Kane County Submitted Content
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Local Life Scout honors Civil War veterans with headstone restoration projectSep 03, 2024 9:43 pm - Luke Grimm, a member of Troop 56, has completed an Eagle Scout project restoring and preserving the final resting places of Civil War veterans in the St. Charles North Cemetery. The project involved Grimm and over 25 volunteers straightening, lifting and cleaning close to two dozen government headstones.
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Huntley church to host bingo fundraiser for Artist SeriesSep 03, 2024 8:36 pm - On Saturday, Sept. 14, Shepherd of the Prairie Lutheran Church in Huntley will host a fundraising bingo event to support the Artist Series, the church’s outreach ministry.
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Peppers with a Purpose: Gindo’s Spice of Life and Batavia food pantry to raise funds by selling hot sauceSep 03, 2024 7:56 pm - The Batavia Interfaith Food Pantry and Gindo’s Spice of Life are collaborating again on a Batavia community hot sauce, and they need your peppers!
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Taking Creation Care to the next level: United Methodist Church of Geneva goes native — and geothermalSep 03, 2024 7:21 pm - This year, United Methodist Church of Geneva completed its greatest “Creation Care” project yet, transforming their old, traditional HVAC system into a geothermal one and upgrading the surrounding landscaping to be more environmentally friendly.
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Hilltop Community Supper returns Sept. 10 with pork dinnerSep 03, 2024 6:01 pm - First Congregational Church of Dundee is hosting its next Hilltop Community Supper on Tuesday, Sept. 10. The suppers are open to any community member who would enjoy a warm, cooked dinner.
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Wayne Township Pantry receives $20,000 grant from the DeMoon Family FundSep 03, 2024 5:15 pm - The DeMoon brothers, Pat, Anthony and Paul, recently visited the Wayne Township Food Pantry to present a $20,000 check to fund the pantry’s Milk Program for the second year in a row.
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Richardson ‘World’s Largest’ corn maze honors John Deere this yearSep 03, 2024 1:04 pm - The same year that Spring Grove’s Richardson Farm was established in 1836, a man named John Deere moved to Illinois, discovering that the state’s sticky, clay soil slowed farmers, who often had to stop every few feet to scrape the dirt off their cast-iron plows.
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Huntley Area Lions Club taking orders for 23rd annual Rose Day SaleSep 03, 2024 11:46 am - Make Sweetest Day extra special for those you care about by ordering a dozen roses from the Huntley Area Lions Club.
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Labor Day tradition returns with folk musicians and storytellersSep 03, 2024 10:56 am - The Fox Valley Folklore Society had perfect summer weather for its 48th annual Fox Valley Folk Music and Storytelling Festival. The two-day festival has been a longtime Labor Day weekend tradition.
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EB211 celebrates a decade of success with 28 college graduatesSep 03, 2024 8:31 am - Excel Beyond 211 Dollars for Scholars, a nonprofit organization assisting first-generation college students, marked its 10th anniversary with a gathering that celebrated the success of 28 recent college graduates.