Articles filed under Charities and Fundraising
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Naperville Strong T-shirts resonating with communityJun 10, 2020 1:00 am - When Downtown Naperville merchant Joellen Elam ordered "Naperville Strong" T-shirts for her London Skye shop on Water Street, she thought they'd be big sellers for peopl...
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Lombard drives collecting blood, foodJun 10, 2020 1:00 am - Two opportunities to give back - a blood drive and a food drive - are scheduled for Wednesday, June 17, in Lombard. The blood drive is set for 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Y...
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Indian-American groups conduct food drive for Schaumburg TownshipJun 10, 2020 1:00 am - Volunteers and office bearers of the Federation of Indian Associations, FIA-Chicago and the Indian American Cultural Association (IACA) jointly conducted a food drive on...
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District 212 food service staff continues to serve the communityJun 09, 2020 11:00 pm - Many heroes have emerged during the COVID-19 pandemic, including first responders, health care professionals, teachers and other essential workers. Among those essential...
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'We'll feed anyone': That's the motto at Aurora pantry where demand has more than quadrupledJun 09, 2020 6:00 am - The Aurora Area Interfaith Food Pantry served 2,000 people a week when Cat Battista became executive director 18 months ago. Now it serves 9,000. For the past two mont...
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Constable: Great Scott! Suburban father and son build 'Back to the Future' guitarJun 09, 2020 5:33 am - As a teenager in Fort Wayne, Indiana, Steve Doner played trumpet in the high school band, and he learned enough in an electronics class to start a business setting up sp...
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St. Charles Kiwanis serves the communityJun 08, 2020 11:00 pm - Kiwanis has come a long way from the men-only, business networking club founded in Detroit in 1915. Since the early 20th century, the club has spread around the world wi...
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DuPage County Sheriff's new program benefits York Township Food PantryJun 08, 2020 11:00 pm - DuPage County Sheriff James Mendrick recently hand delivered over 250 prepackaged meals along with his team to the York Township Food Pantry to be distributed to familie...
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FIT4MOM's Suzanne Lenisa wins Bloomingdale Area Women in Business scholarshipJun 08, 2020 11:00 pm - Bloomingdale Area Women in Business named Suzanne Lenisa of FIT4MOM as this year's scholarship winner. Lenisa will be using the scholarship to achieve an American Counci...
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Salute, Inc., achieves high Seal of Transparency honorJun 07, 2020 11:00 pm - As its May campaign "Running Without a Finish Line" demonstrated to the community, Salute, Inc., is not interested in letting the COVID-19 pandemic inhibit its ability t...