Articles filed under Charities and Fundraising
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Votes for the best gingerbread house leads to a donation to DuPage PADS programDec 28, 2020 10:00 pm - Residents followed the map of gingerbread houses in local businesses to vote for their favorite decorated house. Votes were collected by making a donation to the ballot ...
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Home Run Inn donates 11,000 frozen pizzas to area food bankDec 28, 2020 10:00 pm - Home Run Inn, the family-owned frozen pizza label, has donated more than 11,000 frozen pizzas to Northern Illinois Food Bank this week, feeding nearly 45,000 people in n...
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$100 to help woman who lost her homeDec 28, 2020 4:30 am - Today's recipient of a $100 bill through the Believe Project is Judy Kribkey of Mount Prospect. She wants to give the money to her cousin. Here is an excerpt of her stor...
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Barrington community honors veteransDec 27, 2020 10:00 pm - There is a saying: “Many hands make light work.” On Dec. 19, at a few minutes before noon, people from various walks of life started to gather along the sidewalk adjacen...
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Annual Giving Tree gift drive brings yuletide cheer to MarklundDec 27, 2020 10:00 pm - Despite not having the traditional holiday activities this year, residents of Marklund in Geneva had a blast celebrating the yuletide thanks to staff, Santa, and many su...
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$100 to help family in Sri LankaDec 26, 2020 5:00 am - Today's recipient of a $100 bill through the Believe Project is Bethany Snyder-Morse of Elk Grove Village. Here is an excerpt of her story: "Sharmi is 12 years old and l...
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$100 to a relative raising two young childrenDec 25, 2020 4:30 am - Today's recipient of a $100 bill through the Believe Project is Cathlynn Peters of Palatine. She wants to give the money to her nephew. Here is an excerpt of her story: ...
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Parking lot Santa visit brings cheer to UPS for DownS familiesDec 24, 2020 5:00 am - Young Lilliani Padilla, 10, of Wadsworth rode in the car with her mother and sisters for more than hour before they arrived in Schaumburg. But the prize was worth the wa...
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Believe Project: $100 to aunt recovering from surgeryDec 24, 2020 4:30 am - Today's recipient of a $100 bill through the Believe Project is Angela Ferrazza of Arlington Heights. She wants to give the money to her aunt. Here is an excerpt of her ...
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Monarch Landing residents donate $130,000 to staff appreciation fundDec 24, 2020 12:00 am - It was contagious and unprecedented, but in a very positive way. Each year, the residents of Monarch Landing senior living community in Naperville express gratitude for...