Articles filed under Volunteering
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Elgin community has students' back at annual school supplies giveawayAug 08, 2015 1:00 am - Mosquitoes and grasshoppers, but no pillows, made for an unquiet night, but the Menchaca family didn't mind missing sleep to be first in the door at Elgin Community Coll...
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Volunteers spruce up Lambs FarmAug 07, 2015 1:00 am - Highland Park Target store employees spent Friday helping spruce up Lambs Farm in Green Oaks. "This is a very good experience for me, especially since I'm leaving for s...
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Lemonade Brigade raises money in memory of 'vivacious' Hanover Park boyAug 06, 2015 1:00 am - Hanover Park toddler drowned Saturday during camping trip
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Adopt a highwayAug 06, 2015 1:00 am - The Lake County Division of Transportation is accepting applications through Friday, Aug. 28, for enrollment in the Lake County Adopt A Highway program. Participants mus...
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Prospect Hts. Eagle Scout dresses up city hallAug 06, 2015 1:00 am - The Prospect Heights City Hall has new landscaping and benches thanks to Prospect Heights resident Joey Salemi. Salemi, 16, has been a Boy Scout for more than six years...
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Service, song at heart of St. Viator campAug 03, 2015 11:00 pm - There was a buzz of excitement at Saint Viator High School for a week in July as more than 120 students - incoming freshmen, current students and young alumni - gathered...
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Streamwood residents hold anti-heroin walkAug 02, 2015 11:00 pm - Streamwood residents walked together on Saturday, July 11, to promote heroin awareness and seek a safer, drug-free community. The group was escorted down Park Boulevard,...
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Women's sewing helps St. Alexius patients healAug 02, 2015 11:00 pm - A group of women working behind the scenes at St. Alexius Medical Center in Hoffman Estates create handmade items for nearly every unit in the hospital. They call themse...
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Hoffman Estates temple helps harvest onions in IsraelAug 02, 2015 11:00 pm - In June, 49 members of Beth Tikvah Congregation in Hoffman Estates traveled to Israel. As part of their trip they partnered with Leket, Israel's largest food bank, to he...
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Longtime volunteer wins Arlington Hts. Kenneth Hood awardJul 31, 2015 1:00 am - When Julie Wright started volunteering at the Arlington Heights Senior Center nearly 30 years ago she was too young to participate in the programs there. At 81, she is s...