Articles filed under Volunteering
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Dundee's Hilltop Suppers offer food, companionshipSep 06, 2017 11:00 pm - For two years, the First Congregational Church in West Dundee has hosted free monthly dinners for the Northern Fox Valley community. When they started in 2015, volunteer...
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Citizens' Advisory Council kicks off another year as important U-46 liaisonSep 04, 2017 11:00 pm - Parents and residents are invited to join the Elgin Area School District U-46 Citizens' Advisory Council, also known as "CAC." Council members learn about the school dis...
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Adopt-a-Beach day set for Sept. 16Sep 04, 2017 1:00 am - The Alliance for the Great Lakes invites volunteers to Adopt-a-Beach on Saturday, Sept. 16. Volunteers will clean up beaches across the region as part of the Internation...
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Construction begins on Des Plaines' first Habitat for Humanity homeAug 31, 2017 1:00 am - A dozen volunteers unloaded construction materials and began nailing the framework for a new house this week, their task to begin building the first Habitat for Humanity...
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Heartland Blood Centers answers call for Hurricane HarveyAug 29, 2017 11:00 pm - As Labor Day approaches and many donors are preparing to enjoy the last weekend of summer activities, Heartland Blood Centers is making a special plea to all healthy and...
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Pastor blesses Habitat for Humanity house, future homeownersAug 28, 2017 11:00 pm - The Rev. Grace Imathiu, pastor at Community United Methodist Church in Naperville, prayed over wheat seeds during a blessing of Fox Valley Habitat for Humanity's Faith B...
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Texas flooding prompts LifeSource call for blood donors across Chicago areaAug 27, 2017 11:00 pm - AUGUST 28, 2017 - ROSEMONT, IL - Blood donors across the Chicago area and throughout the entire U.S. are being asked to give blood as soon as possible over the next seve...
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Realtors pitch in to help Faith Community HomesAug 27, 2017 11:00 pm - A group of real estate agents from Baird & Warner in Arlington Heights took on a new challenge this summer: collecting a variety of silent auction items for a charity fu...
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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...