Articles filed under Charities and Fundraising
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Boys & Girls Club gets massive mask donation in South ElginDec 18, 2020 12:00 am - One by one, pallet after pallet carrying more than 20,000 face masks each were unloaded Friday from a semitrailer in the warehouse that will serve as the future home of ...
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Rotary Club of Elgin's literacy project benefits thousands of childrenDec 17, 2020 10:00 pm - The Rotary Club of Elgin, sometimes referred to as the “Noon Club,” is participating in a communitywide project to promote reading, in collaboration with Bernie's Books....
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Do you know a Conservation Champion? MCCD taking nominations through Jan. 8Dec 17, 2020 10:00 pm - The McHenry County Conservation District is accepting nominations of individuals who are and have been "Conservation Champions for the Public Open Space of McHenry Count...
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Canadian Pacific Holiday Train donates $10K to Bensenville-Wood Dale Food PantryDec 17, 2020 10:00 pm - On Wednesday, Dec. 2, the Bensenville-Wood Dale Food Pantry received $10,000 from the Canadian Pacific Railroad Holiday Train. This marks the third year in a row that C...
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Donate to 32nd annual Chicago Bears Coat DriveDec 17, 2020 10:00 pm - The Chicago Bears Coat Drive, brought to you by Jewel-Osco, will be held at Bears Fit, 155 E Townline Road in Vernon Hills, on Saturdays and Sundays, Dec. 19-20, Jan. 2-...
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'It's a beautiful thing': How a Palatine teen helped stock suburban pantriesDec 17, 2020 5:00 am - When 16-year-old Eva Konsur read a news article this summer about a milelong line of cars at a food pantry in Texas, she decided to take action. "I thought it would be a...
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T-shirts honor former Wheeling teacher, coachDec 17, 2020 5:00 am - A second fundraiser has been established for a proposed memorial that would honor a retired Wheeling teacher and coach. Burt Perlow taught physical education and coached...
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Believe Project: $100 to help woman with breast cancerDec 17, 2020 4:30 am - Today's recipient of a $100 bill through the Believe Project is Leticia Felman of Mount Prospect. Felman wants to help a woman with stage 4 breast cancer. Here is an exc...
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Toys, toys, toys! Maple School teacher spearheads annual toy driveDec 17, 2020 12:00 am - Surrounded by giant stacks of toys lining the stairs of the Northbrook school, Maple School teachers Lynn Reimer and her student council co-sponsor Iris Zhang prepare to...
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'Elgin's Hope for the Holidays' provides gifts for more than 2,500 area kidsDec 17, 2020 12:00 am - “Elgin's Hope for the Holidays,” a combined effort of the Salvation Army Elgin Corps and the Community Crisis Center, provided Christmas gifts and other necessities for ...