Articles filed under Charities and Fundraising
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Celebrate National Meatball Day Swedish styleMar 01, 2024 8:36 pm - Celebrate National Meatball Day Swedish style with a benefit dinner for the Swedish American Children’s Choir on Saturday, March 9, at Bethany Lutheran Church in Batavia...
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YouthBuild-Elgin improving communities, creating opportunities, and changing lives; one young person at a timeMar 01, 2024 8:17 pm - The Elgin Community welcomes YouthBuild, a new program that provides opportunities to local youth, ages 16-24, to help them complete or enhance their high school educatio...
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St. Charles RCA alumni pack meals for Loving LunchesMar 01, 2024 6:25 pm - Members of Recovery Centers of America’s St. Charles alumni group recently volunteered their time and talents to prepare and pack 160 meals for Loving Lunches, a local ...
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‘Tony n’ Tina’s Wedding’ star returns to stage in closing weekend of Steel Beam Theatre fundraiserMar 01, 2024 11:34 am - In the 1990s, producers brought Rikki Lee Travolta to Chicago to headline the romantic stage comedy “Tony n’ Tina’s Wedding.” As the groom, the handsome leading man bec...
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Garden club offers environmental scholarshipFeb 29, 2024 11:25 pm - Each year, the Backyard Garden Club of Dundee Township offers a scholarship that could be up to $2,000 to qualifying student(s) that are pursuing a career in agriculture,...
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Get ready for a strikingly good time at Clearbrook’s Love-A-BowlFeb 29, 2024 3:36 pm - Love-A-Bowl is a family bowling fundraiser that goes beyond the lanes to make a positive impact.
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Proverbial ‘one man’s trash is another man’s treasure’ finds home in new trade school in NilesFeb 29, 2024 1:43 pm - A recent aha moment for Charlie Walsh Jr. of Walsh Partners in Elmhurst led to his dropping off a truckload of abandoned bicycles at Charles H. Walsh Sr. Academy & Career...
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Ed Block Courage Award luncheon on March 12 welcomes Bears’ Jack SanbornFeb 28, 2024 11:57 am - The Bears’ Jack Sanborn and other members of the organization are scheduled to attend the annual Ed Block Courage Award Luncheon at Manzo’s Banquet, 1571 S. Elmhurst Road, Des Plaines, from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. on Tuesday, March 12.
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John Hersey High School student spreads CPR awareness through community eventFeb 28, 2024 9:05 am - It took only a harrowing moment and the ensuing fallout for her family to light a motivational fire in John Hersey High School sophomore Shyla Sood that promises to burn brightly for decades to come.
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Marmion Academy’s fishing team to host Lenten Fish Fry fundraiserFeb 28, 2024 12:05 am - Marmion Academy’s Fishing Team is having its annual Lenten Fish Fry fundraiser on Friday, March 15. It will be 3:30 to 6:30 p.m. as drive-through pickup only at the scho...