Articles filed under Volunteering
-
Four out of five caregivers could use your supportNov 02, 2018 12:00 am - November is National Alzheimer's Disease Awareness Month and National Family Caregivers Month. The Alzheimer's Association is recognizing and honoring the more than 15 ...
-
Volunteers needed to raise service dogs for PAWSNov 01, 2018 11:00 pm - PAWS With A Cause, a national nonprofit headquartered in Wayland, Michigan, enhances independence and improves the quality of life for families in the Chicago area throu...
-
Tips for caregivers of people with Alzheimer'sOct 30, 2018 11:00 pm - November is National Alzheimer's Disease Awareness Month and National Family Caregivers Month. The Alzheimer's Association is recognizing and honoring the more than 15 ...
-
Garden club gives landscape award to The OfficeOct 30, 2018 11:00 pm - On Sept. 24, the Pottawatomie Garden Club awarded its annual Landscape Commendation Award to The Office restaurant at 201 E. Main St., St. Charles. This award goes to a ...
-
U of I Extension honors Kane Master GardenersOct 30, 2018 11:00 pm - University of Illinois Extension celebrated its Kane County Master Gardeners with an awards and appreciation night in October. The dedicated volunteer group has already ...
-
How a seventh-grader's bar mitzvah project will help suburban homelessOct 30, 2018 6:00 am - Charlie Schwartz of Buffalo Grove and his friends had bags in their hands during a recent trip to Journeys: The Road Home in Palatine, but these were no trick-or-treat b...
-
Longtime Batavia volunteer honored with William D. Barth AwardOct 25, 2018 11:00 pm - If grief is a motivator for good, Melinda Kintz of Batavia is Exhibit A regarding how that works. After all, it was a heavy heart that led Kintz to an exemplary decade ...
-
Kane County Master Gardener earns state honorOct 23, 2018 11:00 pm - Kane County Master Gardener Sue Styer of Geneva earned an State Outstanding Master Gardener Award during the 2018 Illinois Master Gardener Conference Sept. 7 in Springfi...
-
Deadline extended for St. Charles Electric Christmas ParadeOct 23, 2018 11:00 pm - The deadline for entry in the St. Charles Electric Christmas Parade has been extended through Wednesday, Oct. 31. The parade steps off on Main Street at 5:30 p.m. Saturd...
-
Quilts of Valor volunteers provide comfort, healing to veteransOct 22, 2018 6:00 am - One night in 2003, a woman named Catherine Roberts, whose son was serving with the Army in Iraq, had a prophetic dream. She would write that she saw “a young man sitting...