Articles filed under Volunteering
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Deerfield school collects holiday gifts for CASA childrenDec 04, 2013 10:57 am - The children, their teachers and support staff at the Walden Elementary School, 630 Essex Court in Deerfield, are putting together holiday gifts for some 600 abused and ...
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Operation North Pole a magical ride for very ill childrenDec 02, 2013 12:49 pm - Operation North Pole will once again share the magic of Christmas with 62 families who have a child or children suffering from life-threatening or terminal illnesses by ...
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Eagle Scout, garden club team up to highlight historic bell in LibertyvilleNov 29, 2013 12:43 pm - The Town and Country Garden Club of Libertyville this summer teamed with a local Boy Scout to raise awareness of the old Lake County courthouse bell displayed on Milwauk...
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Feed My Starving Children marks first anniversary in LibertyvilleNov 20, 2013 10:05 am - More than 60 Feed My Starving Children volunteers on Nov. 14 celebrated the anniversary of the Libertyville meal packing site at 742 E. Park Ave. and cheered at the stag...
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Retired and senior volunteers sought for student assistanceNov 18, 2013 11:59 am - The Retired & Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP), sponsored by Community Action Partnership of Lake County, makes a difference in the lives of children, families, seniors, ...
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‘Cans Across Des Plaines’ collects 7,000 itemsNov 15, 2013 3:14 pm - For the fifth consecutive year, Maine West High School students and staff assembled a half-mile long human chain Friday to help stock a Des Plaines food pantry at the De...
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Arlington Heights hero gets a new homeNov 12, 2013 4:00 am - This morning, Dan Tsutsumi will wake up in his own room for the first time in 17 months. The 27-year-old paralyzed Marine Corps veteran has been sleeping in a hospital b...
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‘North Pole’ a great day for childrenNov 11, 2013 4:00 am - Hi there! My name is Charles Severns and I was hoping to maybe share a wonderful story. I volunteer with an amazing charity called Operation North Pole which gives famil...
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Grateful for help with GEM projectNov 11, 2013 4:00 am - “It takes a village” for Southminster Presbyterian Church’s biennial God Energizing Mission (GEM) project to be successful. In early November, several local businesses, ...
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District 54, Rotary open second food pantry in a local schoolNov 11, 2013 3:45 am - Keneni Godana, an eighth-grader at Hellen Keller Junior High School in Hoffman Estates always lacked the courage to speak in public. But on Friday, she was among a core...