Articles filed under Charities and Fundraising
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College of DuPage celebrates long-standing support from area Rotary ClubsOct 25, 2022 11:00 pm - More than 30 Rotary Club members representing 10 local rotaries participated in a recent College of DuPage Foundation celebration at the College's Glen Ellyn campus. Th...
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Water Street Naperville to host Harvest Holiday Drive-By Food & Toy Drive for West Suburban Community PantryOct 25, 2022 11:00 pm - Water Street Naperville will hold the Harvest Holiday Drive-By Food & Toy Drive on Saturday, Nov. 5, to support West Suburban Community Pantry which serves over 750 fami...
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Messmer, Constable to highlight storytelling event for Arlington Heights charityOct 25, 2022 1:00 am - Arlington Heights-based Microfinance Alliance Africa Projects Foundation will host "Thanksgiving Storytelling Fest 2022" on Friday, Nov. 18, at Campus Life Center, 150 S...
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Where a kid can be a kid: JCC Chicago, Sunrise Association offer day camp for kids battling cancerOct 24, 2022 11:00 pm - For kids battling cancer, the days can be scary, not to mention lonely. Spending days isolated from loved ones, with little to do while cooped up in a hospital room, can...
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Sycamore Autumn Craft & Treasure Market, a staple of Sycamore Pumpkin Festival, commemorates 50 yearsOct 24, 2022 11:00 pm - In 1972, milk and gasoline were less than $1 a gallon, Americans began hearing about something called Watergate, Marlon Brando made an offer that couldn't be refused, Mi...
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Vernon Hills teen creates nonprofit to tutor younger students for math competitions and moreOct 24, 2022 5:30 am - Vernon Hills teen Kandarp Vadia always had a wonder for learning math and a passion for teaching. He's been involved in math competitions since fourth grade and now focu...
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Sponsor a holiday tree for Randall Oaks Zoo's WinterfestOct 23, 2022 11:00 pm - Help the Randall Oaks Zoo get into the holiday spirit by sponsoring a tree to be displayed during Winterfest, Dec. 3-4, 10-11, and 17-18. Area businesses, organizations...
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Wheaton-Naperville Infant Welfare and CD One Price Cleaners to host 12th annual coat driveOct 23, 2022 11:00 pm - The Wheaton-Naperville Chapter of the Auxiliary of the Infant Welfare Society of Chicago, other area chapters, and local CD One Price Cleaners are sponsoring the 12th an...
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Ukrainian doctors visit Chicago-area hospitals for advice to help them in warOct 22, 2022 1:00 am - Around a dining room table in Glen Ellyn, a cellphone alarm warns of an impending air raid in Ukraine. While startling to some, three doctors - Nataliia Mizynets, Oleksa...
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When Bob met Sue: How the Tri-Cities benefited from volunteers' decades of serviceOct 21, 2022 6:00 am - Maybe it was the psychedelic lights flashing on the walls during a teen dance in 1967 at Mount St. Mary High School in St. Charles that helped a young Bob McDowell, a se...