Articles filed under Charities and Fundraising
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Daybreak helps homeless families get back on their feetApr 22, 2013 8:27 am - Bringing hope and housing to homeless families has been the primary goal of Daybreak of Lisle since its inception. The nonprofit charity helps families with children bec...
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Antioch family walks to celebrate their twinsApr 22, 2013 5:30 am - After three years of working with fertility specialists, we finally learned on Dec. 27, 2011, that we were not only pregnant, but expecting twins. The feeling was truly ...
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South Elgin couple celebrates healthy daughter by walking in March for BabiesApr 22, 2013 5:30 am - Meagan’s birth could not have been more different from what was explained in prenatal classes, books, or by family and friends. I was just starting to get nervous thinki...
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Baby beat the odds, family celebrates in March for BabiesApr 22, 2013 5:30 am - In September 2011, my husband and I found out we were expecting our first child. We were ecstatic! We always wanted to have children and we had been married for more tha...
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March for Babies walks set throughout suburbsApr 22, 2013 5:20 am - When Laura and Steve Marcomb of Antioch were finally expecting twins and determined to do everything right with the pregnancy, they knew Laura should get enough folic ac...
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Family of deceased Arlington Heights Marine sends care packages to troopsApr 22, 2013 5:15 am - U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. James Stack, of Arlington Heights, made the ultimate sacrifice for his country on Nov. 10, 2010, in southern Afghanistan. His 3rd Battalion/5th Re...
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Big Hollow school selling wristbands to honor studentApr 19, 2013 11:00 pm - Students at Big Hollow Primary School in Ingleside are selling wristbands to honor a peer who died last year. So far, about 350 of the brightly colored silicone bands ha...
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Baby beat the odds, family celebrates in March for BabiesApr 18, 2013 4:31 pm - In September 2011, my husband and I found out we were expecting our first child. We were ecstatic! We always wanted to have children and we had been married for more tha...
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Schaumburg honors volunteers of the yearApr 17, 2013 1:11 pm - For the 26th year in a row, Schaumburg Tuesday recognized the nonsalaried lifeblood of the community at its Volunteer of the Year Awards Luncheon at Chandler’s Banquets....
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Anti-Poverty walk/run fundraiser set for May 4Apr 16, 2013 8:32 pm - The 6th Annual Anti-Poverty “Why I Walk/Run” fundraiser is set for Saturday, May 4. The 7K/4.3-mile run begins at 10 a.m. and the walk at 10:10 a.m. at the Community Act...