Articles filed under Volunteering
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Volunteers perform a middle school makeover in InglesideJun 20, 2019 1:00 am - A well-coordinated team of more than 500 volunteers traded office wear for work clothes Thursday for a makeover inside and out at Gavin South Middle School in Ingleside....
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Marklund Wasmond Center to host Summer GamesJun 18, 2019 11:00 pm - The Marklund Wasmond Center in Elgin will hold its annual Summer Games event for residents Saturday, June 29. The center, formerly known as Little Angels, is a resident...
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College youth speak about mission trip at Flowing Forth UMC serviceJun 17, 2019 11:00 pm - A trio of Fox Valley college students and a Methodist pastor spent May 26-June 1 helping build a home for a family in Reynosa, Mexico. Lindsey Wegner of Batavia and Anna...
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Volunteers are need for Vietnam memorial coming to West Dundee July 4-7Jun 17, 2019 11:00 pm - The Wall That Heals, a three-quarter scale replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial along with a mobile Education Center, is coming to West Dundee at Randall Oaks Park. ...
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Aurora Lions learn tips for saving on utilitiesJun 17, 2019 11:00 pm - An electricity salesman at your door? Be careful about people who say they're from the "electric company" and offer to lower your bill. That was among five tips to avoid...
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Why has Palatine food pantry scavenger hunt grown ninefold in 10 years? 'Kids love it'Jun 17, 2019 5:33 am - An annual food pantry scavenger hunt in Palatine will travel through a record 95-block radius on its 10th anniversary next week, representing a ninefold increase since t...
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Jacobs grad helps underprivileged children get first bicyclesJun 15, 2019 1:00 am - Learning to ride a bicycle is a key childhood milestone. Yet, for some suburban children, the privilege of owning one is beyond their reach. That's where Justin Lorenz h...
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Constable: Teen advocates for others as she waits for new lungsJun 15, 2019 1:00 am - Nineteen-year-old Maddi Bertrand of Glen Ellyn is a leading voice in a somber new video by The New York Times, which notes that 11,000 Americans will die this year while...
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Plato Center club to host potluck June 21Jun 11, 2019 11:00 pm - On Friday, June 21, the Plato Center for Home and Community Education will meet for the annual potluck luncheon at noon at Nancy Haire's home. Gina Kelm and Ann Rempfer...
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William Kelley to receive Distinguished Public Service Award from Northwest Suburban Bar AssociationJun 06, 2019 11:00 pm - William F. Kelley will be presented with the President's Award for Distinguished Public Service by the Northwest Suburban Bar Association on June 13. Kelley currently s...