Articles filed under Charities and Fundraising
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Honor Flight Chicago to fly Vietnam-era veterans in 2019Dec 12, 2018 10:00 pm - Honor Flight Chicago, the not-for-profit that has, over the past 11 years, flown more than 8,000 World War II and Korean War veterans to Washington, D.C., free of charge...
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Wanted: Women to teach women EnglishDec 12, 2018 10:00 pm - Chicago-area women are needed to help women learn English reading, writing and speaking skills at the Dominican Literacy Center in Aurora. Alison Brzezinski, the center'...
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St. Charles Charlemagne Award dinner nears century markDec 12, 2018 10:00 pm - It might be time to clear up some numbers related to St. Charles' annual Charlemagne Award, as we enter the "honors season" just after the holidays. The St. Charles Ch...
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Believe Project: $100 for 'sweet woman who never complains'Dec 12, 2018 4:20 am - Today's recipient of a $100 bill through the Believe Project is Carolyn Sweeney of Elk Grove Village. Here is an excerpt of her story: "If I had $100 to make someone's ...
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'Deck the Halls with Diapers' campaign underwayDec 12, 2018 12:00 am - Lake County businesses are joining with Twice As Nice Mother & Child in the annual "Deck the Halls with Diapers" campaign. Based in Waukegan after a recent move from Gur...
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Musical reunionDec 11, 2018 10:00 pm - Judson alumni Jeorge Holmes and Huntley Brown return to perform benefit concert
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Seniors, students join forces to help Lazarus HouseDec 11, 2018 10:00 pm - There's a reason we often see stories in newspapers or clips on television about young people presenting programs or visiting with the elderly in nursing or memory care ...
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Palatine village council chamber filled with donated toysDec 11, 2018 10:00 pm - Palatine's village council chamber showed the area's generosity this week as it was packed with gifts that will go to less fortunate children for Christmas. In what's be...
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Believe Project: Mundelein woman wants to pass $100 to her struggling sisterDec 11, 2018 4:30 am - Today's recipient of a $100 bill through the Believe Project is Barbara Tweed of Mundelein. Here is an excerpt of her story: "My younger sister, a senior who lives alon...
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Arlington Hts. police hosting Toys for Trots drop-off event SaturdayDec 11, 2018 12:00 am - The Arlington Heights Police Department will host its second annual Toys for Tots Drive Thru Drop off event Saturday in the Target parking lot at 1700 E. Rand Road. New ...