Articles filed under Charities and Fundraising
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Shelves nearly bare at Milton Township food pantrySep 25, 2014 1:01 am - The Milton Township food pantry is starved for cash. And unless there's a rapid influx of donations, the hundreds of people who rely on the Wheaton facility may have to ...
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Kiwanis Peanut Days in Des Plaines Friday and SaturdaySep 24, 2014 1:01 am - Volunteers with the Kiwanis Club of Des Plaines will again be on the streets for the club's annual Peanut Days fundraiser Friday and Saturday. Club members will be accep...
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Mt. Prospect Jaycees is holding Zombie Pub CrawlSep 24, 2014 1:01 am - The 3rd annual Mount Prospect Jaycees Zombie Pub Crawl is 5 p.m. Saturday at Randhurst Village, Rand and Elmhurst Roads, Mount Prospect. Due to the popularity of the eve...
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Wheaton Warrenville athletes lend hand in communitySep 23, 2014 11:00 pm - More than 250 varsity student-athletes from Wheaton Warrenville South High School will perform community service projects Sunday as part of the third annual Tiger Day of...
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Naperville 'Big Ball' soccer tourney to fight spinal muscular diseaseSep 23, 2014 5:15 am - Event organizers for the first Big Ball Soccer Tournament in Naperville are practicing their soccer puns, if not so much their soccer skills, in advance of a new event s...
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Kitchen tours benefit Fox Valley Food for HealthSep 22, 2014 11:00 pm - Kitchen envy isn't always a bad thing. From 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 27, five new, beautiful kitchens in St. Charles and Geneva will be open for tours, with pro...
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'We know his brother is watching over him'Sep 22, 2014 1:01 am - After a year of marriage, my husband, John, and I decided to try to get pregnant. Much to our disbelief, we were pregnant after only two months of trying. Several weeks ...
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'She is perfect, too perfect for this world'Sep 22, 2014 1:01 am - I called Jose from the doctor's office bathroom to let him know that I was in fact pregnant. I remember crying when I told him because I was afraid, but then he said to ...
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Glen Ellyn youth team to create memorial for girl who died of cancerSep 22, 2014 1:01 am - A new memorial in Glen Ellyn will allow Caitrin Gadomski's memory to live forever among the trees in Newton Park. Members of the park district's Glen Ellyn Golden Eagle...
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'Here we were, facing the hardest decision of our lives'Sep 22, 2014 1:01 am - I struggled with infertility for two years, and it was with great joy I learned I was pregnant with the help of a reproductive endocrinologist and IVF in September 2009....