Articles filed under Volunteering
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Wheaton honors 2024 Good Citizens Award recipientsMay 28, 2024 9:50 pm - Mayor Philip Suess and the Wheaton City Council recently honored three students and six adults with the Good Citizens Awards.
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Good News Sunday: California woman coming to Arlington Heights to honor soldier killed in VietnamMay 25, 2024 9:37 pm - In this week’s Good News Sunday column, we recap stories about a woman traveling cross-country to honor a veteran she’s never met, a fire department welcoming a new comfort dog, and Girl Scouts pitching in to restore a butterfly garden.
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Area Girl Scouts, Rose Pest Solutions restore butterfly garden in NapervilleMay 21, 2024 4:43 pm - Two hundred Girl Scouts and volunteers with the Girl Scouts of Greater Chicago and Northwest Indiana and Rose Pest Solutions came together on Saturday, May 18, to restor...
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Glenbard INCubator pitch night winners announced; partners needed for next yearMay 21, 2024 12:48 pm - Glenbard District 87's INCubator program had its final pitch night on May 13 at Glenbard East High School in Lombard. The winning team was BounceBack, a tabletop game g...
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ECC participates in Habitat for Humanity Women Build Event for third yearMay 16, 2024 12:15 am - On Wednesday, May 1, a group of eight female administrators and staff from Elgin Community College participated in the Habitat for Humanity of Northern Fox Valley 2024 W...
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Elgin YWCA recognizes 2024 Leader Luncheon recipientsMay 14, 2024 11:20 pm - More than 425 community members attended the 40th annual YWCA Elgin Leader Luncheon Awards at The Seville in Streamwood on Thursday, May 9. Leader Luncheon general chair ...
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Gary UMC’s Habitat for Humanity team helps to build two homesMay 14, 2024 11:10 pm - Ten people from Gary United Methodist Church in Wheaton recently helped build two homes for single mothers with teenagers in Lafayette, Indiana. Working with the nonprof...
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Aurora Lions offers free kids’ vision exams May 18May 14, 2024 10:34 pm - Free vision exams for children age 6 months to 16 will be offered from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. Saturday, May 18. A clinic by Aurora Lions Club will take place at Aurora Public...
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Elgin teen named Illinois Youth of the Year by Boys & Girls Clubs of AmericaMay 10, 2024 9:23 pm - An outstanding teen from the Boys & Girls Club of Elgin has been named 2024 Illinois Youth of the Year. Selected from a field of 10 exceptional youth, Abigail, 17, was n...
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Life Scout leads Eagle project to restore Civil War veterans’ headstones at Bluff City CemeteryMay 10, 2024 9:03 pm - While many teenagers spend their weekends at home playing games, Life Scout Alex Hernandez of Troop 32 in West Dundee of the Three Fires Council took on a remarkable cha...