Articles filed under Charities and Fundraising
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Elgin Cosmopolitan Club to honor Cherie Murphy July 9Jun 23, 2019 11:00 pm - Cherie Murphy has been chosen as the 77th recipient of the Elgin Cosmopolitan Club's Distinguished Service Award. The recognition dinner will be held at 6 p.m. Tuesday,...
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Get tickets for Elgin Donor Club's annual book reviewJun 23, 2019 11:00 pm - The Donor Club of Elgin is preparing for its annual book review and luncheon on Thursday, Sept. 26, at Elgin Country Club. This year's dramatic review by Jenny Riddle w...
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Volunteers needed for Lincolnshire festivalJun 23, 2019 1:00 am - Organizers of Lincolnshire's annual Red, White and Boom celebration need volunteers for the event, which is set for July 3-4 at Spring Lake Park, 49 Oxford Drive. Volunt...
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Fundraisers in Schaumburg step up ... er, down ... for HabitatJun 22, 2019 1:00 am - It wasn't your typical day at the office. For a number of suburban residents Saturday, it was a step down the corporate ladder as they rappelled along the side of a Scha...
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After AJ's death, new nonprofit aims to prevent another tragedyJun 22, 2019 1:00 am - Days after 5-year-old AJ Freund was found dead, Volo resident Chad Carpenter took his 15-month-old son Caiden to visit the growing memorial outside the family home in Cr...
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Annual Heroes Like Haley 5K fights pediatric cancerJun 21, 2019 11:00 pm - Feeling charitable? Need a reason to get outside and enjoy the beautiful summer weather? Look no further than the fifth annual Heroes Like Haley 5K Run/Walk, which will ...
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Donate a bicycle, help homeless womenJun 21, 2019 1:00 am - Lake County Haven, a nonprofit group that aims to help homeless women and their children, is collecting used adult-size bicycles. The bikes will be given to customers wh...
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Two trees for Amanda: How West Chicago community rallied around mom's lossJun 21, 2019 1:00 am - Nearly three weeks ago, Lee Ann Meiborg shed tears of sadness and anger as she sat in her car outside West Chicago High School, where a tree planted 15 years ago as a me...
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Namesake of GiGi's Playhouse to sing at Cubs game TuesdayJun 21, 2019 1:00 am - Sixteen-year-old GiGi Gianni of South Barrington, the namesake of Hoffman Estates-based GiGi's Playhouse Down Syndrome Achievement Centers, will sing the National Anthem...
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Fideliter Club of Elgin presents donation in honor of late member Donna BurnidgeJun 20, 2019 11:00 pm - The Fideliter Club of Elgin, one of the area's longest established charities founded in 1882, recently presented a monetary donation to Food For Greater Elgin in memory ...