Articles filed under Volunteering
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Discover your antibody test status with Red Cross blood donationJun 16, 2020 11:00 pm - For a limited time, the American Red Cross will test all blood, platelet and plasma donations for COVID-19 antibodies as an additional health service to donors. This tes...
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Fox Valley Hands of Hope needs help to provide grief counselingJun 16, 2020 6:00 am - The COVID-19 crisis has affected Fox Valley Hands of Hope's ability to fundraise and to provide services to those who are experiencing grief, loss or life-threatening il...
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Lombard Jewish congregants plant victory gardens during pandemicJun 16, 2020 6:00 am - Lombard Jewish congregants plant victory gardens during pandemic
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Marketing pro from Hoffman Estates puts skills to use helping victims of domestic violenceJun 13, 2020 1:00 am - Volunteers are defined by their willingness and effort to help others, but some have the particular know-how to do a task best. For Mary McLeod of Hoffman Estates, that ...
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Food distribution benefits families affected by COVID-19Jun 13, 2020 1:00 am - Families affected by the COVID-19 pandemic got some needed help Saturday when Glendale Heights teamed with the Northern Illinois Food Bank to distribute food and other s...
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Why we walk: Jim Gibbons 5K Run & 3K walk goes virtual to aid Leukemia Research FoundationJun 11, 2020 6:00 am - It is estimated that more than 30,000 people in the Chicago area are living with a blood cancer diagnosis. The Leukemia Research Foundation, a charity headquartered in ...
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Why we walk for LRF: 'I am not cured, I am in remission'Jun 11, 2020 6:00 am - My family and I are participating in this year's virtual Gibbons run. Carol White has inspired us to participate for the past several years and we are honored to be a pa...
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Why we walk for LRF: 'I had found an additional family for us'Jun 11, 2020 6:00 am - In October 2017, our son #SuperDeclan was diagnosed with Infant ALL (acute lymphoblastic leukemia) - he was just turning 9 months old. The shock and devastation that it...
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Why we walk for LRF: 'We bond for a common cause, experience a common purpose'Jun 11, 2020 6:00 am - I was introduced to the Leukemia Research Foundation in 1997 by a colleague and close friend, Dr. Wendy Stock. I attended the annual LRF dinner that year and was overwhe...
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Scouts post over 700 flags across Batavia on Flag DayJun 10, 2020 11:00 pm - Scouts BSA Troop 6 has been serving Batavia for almost 100 years, but their most visible contribution to community spirit is not even a decade old. For the past seven ye...