Articles filed under Charities and Fundraising
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18th Brain Tumor WalkApr 24, 2016 1:00 am - The 18th Vernon Hills Brain Tumor Walk is set for Saturday, May 7, at Century Park in Vernon Hills. Check-in and registration will open at 8:30 a.m., with the 2-mile wal...
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Martial art students celebrate Earth Day in ElginApr 23, 2016 11:00 pm - Students and their families from Kyuki-Do Martial Arts of Elgin celebrated Earth Day by volunteering at Hawthorne Hill Nature Center on Saturday, April 23. Roughly 35 v...
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Wonderdog Walk benefits Normal MomentsApr 23, 2016 11:00 am - When Patricia Fragen's daughter, Melissa, was fighting metastatic osteosarcoma, Fragen was desperate to have more time to spend with her. Time to talk, to laugh, to cry,...
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Streamwood students, volunteers pitch in for annual Comcast Cares DayApr 23, 2016 1:00 am - Streamwood High School got a facelift Saturday, as more than 300 students and volunteers took part in the school's third annual Comcast Cares Day. Some set to work sprea...
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Donations down for suburban military charityApr 22, 2016 6:00 am - A little more than five years after Lance Corp. James Stack of Arlington Heights was killed in Afghanistan, his memory lives on in the form of a fundraiser that brighten...
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Huntley Knight recognized for honor guard serviceApr 21, 2016 11:00 pm - Sir Knight Don Oomens was presented a certificate of recognition for his valuable contribution to the Knights of Columbus Bishop Arthur J. O'Neill Fourth Degree Assembly...
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Annual fundraiser by local Primrose Schools raises $5,870Apr 21, 2016 11:00 pm - The Primrose School of South Elgin and the Primrose School of Algonquin held a Spring Fling Family Dance Night on April 22 at Dundee Middle School. The schools raised $5...
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Join Epworth United Methodist Women for salad luncheonApr 21, 2016 11:00 pm - Epworth United Methodist Women invite everyone in the community to the annual salad luncheon from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday, May 19, at the church, 37W040 Highland Ave....
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South Elgin run helps seniors get pet foodApr 21, 2016 1:00 am - Mary Lou and Roger Baldwin of Elgin get a 20-pound bag of dry dog food, a three-pound bag of dry cat food and up to three cases of canned cat food every three months - a...
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Students' 5K to fund room makeover for recovering Hanover Park girlApr 21, 2016 1:00 am - Makayla Nemcik leans against her mom and tunes out her frustrating world. Her mom starts to talk about Makayla's cancer diagnosis at 7 years old, how she lost her brown ...