DuPage County Lifestyle
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With blood drives canceled, donations are needed even more now, experts in suburbs sayMar 19, 2020 1:00 am - The recent cancellation of nearly 4,000 blood drives across the country due to the COVID-19 outbreak has depleted reserves by about 130,000 units and has ramped up the n...
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Levy Restaurants donates Sears Centre food stock to local pantriesMar 19, 2020 1:00 am - Levy Restaurants, the food vendor for Hoffman Estates' Sears Centre Arena, has donated about $50,000 of stock delivered there before the coronavirus shutdown to the Hano...
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Prom dress event rescheduled in BataviaMar 19, 2020 1:00 am - CHIP IN Batavia has rescheduled its seventh annual Prom Dress Giveaway slated for Saturday. The event now will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. April 11 at the Batavia Publ...
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Local preschoolers create mascots from recycled materialsMar 18, 2020 11:00 pm - The national college basketball tournament may have been canceled, but children at The Goddard School located in North Aurora are hosting a competition of their own with...
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Naperville Sunrise Rotary to host Drive By Food Drive for West Suburban Community PantryMar 18, 2020 11:00 pm - In lieu of a regular Rotary meeting, the Rotary Club of Naperville Sunrise is holding a Drive By Dropoff food drive meeting from 7-8:30 a.m. Friday, March 20, in front o...
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ECC Foundation seeks support to keep students on educational pathMar 18, 2020 11:00 pm - As the U.S. faces unprecedented health and economic challenges, Elgin Community College is striving to meet the needs of its students by offering alternative learning fo...
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'Totally Rad Bunco' rolls in the dough for charityMar 18, 2020 11:00 pm - On Saturday, Feb. 29, a full-house of participants pulled out the crimpers and blue eye shadow for the Batavia Mothers' Club Foundation's 1980s themed bunco event, "Tota...
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Woodfield Mall in Schaumburg, Gurnee Mills among malls closing tonightMar 18, 2020 1:00 am - Woodfield Mall in Schaumburg, Gurnee Mills and other Simon Property Group shopping centers in the Chicago area are scheduled to close tonight due to the coronavirus pand...
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Programs at Gail Borden library? They're still on for kids and adults — via Facebook LiveMar 18, 2020 1:00 am - As Melissa Bernasek read a passage from Jack London's “Call of the Wild” in the nursery of her Elgin house, she was not alone. Hundreds of adults were watching online a...
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Dist. 203, 204 foundations collecting donations to help familiesMar 18, 2020 1:00 am - The Naperville Education Foundation in Naperville Unit District 203 and Indian Prairie Educational Foundation in Indian Prairie Unit District 204 have established new fu...