Articles filed under Charities and Fundraising
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Mom of cancer patient brings holiday cheer to medical team at Central DuPageDec 20, 2020 6:00 am - In September, 5-year-old Averie Lazzara of South Elgin finished nearly 2.5 years of medical treatment. Averie was under the care of the pediatric oncology team at Northw...
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$100 to cheer up mom during the holidayDec 20, 2020 5:00 am - Today's recipient of a $100 bill through the Believe Project is Sally Lynn Crane of Lincolnshire. She wants to give the money to her 84-year-old mother. Here is an exce...
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'Not forgotten': Veterans receive holiday meals in SchaumburgDec 20, 2020 12:00 am - The Rotary Club of Schaumburg and Hoffman Estates joined forces Sunday with the Trickster Cultural Center to give meals to veterans for the holidays. Rotarians and the N...
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Fox Valley Orthopedics helps children in need celebrate the holidaysDec 20, 2020 12:00 am - This year, physicians and employees at Fox Valley Orthopedics kicked off their holiday season by giving to local children through the Salvation Army-Elgin, Salvation Arm...
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Aurora prepares to feed 1,500 more families for ChristmasDec 19, 2020 10:00 pm - For the seventh time since the pandemic began, the state's second-largest city is hosting a citywide pop-up food pantry, just in time for Christmas. The City of Aurora i...
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Believe Project: $100 to help friend with medical issuesDec 19, 2020 6:00 am - Today's recipient of a $100 bill through the Believe Project is Eileen Smith of Des Plaines. She wants to give the money to a friend. Here is an excerpt of her story: "I...
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How to give meaningfully, directly and fastDec 19, 2020 5:20 am - In October, my friend JJ Ramberg, founder of social podcasting app GoodPods in Los Angeles, put out a request for her 50th birthday: She asked loved ones to send food or...
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Suburban Hero: Amid pandemic, Maine South student ensures blood drive goes onDec 19, 2020 12:00 am - Carter Collins had to scramble when he found out the usual location for his third annual Park Ridge community blood drive wouldn't be available this year, and that his p...
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We're extending the Believe Project through the end of February. Now, who should get $100?Dec 19, 2020 12:00 am - Last month, we invited you to participate in our annual Believe Project by telling us how you would use $100 to help another person. The response was overwhelming. Sugge...
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Constable: Roller coaster year ends on a high note for both kidney recipient and donorDec 19, 2020 12:00 am - College student Ally Hembd has spent most of 2020 sheltering in her Wheeling home, hooked up to a dialysis machine and hoping to find a donor who would give her a kidney...