Articles filed under Charities and Fundraising
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Meet the Cubs fan who built a man cave of hopeOct 06, 2015 1:00 am - Hope is a treasured commodity. As handy in the middle of one of life's infinite battles as it is in cheering on a baseball club that hasn't won it all in 107 years. Stew...
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Harlem Ambassadors to visit Batavia High SchoolOct 06, 2015 1:00 am - Does the term "Batavia Dream Team" conjure up thoughts of some of the greatest Batavia basketball players on the floor at the same time? It did for me, too. But we're wi...
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Tailgate party and toy drive in LibertyvilleOct 06, 2015 1:00 am - The 6th annual tailgate party and toy drive benefiting the Walter and Connie Payton Foundation will be from 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 18, at Austin's Saloon & Ea...
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Palatine Jaycees to host STEM fair ThursdayOct 06, 2015 1:00 am - The Palatine Jaycees are hosting a STEM fair at Jane Addams Elementary School Thursday night to encourage children's interest in the fields of science, technology, engin...
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Students, Northrop Grumman make prosthetic hands for kidsOct 05, 2015 11:00 pm - A prosthetic hand can change a child's life. To make simple prostheses more readily available, Northrop Grumman Corp. manufactured more than 100 hands at 12 of its campu...
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David Novak Appointed Vice President of Advancement for LSSIOct 05, 2015 11:00 pm - David Novak, 53, has been appointed Vice President of Advancement for Lutheran Social Services of Illinois (LSSI), a nonprofit, statewide social services organization ba...
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Volunteers join forces to build a new playgroundOct 04, 2015 11:00 pm - More than 400 volunteers from Discover Financial Services, the city of Park City, organizers from KaBOOM! and the community will joined forces recently to give area kids...
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Help those in need at Soup's On!Oct 04, 2015 11:00 pm - Participants can enjoy tasty fare from dozens of restaurants and food vendors while helping those in need of food and shelter at the Soup's On! fundraiser sponsored by t...
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Recycled syle on the runway at Trashion ShowOct 04, 2015 11:00 pm - Outlandish, stunningly weird ensembles have been de rigueur on fashion runways in Paris and Milan for years. On Sept. 18, an impromptu runway set up inside the Haight bu...
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Mt. Prospect kids star in fundraising videoOct 04, 2015 11:00 pm - In their never-flagging effort to raise the final funds necessary to complete the restoration of the 1896 one-room Central School and open it to school groups and the ge...