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Aurora church to host pancake-breakfast benefit Feb. 22 for Habitat for Humanity
Feb 18, 2020 7:42 PM - On Saturday, Feb. 22, Aurora Advent Christian Church will host a 28th annual pancake breakfast to benefit Fox Valley Habitat for Humanity. -
New Life for Haiti hosts meal packing event in Plainfield
Feb 11, 2020 7:23 PM - New Life for Haiti hosted a meal packing event at LifeSpring Community Church in Plainfield on Feb. 1. -
New Life for Haiti hosts a board retreat
Feb 7, 2020 10:58 PM - New Life for Haiti hosted a board retreat at the home of Todd and Kim Pierson in Oswego Jan. 19. -
Eighth annual Bridge Bust breaks records; local teams earn prizes in 2020 contest
Jan 24, 2020 11:32 PM - Imagine scores of people sitting still and silent, watching sand slowly trickle into a bucket. They listen for any small snaps or for that one loud crash of a collapsing bridge before they burst into cheers. This was the scene at the eighth annual 4-H Bridge Bust Contest Jan. 11, as multiple teams kept the audience waiting longer than usual as sand filled the bucket to the brim or past, breaking previous weight records. -
Navy League to hear 'Moral Wounds of War' Jan. 21
Jan 14, 2020 10:18 PM - Retired U.S. Army Major Gen. James H. Mukoyama Jr., founder of Military Outreach USA, will talk about "The Moral Wounds of War" at the Tuesday, Jan. 21, dinner meeting of Navy League Aurora Council 247. -
Fox Valley Habitat for Humanity to break ground Jan. 18 in AuroraJan 14, 2020 9:38 PM - Montgomery-based Fox Valley Habitat for Humanity will break ground Saturday, Jan. 18, at a house on the 400 block of Parker Avenue in Aurora.
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New Life for Haiti welcomes 11 new trustees to its board of directors
Jan 9, 2020 5:21 PM - New Life for Haiti welcomed 11 new board trustees at its new board member orientation Jan. 7 at Lifespring Community Church in Plainfield. -
Taste and tour: Where to find craft distilleries in the suburbs
Jan 9, 2020 10:00 AM - While the suburbs benefitted mightily from the craft brewery boom, they've also been home to a number of craft distilleries. Here's a look at eight. -
Area child in need of life-saving transplant
Jan 3, 2020 9:21 PM - With the cost of a life-saving transplant often exceeding $800,000, most transplant families are unable to shoulder that financial burden. In Aurora, volunteers are raising funds for Children's Organ Transplant Association in honor of transplant patients like local child, Gino Barnes. The national 501(c)3 charity is dedicated to organizing and guiding communities in raising funds for transplant-related expenses. -
Local Norwegian-Americans celebrate annual Juletrefest holiday event
Dec 19, 2019 10:10 PM - Cookies by local residents won top honors in a bakeoff by Sons of Norway Polar Star Lodge 5-472 on Dec. 8.
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