Articles filed under Charities and Fundraising
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Church, restaurant join forces to serve Thankgiving dinner to needyNov 14, 2012 1:14 pm - With the help of local donations, an East Dundee restaurateur is teaming up with an Elgin church to bring free Thanksgiving meals to the northern Fox Valley. Beverardo S...
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Feed My Starving Children opens center in LibertyvilleNov 14, 2012 12:27 pm - Hair nets were in vogue — as was a sense of camaraderie and fulfillment — as scores of volunteers Wednesday packed food for starving children at the opening of a major r...
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District 50 kicks off its annual holiday fdood driveNov 14, 2012 11:15 am - Woodland Elementary School District 50 will host a Holiday Food Drive to help feed families in the school district through Dec. 13. “Please join me in celebrating this s...
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Arlington Hts. food drive runs through Nov. 20Nov 13, 2012 3:00 pm - The third annual Arlington Food Drive is looking for donations through Tuesday, Nov. 20. Local residents are asked to help contribute to the effort to restock the shelv...
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Lake Barrington business helps Salvation Army distribute Christmas treesNov 13, 2012 1:53 pm - More than 400 gently used Christmas trees have been donated to The Salvation Army as part of the second annual artificial tree trade-in program with Treetime Christmas C...
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Rotary Reads program visits local classroomsNov 13, 2012 11:43 am - The Libertyville Sunrise Rotary Club recently held the seventh annual “Rotary Reads” program in local elementary schools. Steve Risley of the Libertyville Sunrise Rotary...
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Cutler hurt in close loss, but no close shaves in 'Movember'Nov 12, 2012 10:00 pm - The concussion-inducing wallop delivered by Texans linebacker Tim Dobbins knocked the Bears quarterback Jay Cutler out of the game, out of his Monday radio show and mayb...
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Toys for Tots in MundeleinNov 12, 2012 8:39 am - State Rep. Ed Sullivan, of Mundelein, has teamed up with Century 21 to volunteer their offices as a Toys for Tots drop-off site for this holiday season. The offices are ...
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Run at MHS on ThanksgivingNov 11, 2012 10:34 am - The Mundelein High School track and cross country teams will host a Thanksgiving Day 5-kilometer run. The race will start at 8:30 a.m. at the school, 1350 W. Hawley St. ...
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Buffalo Grove leads in ‘Fill the Boot’ effortNov 11, 2012 9:56 am - The Buffalo Grove Fire Department collected $24,047 this year for the Muscular Dystrophy Association. This is the 16th consecutive year the department has collected the ...