Articles filed under Charities and Fundraising
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Waukegan organization pays it forward by donating masks to first respondersApr 27, 2020 1:00 am - The Waukegan-based Urban Muslim Minority Alliance paid it forward Monday, donating hundreds of professional grade KN95 masks to first responders and other front-line wor...
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Operation Support Our Troops-America plans 'Shop and Drive' event May 5 to help deployed military membersApr 26, 2020 11:00 pm - Operation Support Our Troops -America will host a collection event called "Shop & Drive" to replenish needed items for the nonprofit's Comfort and Care Package Program. ...
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Aurora Area Interfaith Food Pantry struggles to feed the communityApr 26, 2020 11:00 pm - Each food distribution day, the Aurora Area Interfaith Food Pantry staff of 11 dons ventilator masks and gloves and heads out to the parking lot to load groceries into c...
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College of DuPage adjunct faculty member, local brewery owner shifts gears from beer to hand sanitizerApr 26, 2020 11:00 pm - When Church Street Brewing Company in Itasca had to close its taproom due to COVID-19, the owners, College of DuPage Business of Craft Beer adjunct faculty member Lisa G...
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Good News Sunday: Geneva family turns nightly dinners into themed occasionApr 26, 2020 7:03 am - This is Good News Sunday, a compilation of some of the more upbeat and inspiring stories published by the Daily Herald during the previous week: Twenty-one days. Twenty-...
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200 families served at Harvest Bible Chapel drive-through food pantryApr 25, 2020 1:00 am - Volunteers provided 200 families with groceries during a weekly drive-through food pantry at Harvest Bible Chapel in Rolling Meadows Saturday. The drive-up food pantry s...
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Elgin Butera manager, wife on ventilators due to COVID-19Apr 25, 2020 1:00 am - The manager of a Butera Market in Elgin and his wife have been placed on ventilators while fighting COVID-19, and their relatives say they are grateful for the outpourin...
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Balmoral, other Campton Hills restaurants pay it forward during pandemicApr 24, 2020 5:25 am - Colin Smith, owner of the Balmoral Restaurant in Campton Hills, can remember being hungry as a child in Scotland - and getting help from strangers. So when schools and o...
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Lake County United Way COVID-19 relief fund passes $500,000Apr 24, 2020 1:00 am - In just over a month, the United Way of Lake County has raised more than $500,000 from individuals, organizations and corporations through its COVID-19 Community Respons...
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'Elgin Strong' T-shirt sale launched by Symonds-Madison Funeral HomeApr 23, 2020 11:00 pm - Joy Symonds of Symonds-Madison Funeral Home has launched a two-week campaign to sell "Elgin Strong" T-shirts for adults and children. A portion of the sales will benefi...