Articles filed under Charities and Fundraising
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Garden gets grant:Jun 02, 2014 1:01 am - The Vernon Area Public Library received a $650 grant from the Lincolnshire Garden Club to enhance the library's vegetable garden. The grant has enabled the library, at 3...
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Golf with a sports star June 25Jun 02, 2014 1:01 am - Golf foursomes will be paired with a retired professional athlete at the Hoffman Estates Parks Foundation's annual Scott R. Triphahn Celebri-tee Golf Outing June 25 at B...
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Gurnee mayor: Don't give money to panhandlersJun 02, 2014 1:00 am - Gurnee Mayor Kristina Kovarik says she wants to stop what appears to be a growing number of panhandlers in the village. After visiting a village mall, Kovarik said Mond...
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GLOW 5K benefits reading, honors Jeanine NicaricoJun 01, 2014 11:00 pm - Not a day goes by that Naperville's Nicarico family isn't forced to remember the tragedy that stole their 10-year-old daughter Jeanine from them 31 years ago. But that f...
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Group celebrates years of helping othersJun 01, 2014 1:01 am - Sunday marked an important milestone for Emmaus House of Hospitality in Lake Zurich. It marked the end of its 14th year of the nonprofit group's providing community dinn...
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Brandon Marshall, biker buddies raise money for mental illnessMay 31, 2014 1:01 am - Marshall's event raises money, awareness for mental health issues
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Cops stake out Dunkin' Donuts in Third Lake to raise money for charityMay 30, 2014 1:01 am - When the Lake County Tactical Response Team truck rolls in, there's a big job to be done - and that's just what was needed Friday morning in Third Lake. About 20 members...
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Police climb onto rooftops for Special OlympicsMay 30, 2014 1:01 am - Hundreds of police officers in Illinois climbed onto the rooftops of Dunkin' Donuts shops Friday morning to raise money for Special Olympics. Police collected money for ...
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Wauconda High gets $22,000 from foundationMay 30, 2014 1:01 am - A charitable foundation has given more than $22,000 in grants to Wauconda High School staffers for a variety of projects. Computer tablets, projectors and graphic novels...
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Arlington Heights firefighters raise money for medical researchMay 30, 2014 1:00 am - Last year, Arlington Heights firefighters raised more than $19,300 for the Muscular Dystrophy Association, dedicated to curing muscular dystrophy, ALS and related diseas...