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Lisle Lions Club offers $500 renewable scholarshipMar 13, 2026 12:05 am - The Lisle Lions Club Educational Foundation offers a $500 scholarship to high school seniors living in Lisle's 60532 ZIP code, renewable annually up to three times for a total of $2,000.
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Pottawatomie Garden Club opens applications for $4,000 scholarshipsMar 12, 2026 10:25 pm - The Pottawatomie Garden Club will award two $4,000 scholarships to students living in St. Charles Unit District 303 boundaries who plan to major in horticulture, landscape architecture, environmental science or related fields.
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American Red Cross honors State Farm with the 2026 Mission Leader AwardMar 12, 2026 12:04 pm - State Farm received the 2026 Mission Leader Award from the American Red Cross for contributing over $3 million annually and decades of support through disaster preparedness programs and emergency response initiatives.
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Flannau and Quijote Duos unite for ‘Hammer & Bow’ concert at Elgin ChurchMar 11, 2026 12:01 pm - Acclaimed chamber music performers Flannau Duo and Quijote Duo will appear together in the next installment of First Congregational’s 2026 Lenten Concert Series. They will perform their "Hammer & Bow" program, featuring viola, cello, piano and percussion with premieres by Jorge Amado, Ben Zucker, and Sixto Franco.
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Award-winning poets, authors offer their talents at The Literacy Connection’s Poetry FestivalMar 10, 2026 11:43 pm - “Writing Down Our Roots” is this year’s theme for the second annual Poetry & Literacy Festival fundraiser for The Literacy Connection on Saturday, April 25.
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International Sisterhood of P.E.O. awards grant to St. Charles studentMar 09, 2026 11:05 pm - Patricia Anderson, a student at Walden University in Minneapolis, Minnesota, was awarded a P.E.O. Program for Continuing Education Grant from the P.E.O. Sisterhood. She was sponsored by Chapter MW of St. Charles.
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Fighting lung disease, one step at a timeMar 08, 2026 5:43 pm - Firefighters joined hundreds of others fighting lung disease one step at a time during Sunday’s Fight for Air Climb at the Oakbrook Terrace Tower.
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Juel Ulven to be inducted into Arts Hall of Fame 50 years after founding popular folk festivalMar 08, 2026 8:15 am - Juel Ulven, founder of the Fox Valley Folklore Society, will be inducted posthumously into the Fox Valley Arts Hall of Fame on Friday, March 27, at Eagle Brook Country Club in Geneva.
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Marklund seeks volunteers for inaugural Elgin 5K Run, Walk & Roll eventMar 06, 2026 5:46 pm - Marklund seeks volunteers for its Inaugural Run, Walk & Roll-Elgin 5K/1Mile event on Sunday, April 26. Volunteers can serve as course marshals, race sweepers, food tent assistants, registration assistants, and course cheerleaders.
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Rotary International headquarters receives fourth LEED Gold certification for environmental sustainabilityMar 06, 2026 5:29 pm - One Rotary Center — the Evanston-based world headquarters of global membership organization Rotary International -- was LEED Gold recertified by the U.S. Green Building Council in late 2025.
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