Articles filed under Charities and Fundraising
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Operation Support Our Troops to host 12th annual Rockin' For The Troops concertMay 17, 2018 11:00 pm - Operation Support Our Troops-America recently announced that tickets are now on sale for the 12th annual Rockin' For the Troops, a musical day of support for the militar...
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Annual Garden Party supports Fox Valley Hands of Hope's workMay 17, 2018 11:00 pm - Volunteers make the engine known as Geneva-based Fox Valley Helping Hands hum. And the volunteer piece is what keeps DeKalb resident and Geneva businesswoman Lenore Kula...
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Kane County Fair Board awards three scholarshipsMay 17, 2018 11:00 pm - The Kane County Fair board of directors in St. Charles has named Kristina Drendel, Megan Fidler, and Elaina Studt as its 2018 scholarship recipients. Each student, who i...
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Constable: 'Bagel Man needs a kidney,' employees' T-shirts sayMay 17, 2018 5:00 am - Gerry Geffen needs a new kidney, and those are hard to come by. His two adult children can't give one, because if Geffen's condition is inheritable they can't afford to ...
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Benches at local schools to spread message of kindness, acceptanceMay 16, 2018 11:00 pm - Lovely Candy Company, based in Algonquin, is continuing its mission of "Spreading the Love-ly" by donating Buddy Benches to schools across the Chicago area. The initiat...
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Fund raised for Pakistani deprived childrenMay 16, 2018 11:00 pm - Fund raised for Pakistani deprived children By Moon Khan Apna Wada Apse (Our Promise to You) is a nonprofit organization, created by Pakistani Americans, seeks to empowe...
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Spend an evening with Teddy Roosevelt at BACT fundraiserMay 16, 2018 1:00 am - Tickets remain available for the Barrington Area Conservation Trust event featuring Teddy Roosevelt impersonator Joe Wiegand at 7 p.m. Tuesday, May 22, at the Sanfilippo...
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How a Palatine man is helping homeless vets get back on their feetMay 16, 2018 1:00 am - Ed Behrens said the camaraderie he developed with his colleagues while in the U.S. Navy still applies today when he's asked to help veterans in need. Behrens, a member o...
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Patton Elementary students walk to make wishes come trueMay 16, 2018 1:00 am - Students, families and teachers from Patton Elementary School in Arlington Heights flooded the neighborhood Wednesday afternoon for the school's 11th annual Walkathon to...
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Bartlett friends biking to Niagara Falls for Chance the Rapper's charityMay 15, 2018 11:00 pm - Four college students who grew up as childhood friends in Bartlett are biking from Chicago to Niagara Falls this week to raise money for Chance the Rapper's youth empowe...