Online registration continues through Monday, April 12, for the Marklund Run, Walk & Roll-Bloomingdale 5K/1 Mile event. For the second year, Marklund's annual Run, Walk & Roll-Bloomingdale 5K/1 Mile fundraiser will be held as a virtual event. Partic...

For 24 years, Marklund, a suburban nonprofit organization that serves children and adults with profound developmental disabilities, has hosted its "Top Hat Ball" as a live, in-person fundraising event in Chicago. The COVID-19 pandemic caused a chang...

Peg and John Haskins, owners of Viking Travel Service in Westmont and Naperville, are Marklund's 2021 Friend of the Year. Marklund, a west suburban nonprofit organization that serves children and adults with profound developmental disabilities, hono...

Eight candidates are running for four, 4-year terms on the Arlington Heights Elementary District 25 school board. Bio Age: 54 City: Arlington Heights Occupation: Currently, Elementary School Teacher, fifth grade; previously, Director of Human R...

On Saturday, Feb. 6, Jenny McCarthy and Donnie Wahlberg will be among celebrities to toast Marklund during a livestream gala experience, "Top Hat Ball Upside Down: Our Ball, Your Ballroom." During the event from 7 to 8 p.m., viewers will tune in to ...

The Marklund Philip Center in Bloomingdale became the first of the nonprofit's facilities to receive the coronavirus vaccine Thursday, Jan. 14. Marklund is a residential, therapeutic and educational organization that serves children and adults with...

Despite not having the traditional holiday activities this year, residents of Marklund in Geneva had a blast celebrating the yuletide thanks to staff, Santa, and many supporters. Hundreds of gifts delivered from friends, families, staff and voluntee...

The Rotary Club of Elgin, sometimes referred to as the “Noon Club,” is participating in a communitywide project to promote reading, in collaboration with Bernie's Books. Approximately 20,000 books, puzzles, games, stuffed animals and interactive boo...

Giving Tuesday is an international movement, setting aside the Tuesday after Thanksgiving to helping nonprofits. On this day, people choose to pause their holiday spending and invest in the organizations around them that are working to make their co...

No Grinches allowed here! As always at Marklund, staff is determined to make the holidays festive and enjoyable for all the residents, even during a pandemic! Giving Trees & Gift Drive: Similar to past years, Marklund is going ahead with its a...