Articles filed under Volunteering
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ECC participates in Habitat for Humanity Women Build Event for third yearMay 16, 2024 12:15 am - On Wednesday, May 1, a group of eight female administrators and staff from Elgin Community College participated in the Habitat for Humanity of Northern Fox Valley 2024 W...
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Elgin YWCA recognizes 2024 Leader Luncheon recipientsMay 14, 2024 11:20 pm - More than 425 community members attended the 40th annual YWCA Elgin Leader Luncheon Awards at The Seville in Streamwood on Thursday, May 9. Leader Luncheon general chair ...
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Gary UMC’s Habitat for Humanity team helps to build two homesMay 14, 2024 11:10 pm - Ten people from Gary United Methodist Church in Wheaton recently helped build two homes for single mothers with teenagers in Lafayette, Indiana. Working with the nonprof...
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Aurora Lions offers free kids’ vision exams May 18May 14, 2024 10:34 pm - Free vision exams for children age 6 months to 16 will be offered from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. Saturday, May 18. A clinic by Aurora Lions Club will take place at Aurora Public...
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Elgin teen named Illinois Youth of the Year by Boys & Girls Clubs of AmericaMay 10, 2024 9:23 pm - An outstanding teen from the Boys & Girls Club of Elgin has been named 2024 Illinois Youth of the Year. Selected from a field of 10 exceptional youth, Abigail, 17, was n...
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Life Scout leads Eagle project to restore Civil War veterans’ headstones at Bluff City CemeteryMay 10, 2024 9:03 pm - While many teenagers spend their weekends at home playing games, Life Scout Alex Hernandez of Troop 32 in West Dundee of the Three Fires Council took on a remarkable cha...
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Nurses’ Week Concert honors staff at Central DuPage HospitalMay 08, 2024 10:36 pm - Nurses at Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital in Winfield took a special break on a sunny Wednesday as local cover band Vital Signs performed in the hospital courtyard during an ice cream social.
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Poised For Success empowers women through clothesMay 08, 2024 2:45 pm - When you look good, you feel good. Poised For Success in Lombard wholeheartedly believes in that motto.The nonprofit social service agency offers business appropriate attire for women through an agency referral program.
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More than 1,000 CareFest volunteers serve the communityMay 08, 2024 11:13 am - With the theme of “Neighbors Serving Neighbors,” more than a thousand volunteers from 16 local churches set out to serve in the community on Saturday, May 4, during an an...
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Fox Valley Orthopedics to host blood drive May 29May 07, 2024 12:29 pm - Every two seconds someone in the United States needs blood; accident victims, individuals going through cancer treatments, and people with blood disorders are always in ...