Articles filed under Charities and Fundraising
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Believe Project returns to celebrate season of givingDec 01, 2019 6:00 am - Today marks the return of what has become a holiday tradition at the Daily Herald: our sixth annual Believe Project. Thanks to donor and former businesswoman Carolyn Gab...
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Cup of Cheer Housewalk Dec. 5-6 features decorating ideas aplentyDec 01, 2019 12:00 am - The Naperville Garden Club's 58th annual Cup of Cheer House Walk, Holiday Market & Tea will be from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday and Friday, Dec. 5-6, at Judd Kendall VFW P...
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Pack Barrington's train station platform to support ill childrenNov 29, 2019 12:00 am - Seriously ill children from across the suburbs will find added excitement while they ride a special Metra train during Operation North Pole next month. In a first-time e...
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DuPage kids get chance to 'Shop With a Cop' Dec. 7Nov 28, 2019 10:00 pm - Santa has looked at his daunting schedule for the next few weeks and decided he needs some help. On Saturday morning, Dec. 7, the DuPage County Sheriff's Office and par...
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Matching donations for YWCA Elgin's Giving Tuesday Dec. 3Nov 28, 2019 10:00 pm - The YWCA Elgin, a nonprofit organization that is on a mission to eliminate racism and empower women through educational programming and services, will once again partici...
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Reindeer Housewalk Dec. 6 features five Elmhurst homesNov 28, 2019 10:00 pm - Five homes decorated for the holidays will be featured when the Elmhurst Memorial Hospital Foundation holds its 43rd annual Reindeer Route Housewalk on Friday, Dec. 6. ...
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How Round Lake 'Supermom' helps parents in Spanish-speaking communityNov 28, 2019 5:00 am - For those who know her now as a "Supermom" and a rock in the Round Lake Area School District 116 community, it's hard to imagine Merced Alfaro as she was when she first ...
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'Touch as many lives as you can today': Batavia woman's motto guides her tireless advocacyNov 28, 2019 5:00 am - Hard work, compassion and helping others is in Linda Hagemann's DNA. The 58-year-old Batavia woman is nearing 40 years as a police liaison at the Kane County state's att...
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The cost of freedom: Daughters of the American Revolution honor local patriotsNov 28, 2019 5:00 am - The Daughters of the American Revolution - made up of those who can trace their lineage to early Americans who contributed to the Revolutionary War effort - once had the...
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How a Wheaton woman's videos are helping cats find new homesNov 28, 2019 5:00 am - Krystyna Domagala was a science teacher when she had to quit her job at Addison Trail High School for health reasons. But the 32-year-old Wheaton resident wasn't going t...