Articles filed under Charities and Fundraising
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Yamagainz Virtual Fitness COVID-19 fundraiser event May 25May 11, 2020 11:00 pm - The Gainz For Warriors Project is a virtual fundraising fitness event in support of the Wounded Warrior Project. Our goal is to support our veterans impacted by current ...
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Forced to start over again? Pandemic adds to challenges for refugees in the suburbsMay 11, 2020 5:31 am - Chan Maliku hasn't seen his wife and two children in almost a year. He's waited for them to join him in starting a new life in the suburbs. But Maliku doesn't know when ...
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What this Wauconda man will dare to do to help others during pandemicMay 11, 2020 5:30 am - A Wauconda resident who was laid off because of the COVID-19 crisis is using his downtime to raise revenue for local restaurants and nonprofit groups. Once or twice a we...
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3 Naperville restaurants allowing donations to charities with online ordersMay 11, 2020 1:00 am - Three Naperville restaurants on Monday launched an effort to allow customers who place online food orders to raise money for five local nonprofit organizations. The fun...
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Proceeds from 'The Cross Man' memoir go to the Zanis familyMay 10, 2020 11:00 pm - Greg Zanis, the Aurora carpenter known throughout the nation as the man who traveled hundreds of thousands of miles carrying his handmade crosses to scenes of tragedy an...
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CityGate Hospitality restaurant brands launch community giving programMay 10, 2020 11:00 pm - CityGate Grille, Che Figata and Tap In Pub, in conjunction with the John P. Calamos Foundation, launched an effort to raise funds for five local nonprofits by adding a d...
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Christ Community Church hosts no-contact food drive for Aurora Area Food PantryMay 10, 2020 11:00 pm - Christ Community Church held a no-contact food drive on May 6 for the Aurora Area Interfaith Food Pantry that brought in 22,690 lbs. of food at four drop-off locations. ...
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Norix Furniture donates restaurant gift cards to Central DuPage Hospital COVID-19 frontline workersMay 10, 2020 11:00 pm - The battle against COVID-19 often takes a tremendous toll on our front-line health care workers, and employees of Norix Healthcare Furniture in West Chicago chose to all...
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Barrington soccer player gets a kick out of raising money for COVID-19 reliefMay 10, 2020 1:00 am - Roman Booker gets a kick out of soccer. This weekend, he got more than 20,000 kicks, all of them for a good cause. Inspired by Captain Thomas Moore, a 100-year-old forme...
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GiGi's Playhouse launches virtual run-walk-rideMay 09, 2020 11:00 pm - GiGi's Playhouse Down syndrome Achievement Centers launched GiGi's Step to Accept Challenge, a virtual run-walk-ride designed to send a message of acceptance around the ...