Articles filed under Charities and Fundraising
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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...
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Believe Project: $100 to help struggling sister-in-lawDec 18, 2020 4:30 am - Today's recipient of a $100 bill through the Believe Project is Mary Ann Zemla of Palatine. Here is an excerpt of her story: "My sister-in-law ... gave up her job (age 7...
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Holiday Lights Contest Editor's Choice Winner: Lake CountyDec 18, 2020 12:00 am - Brett Safron, who lives at 11 Copperwood Drive in Buffalo Grove, is the Editor's Choice winner for Lake County in the Daily Herald's annual holiday lights contest, prese...
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Salvation Army Aurora Corps provides thousands of toys to familiesDec 18, 2020 12:00 am - A long line of cars circled the Galena Square parking lot Friday outside the Salvation Army toy distribution warehouse in a former store. This year, the Salvation Army A...
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Reindeer wash cars to benefit Lazarus HouseDec 18, 2020 12:00 am - Reindeer wash cars in West Chicago to benefit Lazarus House
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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 ...