Articles filed under Charities and Fundraising
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'Light It Up Blue' with Sugar Grove Corn Boil July 27-30Jul 19, 2017 11:00 pm - The Sugar Grove Corn Boil has partnered with Giant Steps, an organization that provides support to individuals and families affected by autism. Beginning Thursday night,...
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Golfers raise more than $120,000 for American Cancer Society in honor of local brain cancer survivorJul 19, 2017 11:00 pm - Lake Forest's Conway Farms Golf Club, host of the 2017 BMW Championship, again hosted the William T. White Jr. Memorial Golf Tournament in support of the American Cancer...
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Easter Seals DuPage & Fox Valley gets $20,000 assistive tech grantJul 19, 2017 11:00 pm - On July 2, Easter Seals DuPage & Fox Valley announced it has received a $20,000 grant from the Comcast Foundation to expand its AAC Connections Peer Mentoring Program fo...
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St. Charles family establishes nursing education fund at Central DuPage, Delnor hospitalsJul 19, 2017 11:00 pm - To honor and inspire others working in the nursing profession, Patrick and Robyn Flinn of St. Charles have made a transformational philanthropic commitment to create the...
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St. Charles to host a blood driveJul 19, 2017 11:00 pm - The Heartland Blood Centers' mobile donation bus will be in front of the St. Charles Fire Station 1, 112 N. Riverside Ave., from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday, July 28. Every...
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Barb's Rescue Launches "Expanding the Love" 2017 Capital Improvement CampaignJul 19, 2017 11:00 pm - Since Barb's Precious Rescue and Adoption Center in Palatine first opened their doors in 2014, they have been a safe haven for more than 850 cats and kittens that have b...
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Algonquin library to host blood drive WednesdayJul 19, 2017 11:00 pm - The Algonquin Area Public Library District will host a blood drive at 7 p.m. Wednesday, July 26, at the Harnish Main Library, 2600 Harnish Drive, west of Randall Road. ...
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Hosanna! Lutheran Church to host School Supply Giveaway Aug. 4Jul 19, 2017 11:00 pm - Hosanna! Lutheran Church in St. Charles is gearing up for its annual School Supply Giveaway. It will be held from 4:30 to 7 p.m. Friday, Aug. 4, at the church, 31W925 Re...
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Food bank hosts largest volunteer shiftJul 19, 2017 1:00 am - Hundreds of workers from Kellogg's filled the work floors of the Northern Illinois Food Bank in Geneva for its largest-ever volunteer food-pack operation shift. About 25...
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Help feed starving kidsJul 19, 2017 1:00 am - Christian hunger relief organization Feed My Starving Children is seeking volunteers to pack nutritious meals for hungry children worldwide at its facilities in Libertyv...