Articles filed under Charities and Fundraising
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Shelter Inc. throws milestone ballNov 17, 2012 7:00 am - Silver was the color of the evening Friday at Shelter Inc.'s 25th anniversary Charity Ball. Officials with the Arlington Heights social service agency gathered with bus...
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Post office employees collecting food in Grant Twp.Nov 16, 2012 4:44 pm - Grant Township is holding a joint effort Saturday, Nov. 17, with the Fox Lake/Ingleside postal union and the Fox Lake/Ingleside post office to restock the food pantry. ...
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Des Plaines church creates winter wonderlandNov 16, 2012 2:16 pm - Experience a mini winter wonderland at “Artistry at St. Martin’s” from noon to 4 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 18. The church is located at 1095 Thacker St., Des Plaines. The craft ...
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Knights of Columbus search for owner of missing ringNov 16, 2012 11:47 am - It could have been intentional. But if not, the Hoffman-Schaumburg Council of the Knights of Columbus wants to make sure a ring dropped into one of their “Tootsie Roll” ...
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Buffal Grove firefighters set record for MDA fund driveNov 16, 2012 6:50 am - Buffalo Grove trustees this week honored firefighters for a record-setting year in raising funds to fight muscular dystrophy. Firefighters who took part in the “Fill the...
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Toys for Tots drop offNov 15, 2012 2:41 pm - The Vernon Hills Park District’s Sullivan and Laschen Community Centers are drop-off sites for the U.S. Marine Corps Toys for Tots program. New, unwrapped toys suitable ...
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W. Chicago fire victims moved by donationsNov 15, 2012 2:32 pm - Like his neighbors in West Chicago’s Timber Lake Apartments complex, Jose Rodriguez escaped a fast-moving fire Nov. 4 with his life and little else. Shellshocked residen...
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Operation North Pole brings ‘magic’ to kids battling health problemsNov 15, 2012 10:00 am - Triplets like Jennifer, Julia and Faith McMahon, and Hayden, Hannah and Holden Miller have spent their fair share of time in hospitals as tiny newborns, but on Saturday,...
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Gurnee church packs shoe boxes with gifts for kids in needNov 15, 2012 8:59 am - Lake County families joined in a worldwide effort to bring Christmas cheer to children in need as they packed shoe boxes full of gifts Saturday at Immanuel Church in Gur...
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DuPage Community Foundation matches donors with nonprofitsNov 15, 2012 7:08 am - Usually, “the gift that keeps on giving” is a tongue-in-cheek description of the jelly-of-the-month club membership Aunt Betty gives you for the holidays. But the phrase...