Articles filed under Volunteering
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CROP Walks fight hunger throughout suburbsSep 25, 2017 6:00 am - As a young girl growing up in Chicago, Cindy Kueter became involved in CROP Hunger Walks after witnessing the effects of poverty in the city. Now a member of the Luther...
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Help an adult speak English with Literacy Volunteers programSep 20, 2017 11:00 pm - Literacy Volunteers Fox Valley is hosting a tutor training workshop at the St. Charles Public Library, 1 S. Sixth Ave. The four-session workshop will be held from 6:30 ...
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Home staging professionals redecorate WINGS shelter in SchaumburgSep 20, 2017 1:00 am - Volunteers Wednesday redecorated a WINGS home for victims of domestic violence in Schaumburg, with the goal of making the road to recovery more healing and uplifting. W...
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Giving gardens have grown in Northwest suburbsSep 17, 2017 11:00 pm - Back in 2000, the Daily Herald started a unique program that urged backyard gardeners to "plant a row for the hungry" and donate their surplus vegetables to area food pa...
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Stop by fourth annual VolunteerPalooza Sept. 30Sep 14, 2017 11:00 pm - The Elgin Volunteer Coordinator Network will host the fourth annual VolunteerPalooza on Saturday, Sept. 30, in the Meadows Community Room at the Gail Borden Public Lib...
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PADS shelter seeks volunteersSep 13, 2017 1:00 am - The West Chicago PADS homeless shelter is seeking new volunteers to attend an orientation meeting at 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 21, at First United Methodist Church, 643 E. ...
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St. Patrick Troop 10 welcomes new Eagle ScoutSep 10, 2017 11:00 pm - Daniel Galush of St. Patrick Boy Scout Troop 10 in St. Charles will receive his Eagle Scout rank at the Eagle Court of Honor Sunday, Sept. 17. The ceremony will begin at...
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Miss Septemberfest chair steps down, reflects on titleSep 10, 2017 11:00 pm - Septemberfest came and went this month in Schaumburg, but for one key board member it remains bittersweet. Cara Mohr chaired the Miss Septemberfest competition for the l...
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Chicago area families invited to join Scouting Sept. 14Sep 10, 2017 11:00 pm - The Boy Scouts of America is inviting families across the Chicago area and Northwest Indiana to register for Cub Scouts on Thursday, Sept. 14, at a local elementary scho...
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Hampshire-Henpeck HCE to meet Sept. 19Sep 07, 2017 11:00 pm - The Hampshire-Henpeck Unit of Home and Community Education will go on an outing to the Chicago Botanic Gardens for the Tuesday, Sept. 19, meeting. Members will be contac...