Articles filed under Charities and Fundraising
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We're extending the Believe Project through the end of February. Now, who should get $100?Dec 19, 2020 12:00 am - Last month, we invited you to participate in our annual Believe Project by telling us how you would use $100 to help another person. The response was overwhelming. Sugge...
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Constable: Roller coaster year ends on a high note for both kidney recipient and donorDec 19, 2020 12:00 am - College student Ally Hembd has spent most of 2020 sheltering in her Wheeling home, hooked up to a dialysis machine and hoping to find a donor who would give her a kidney...
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Believe Project: $100 to help struggling sister-in-lawDec 18, 2020 4:30 am - Today's recipient of a $100 bill through the Believe Project is Mary Ann Zemla of Palatine. Here is an excerpt of her story: "My sister-in-law ... gave up her job (age 7...
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Holiday Lights Contest Editor's Choice Winner: Lake CountyDec 18, 2020 12:00 am - Brett Safron, who lives at 11 Copperwood Drive in Buffalo Grove, is the Editor's Choice winner for Lake County in the Daily Herald's annual holiday lights contest, prese...
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Salvation Army Aurora Corps provides thousands of toys to familiesDec 18, 2020 12:00 am - A long line of cars circled the Galena Square parking lot Friday outside the Salvation Army toy distribution warehouse in a former store. This year, the Salvation Army A...
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Reindeer wash cars to benefit Lazarus HouseDec 18, 2020 12:00 am - Reindeer wash cars in West Chicago to benefit Lazarus House
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Boys & Girls Club gets massive mask donation in South ElginDec 18, 2020 12:00 am - One by one, pallet after pallet carrying more than 20,000 face masks each were unloaded Friday from a semitrailer in the warehouse that will serve as the future home of ...
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Rotary Club of Elgin's literacy project benefits thousands of childrenDec 17, 2020 10:00 pm - The Rotary Club of Elgin, sometimes referred to as the “Noon Club,” is participating in a communitywide project to promote reading, in collaboration with Bernie's Books....
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Do you know a Conservation Champion? MCCD taking nominations through Jan. 8Dec 17, 2020 10:00 pm - The McHenry County Conservation District is accepting nominations of individuals who are and have been "Conservation Champions for the Public Open Space of McHenry Count...
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Canadian Pacific Holiday Train donates $10K to Bensenville-Wood Dale Food PantryDec 17, 2020 10:00 pm - On Wednesday, Dec. 2, the Bensenville-Wood Dale Food Pantry received $10,000 from the Canadian Pacific Railroad Holiday Train. This marks the third year in a row that C...