Articles filed under Charities and Fundraising
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Dist. 128 teachers get grants for innovative projectsNov 28, 2012 8:24 am - Sixteen innovative projects at Libertyville and Vernon Hills high schools have been awarded grants from a local community foundation. Some of the proposals will use iPad...
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Empty Bowl fundraiser at Oakton SaturdayNov 27, 2012 11:53 am - Oakton Community College’s Ninth Annual Empty Bowls fundraiser from 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 1, at the Des Plaines campus, 1600 East Golf Road, features hundr...
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Oakton students brave cold to experience homelessnessNov 27, 2012 11:24 am - With the sun rising behind them, a handful of Oakton Community College students huddled around a fire Wednesday morning to keep warm after spending a night out in the co...
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Black Friday, Cyber Monday give way to #Giving TuesdayNov 27, 2012 4:00 am - After feeding our economic gluttony with heaping helpings of commercialism on Black Friday, Small Business Saturday and Cyber Monday, stuffed Americans could use a littl...
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Lake Zurich helping Hurricane Sandy victimsNov 26, 2012 5:30 pm - Lake Zurich’s Knights of Columbus Queen of Peace Council will host a fundraiser Saturday, Dec. 1 to benefit Hurricane Sandy victims. Doors open at 7 p.m. at 365 Surryse ...
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Happy Caps helps hospital patients think good thoughtsNov 26, 2012 1:00 pm - When Ellen Hart of Wood Dale sat with her sister during her chemotherapy treatments years ago, she said their time together was not sad. In fact, it was quite the opposi...
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Wheaton program helps those with disabilities connect, build friendshipsNov 26, 2012 1:00 pm - Amanda Hempe of Winfield, a young woman with cognitive delays, looks forward to Saturday nights when she attends Connection of Friends. At the new Wheaton-based program...
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Glen Ellyn businessman gives charities a boostNov 26, 2012 10:00 am - Shaun Emerson and his friends were having breakfast one day when they started talking about social entrepreneurship — the increasingly popular 21st century practice of u...
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At 87, Arlington Hts. woman still driven to fight polioNov 25, 2012 6:59 am - A little girl stared up at Mary Stitt from a dirt ground a world away. Only 7 years old, the Nigerian girl couldn’t walk, couldn’t go to school, couldn’t play with her f...
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Palatine’s Yellow Ribbon needs your Beanie BabiesNov 23, 2012 2:40 pm - You probably never thought that riffling through your closets, attics and packed away boxes at home could — in a small way — strengthen international relations. The Yell...