Articles filed under Volunteering
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Pastor blesses Habitat for Humanity house, future homeownersAug 28, 2017 11:00 pm - The Rev. Grace Imathiu, pastor at Community United Methodist Church in Naperville, prayed over wheat seeds during a blessing of Fox Valley Habitat for Humanity's Faith B...
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Texas flooding prompts LifeSource call for blood donors across Chicago areaAug 27, 2017 11:00 pm - AUGUST 28, 2017 - ROSEMONT, IL - Blood donors across the Chicago area and throughout the entire U.S. are being asked to give blood as soon as possible over the next seve...
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Realtors pitch in to help Faith Community HomesAug 27, 2017 11:00 pm - A group of real estate agents from Baird & Warner in Arlington Heights took on a new challenge this summer: collecting a variety of silent auction items for a charity fu...
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Seniors from St. Charles' Brighton Gardens volunteer at Northern Illinois Food BankAug 27, 2017 11:00 pm - To create a picture in your mind that the senior citizens living at Brighton Gardens of St. Charles basically eat, sleep and watch TV all day would be a terribly inaccur...
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Patriotic party welcomes home Honor Flight veterans in SchaumburgAug 26, 2017 1:00 am - Hundreds of flag-waving supporters welcomed home two busloads of suburban veterans as they returned Saturday night from their Honor Flight to Washington D.C. The veteran...
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PHD women's counseling center closes after 46 years in Northwest suburbsAug 24, 2017 1:00 am - Heavier competition for private-sector donations from nonprofit agencies that previously depended on state revenue was a significant factor in the closure of a longtime ...
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Prospect Heights creating nature preserve with help from volunteersAug 24, 2017 1:00 am - Previously an overgrown thicket scattered with trash, the Prospect Heights Parks District is transforming land into a nature preserve. The park district and volunteers,...
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Help plant oak trees at Dick Young Forest Preserve Sept. 30Aug 23, 2017 11:00 pm - Help plant hundreds of oak trees in under three hours! The Forest Preserve District of Kane County is calling for volunteers of all ages to help plant trees at Dick Youn...
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Schaumburg blood drive:Aug 23, 2017 1:00 am - The village of Schaumburg encourages the public to participate in the next community blood drive from 3:30 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 31, at The Barn, 231 Civic Drive. ...
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Literacy volunteers needed for adult learnersAug 20, 2017 11:00 pm - Literacy Volunteers Fox Valley needs volunteers to help Fox Valley adults learn English. A four-session tutor training workshop will be held from 6:30 to 9 p.m. Tuesdays...