Articles filed under Volunteering
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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...
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Aurora Noon Lions Club celebrate eclipse with sweet treatsAug 20, 2017 11:00 pm - A solar eclipse event in Aurora didn't just offer a spectacle for Aurora Noon Lions Club members. Earlier it offered some sweets for their stomachs. Sun and stars-shaped...
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Wizard World Comic Con blood drive returns Aug. 24-27Aug 17, 2017 11:00 pm - Wizard World Comic Con comes to the rescue! The blood drive will be held as part of one of the best shows in pop-culture: cosplay, comics, artists and creators, collec...
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Arlington Heights charity working in India celebrates 15th yearsAug 13, 2017 11:00 pm - The Foundation for Children in Need, a not-for-profit organization established 15 years ago in Arlington Heights to help people in need in India, celebrated its 15th ann...