Articles filed under Charities and Fundraising
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Student assessment volunteersAug 30, 2012 4:57 pm - Volunteers are sought to evaluate and read to children as part of a collaboration between the United Way of Lake County and Waukegan District 60 to evaluate skills and s...
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Palatine to host blood drive Sept. 5Aug 30, 2012 3:13 pm - The Palatine Board of Health and Medical Reserve Corps will host the “Save 3 Lives” community blood drive from noon to 6 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 5, at village hall, 200 E....
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Family keeps dad’s spirit alive by volunteering at Naperville’s Last FlingAug 30, 2012 10:46 am - Ron Buonauro once won a $25,000 gift certificate to Hugo’s Frog Bar and Fish House in downtown Naperville. It was his prize for hitting a hole-in-one — a feat the late o...
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Student assessment volunteers:Aug 29, 2012 4:58 pm - Volunteers are sought to evaluate and read to children as part of a collaboration between the United Way of Lake County and Waukegan District 60 to evaluate skills and s...
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British charity cyclist arrives in Mt. ProspectAug 29, 2012 7:51 am - After 22 days of cycling Route 66, 63-year-old Jim Windass made it to Rainbow Hospice and Palliative Care in Mount Prospect on Monday morning. The staff of Rainbow Hosp...
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Des Plaines Community Foundation fundraiser at Rivers CasinoAug 27, 2012 4:16 pm - Come, bet on the Des Plaines Community Foundation from 4-8 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 7, at the 9th annual and only fundraiser at the Cube nightclub at the Des Plaines Rivers...
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Help clean up the beachAug 27, 2012 10:18 am - Volunteers are needed to join the Alliance for the Great Lakes annual September Adopt-a-Beachâ„¢ cleanup, part of the International Coastal Cleanup. Volunteers can join ...
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Charity seeks warehouse space in Lake CountyAug 26, 2012 11:46 am - The Society of St. Vincent de Paul Chicago is seeking a donor in central Lake County to provide about 1,500 square feet of temporary warehouse pace to be used in Septemb...
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Geneva foundation’s Concert for a Cure benefits Parkinson’s researchAug 25, 2012 11:11 am - Joanie Fisher of Elgin was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease nine years ago. Four years ago, she heard about the Paul Ruby Foundation, which raises money for research r...
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Chinese turn to microblogs for donationsAug 25, 2012 8:17 am - BEIJING — Nine months after Ma Chunhua’s baby was born, bruises began appearing all over the daughter’s tiny frame. When doctors this spring diagnosed it as leukemia, Ma...