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The Silent Heroes: Nonprofit staff for individuals with special needs go above and beyond
Mar 30, 2020 10:44 PM - In a time when many are staying home, scared and unsure of how the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic will play out, direct service professionals (DSPs) for those with intellectual and developmental disabilities do not have that option. Similar to health care professionals, grocery workers, and first responders, DSPs report to work every day knowing there is a critical shortage of PPE and medical supplies. Clearbrook, a nonprofit based in Arlington Heights, Illinois, serves over 8,000 children and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities in 160 communities, 15 counties, and 60 locations. They provide personalized vocational, home-based, community day, residential, and clinical services across a range of disabilities, from birth to end of life. -
Mount Prospect distillery lends a helping hand to fight COVID-19
Mar 30, 2020 8:05 AM - Two Eagles, Mount Prospect's first distillery, has pivoted to producing free hand sanitizers for first responders, using volunteer labor and donations from a GoFundMe page. -
St. Viator junior starts GoFundMe to help homeless
Mar 27, 2020 9:21 AM - John O'Neill, a junior at St. Viator High School in Arlington Heights, has started a GoFundMe campaign to pay for hotel rooms for the homeless during the pandemic. -
Elburn's Harley Woods is focus of restoration efforts, grant
Mar 26, 2020 6:00 AM - The Campton Township Open Space Foundation has its marching orders. It has to raise $7,000 to go toward a stewardship project for the Harley Woods natural area.
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Naperville Park District hosts blood drives at downtown community center
Mar 25, 2020 1:00 AM - When the governor's executive order was issued last week to close businesses and organizations to help limit the spread of COVID-19, many area blood drives were canceled. As a result, the Naperville Park District offered to step in and host several donation opportunities at its Alfred Rubin Riverwalk Community Center. -
Good News: Rotary Club of Schaumburg-Hoffman Estates adapts annual fundraiser for social distancing
Mar 24, 2020 6:41 AM - Within two days of their biggest fundraiser of the year, their 50th anniversary Classic, they made the difficult decision, not to cancel or postpone it, but to reinvent it by going virtual.
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Send us your good news!Mar 20, 2020 1:15 AM - Did your nonprofit, club or church host any fundraisers, donation drives or galas before the ban on public gatherings earlier this month? Or have you found inventive ways to host a virtual benefit or get-together?
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With blood drives canceled, donations are needed even more now, experts in suburbs say
Mar 22, 2020 10:32 AM - While the COVID-19 outbreak is a prominent factor in a current shortage of donated blood, it hasn't slowed the need for such donations, industry experts said in Schaumburg Thursday. -
Senior Care Volunteer Network offers update for clients and volunteersMar 18, 2020 6:01 PM - Senior Care Volunteer Network is implementing certain precautions and service changes immediately through at least March 31.
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Schaumburg postpones Volunteer of the Year LuncheonMar 17, 2020 6:23 PM - The village of Schaumburg's April 7 Volunteer of the Year Luncheon at Chandler's Chophouse & Grill has been postponed until further notice.
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