Articles filed under Charities and Fundraising
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Charity spotlight: Home of the Sparrow works to end homelessness, help victims of domestic violenceApr 28, 2020 6:00 am - Home of the Sparrow provides transitional shelter, affordable housing, rapid rehousing and support services to women and their children in need, most of whom have experi...
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Tony's, Western Union on donate $100K to COVID-19 fundApr 28, 2020 1:00 am - CHICAGO - The Western Union Foundation and Tony's Charitable Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Tony's Fresh Market, will donate a total of $100,000 to the Chicago Com...
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Hawthorn District 73 PTO donates $25,000 to close technology gapApr 28, 2020 1:00 am - As part of the Hawthorn Parent Teacher Organization's annual distribution to Vernon Hills-based Hawthorn Elementary District 73, $25,000 is being provided to offset the ...
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KemperSports, Illinois PGA Foundation and FootJoy team up to support AMITA Health workers with Rain Suits for Responders ProgramApr 27, 2020 11:00 pm - KemperSports, the Illinois PGA Foundation and FootJoy have teamed up to form Rain Suits for Responders, a program to collect new or gently used men's and women's golf ra...
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Rolling Meadows HS students to present virtual 'Concert for a Cause' May 1Apr 27, 2020 11:00 pm - Yet another example of teachers' and students' determination to adapt and do important work in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic will be on public display at 7 p.m. Frid...
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Waukegan organization pays it forward by donating masks to first respondersApr 27, 2020 1:00 am - The Waukegan-based Urban Muslim Minority Alliance paid it forward Monday, donating hundreds of professional grade KN95 masks to first responders and other front-line wor...
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Operation Support Our Troops-America plans 'Shop and Drive' event May 5 to help deployed military membersApr 26, 2020 11:00 pm - Operation Support Our Troops -America will host a collection event called "Shop & Drive" to replenish needed items for the nonprofit's Comfort and Care Package Program. ...
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Aurora Area Interfaith Food Pantry struggles to feed the communityApr 26, 2020 11:00 pm - Each food distribution day, the Aurora Area Interfaith Food Pantry staff of 11 dons ventilator masks and gloves and heads out to the parking lot to load groceries into c...
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College of DuPage adjunct faculty member, local brewery owner shifts gears from beer to hand sanitizerApr 26, 2020 11:00 pm - When Church Street Brewing Company in Itasca had to close its taproom due to COVID-19, the owners, College of DuPage Business of Craft Beer adjunct faculty member Lisa G...
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Good News Sunday: Geneva family turns nightly dinners into themed occasionApr 26, 2020 7:03 am - This is Good News Sunday, a compilation of some of the more upbeat and inspiring stories published by the Daily Herald during the previous week: Twenty-one days. Twenty-...