Articles filed under Volunteering
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Extend your family at a community Thanksgiving dinnerNov 18, 2015 12:00 am - For people interested in gathering as a community to celebrate Thanksgiving, two dinners are planned in the Fox Valley area that will serve free meals with the help of v...
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Grayslake firefighters co-hosting blood driveNov 17, 2015 12:00 am - Grayslake Fire Protection District will co-host a blood drive with LifeSource from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 21. It'll occur at the downtown Gryslake firehouse, 16...
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Volunteers needed for Thanksgiving feast for the needyNov 16, 2015 10:00 pm - St. Charles Episcopal Church is looking for volunteers to help serve a Thanksgiving Feast to people in need who attend the Soup Kitchen at Trinity Episcopal Church in Au...
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Six volunteers join CASA Lake CountyNov 15, 2015 10:00 pm - Lake County Judge Valerie Boettle Ceckowski swore in six people as CASA volunteers - Court Appointed Special Advocates - for abused and neglected children. Family and fr...
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Schaumburg dentist gives away smiles for free to disabled patientsNov 11, 2015 12:00 am - Dr. A.J. Acierno's Schaumburg dental office was bustling on Friday afternoon with patients getting checkups, cleanings and filings. He and his staff normally close up an...
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Work day at Old SchoolNov 10, 2015 12:00 am - A restoration workday will start at 9 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 12, at Old School Forest Preserve, 28285 St. Mary's Road, Mettawa. Workdays are an opportunity to be outdoors, ...
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Street Level Ministries: Taking action to help the homelessNov 10, 2015 12:00 am - On the day Laura Cox, co-CEO of the newly-formed Street Level Ministries, graduated high school, her mother gave her an ultimatum: find a job in two weeks or get out. "I...
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Salvation Army launching its new online "Register to Ring" programNov 10, 2015 12:00 am - The Fox Valley Area Salvation Army, with local units in Aurora, Elgin and the St. Charles Tri-City corps, is making it as easy as possible for volunteer bell-ringers to ...
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Tutor incarcerated youth at Illinois Youth Center in St. CharlesNov 05, 2015 10:00 pm - Literacy Volunteers of Illinois is seeking men and women who are compassionate, flexible and non-judgmental to become volunteer tutors for youth incarcerated at the Illi...
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Longtime teacher brought the world into his classroomsNov 04, 2015 12:00 am - Richard O'Brien was a fixture at Sunny Hill Elementary School in Carpentersville, where he volunteered three days a week as a tutor and teacher's assistant. It wasn't ju...