guests in their third season of “Braver Than the Elements” at Lisle’s Morton Arboretum.
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The Apostle of the Impossible to begin an extended tour of the U.S.Nov 06, 2024 4:11 pm - “Apostle of the Impossible: The Tour of the Relics of St. Jude the Apostle,” a major event for U.S. Catholics, is coming to Saints Peter and Paul Church in Naperville on Friday, Nov. 15
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Aurora church to host Thanksgiving dinner for needyNov 06, 2024 10:19 am - Wesley United Methodist Church in Aurora will host an early Thanksgiving dinner for people in need.