Articles filed under Volunteering
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Prospect Heights Police reach out to communitySep 30, 2014 1:01 am - Prospect Heights Police will be holding the last Community Outreach Field Trip of the 2014 Summer Program Sunday, Oct. 5. Volunteers made up of Prospect Heights police o...
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Libertyville dentist and her staff heading to Kenya on mission trip to help orphansSep 29, 2014 11:00 pm - As a local dentist, Meagan Heilman regularly helps children with their dental hygiene, but it's not every day she gets to have the same impact on children half a world a...
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Oakton raises awareness about homelessness on World Habitat DaySep 25, 2014 11:00 pm - In honor of World Habitat Day, Monday, Oct. 6, Oakton Community College will call attention to the plight of the homeless by filling the Des Plaines campus courtyard thr...
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Kitchen tours benefit Fox Valley Food for HealthSep 22, 2014 11:00 pm - Kitchen envy isn't always a bad thing. From 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 27, five new, beautiful kitchens in St. Charles and Geneva will be open for tours, with pro...
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Charity garage sale Saturday in Arlington Hts.Sep 22, 2014 1:01 am - The "Truly Priceless Garage Sale," which over the last nine years has raised almost $17,000 for charities, will be held from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 27, at 303 ...
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Sugar Grove teen's advocacy gives her directionSep 21, 2014 7:30 am - In 2013, Sarah Feltes was like a lot of teenage girls: She LOVED the band One Direction. Besides listening to the music, watching videos and trying to get her mother to ...
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Wheaton man continues quest for clean water with IronmanSep 07, 2014 7:00 am - Steve Spear still gets choked up when he thinks about where he was roughly this same time last year. An avowed hater of all things having to do with running, Spear wrapp...
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Nominations open for BG 'Heart' awardsSep 07, 2014 1:01 am - The Buffalo Grove-Lincolnshire Chamber of Commerce is taking nominations for the 2014 Heart of the Community Awards, which will be presented at the Celebration Gala Even...
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Help clean the river:Sep 05, 2014 1:01 am - Join the Illinois Water TrailKeepers for the fourth annual Des Plaines River Cleanup. The event is set for 9 a.m. Saturday at Riverwoods village hall, 300 Portwine Road....
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Dist. 62 Foundation reports at school board meetingSep 02, 2014 11:00 pm - Des Plaines Elementary School District 62 Foundation officers Susie Adams and Julie Luck Jensen reviewed the grants that were funded during the 2013-2014 school year and...