Articles filed under Charities and Fundraising
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Annual Ryan's Run to take place in Vernon HillsAug 25, 2014 11:00 pm - Northwestern Medicine Lake Forest Hospital will partner with The Ryan Briere Foundation for the fourth annual Ryan's Run, hospital officials announced. Proceeds from Rya...
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Former Marine aims to make suburbs safe for all sexual orientationsAug 25, 2014 11:01 am - Brad Setter knows what it's like to be judged. In some ways, it's shaped his life. Setter served in the Marine Corps from 2007 to 2011, the end of his service essentiall...
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Food bank trying to help suburbanites struggling even with jobsAug 25, 2014 5:15 am - Geneva-based agency finds hungry people with jobs or in wealthy suburbs
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Wounded veteran gets new truck at Cougars gameAug 24, 2014 11:00 pm - Friday's Kane County Cougars game offered more to celebrate than just the team's win over the Clinton LumberKings. Members of the AFFI Warrior Program and local firefig...
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Girl who used periwinkle to best leukemia blossoms into comicAug 24, 2014 7:30 am - In 1998, 8-year-old Lisa Mongillo of Arlington Heights took a Make-A-Wish trip to Hawaii to see the periwinkle flower used to make one of the leukemia drugs doctors hoped would save her life. Now, she's a comedian in a two-woman show and works for a charity that helps kids.
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Adaptive sports group hosts 5K:Aug 24, 2014 1:01 am - Great Lakes Adaptive Sports Association will host the 7th Annual 5k Twilight Run, Walk, Roll & Post-Race Party on Saturday, Sept. 6. The race will begin at the Gorton Co...
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ColorBlast 5K returns to Arlington HeightsAug 23, 2014 1:01 am - The streets of downtown Arlington Heights were splattered red, yellow, blue and everything in between Saturday morning, thanks to the Active Care ColorBlast 5K. The run,...
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Chicago Archdiocese cool to ice bucket challengeAug 22, 2014 1:01 am - The Archdiocese of Chicago is a little cool on the Ice Bucket Challenge that has recently gone viral on social media and raised millions for the ALS Association. W...
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Archdiocese cautions schools on ice bucket challengeAug 22, 2014 1:01 am - The Archdiocese of Chicago is telling principals of its schools that if they take part in the ice bucket challenge to raise funds to fight Lou Gehrig's disease to ask th...
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3 accused of organ-donation fraudAug 22, 2014 1:01 am - Three Southwest suburban residents have been indicted on charges that allege they stole hundreds of thousands of dollars from a group that coordinates organ and tissue d...