Articles filed under Volunteering
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Barrington group is protecting biodiversity in the suburbsJul 24, 2017 6:00 am - Did you know that monarch butterflies, bees, and oak trees are in peril? How can we help these plant and animal species grow? In order for our ecosystem to survive and ...
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Volunteering gives sense of purpose, self-worthJul 24, 2017 6:00 am - In mid-July, Anne Hay walked into a muddy, mosquito-filled preserve in Barrington Hills to meet a potential Eagle Scout. The two discussed the restoration of an old fenc...
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Literacy Volunteers needs tutors for adult learnersJul 23, 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. on Monda...
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Hampshire VFW auxiliary honors longtime memberJul 23, 2017 11:00 pm - At the July meeting, the Hampshire Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 8043 honored Arlene Reiser for her 60-plus years of membership, as well as having served as secretary, t...
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Prospect Heights Library to host LifeSource blood drive Aug. 26Jul 20, 2017 11:00 pm - Stop by LifeSource's "Give a Pint, Get a Pint" blood drive from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 26, at the Prospect Heights Public Library, 12 N. Elm St. Anyone age 17 ...
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St. Charles to host a blood driveJul 19, 2017 11:00 pm - The Heartland Blood Centers' mobile donation bus will be in front of the St. Charles Fire Station 1, 112 N. Riverside Ave., from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday, July 28. Every...
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Algonquin library to host blood drive WednesdayJul 19, 2017 11:00 pm - The Algonquin Area Public Library District will host a blood drive at 7 p.m. Wednesday, July 26, at the Harnish Main Library, 2600 Harnish Drive, west of Randall Road. ...
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Food bank hosts largest volunteer shiftJul 19, 2017 1:00 am - Hundreds of workers from Kellogg's filled the work floors of the Northern Illinois Food Bank in Geneva for its largest-ever volunteer food-pack operation shift. About 25...
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Help feed starving kidsJul 19, 2017 1:00 am - Christian hunger relief organization Feed My Starving Children is seeking volunteers to pack nutritious meals for hungry children worldwide at its facilities in Libertyv...
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Volunteer tutors soughtJul 16, 2017 1:00 am - United Way of Lake County's Reading Success program is seeking volunteers to work in first- through third-graders in Waukegan. No experience required. Bilingual Spanish ...