Articles filed under Volunteering
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Hunger walk in Lombard helps people at home and around worldOct 18, 2014 1:01 am - One of the reasons Dan Jares stays involved with the annual Great Prairie Trail CROP Hunger Walk is that the event allows him to help people he doesn't even know. "There...
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Blood drive at Stevenson High:Oct 16, 2014 1:01 am - Stevenson High School's National Honor Society will hold a blood drive Oct. 24. Friday is the last day to sign up during lunch periods. The event's theme is "Save a Life...
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Effort to help homeless marks 25th anniversaryOct 05, 2014 11:00 pm - Twenty-five years after a small group of citizens and churches founded PADS or Public Action to Deliver Shelter in an effort to lift up the homeless and dispossessed in ...
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Lombard cancer patient counsels others on living with the diagnosisOct 05, 2014 7:00 am - The calendar marks Oct. 20 as the 15th anniversary of when Gary Grieger was told his non-Hodgkin lymphoma probably was going to kill him. Reminders of how close the fath...
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JOURNEYS lauds laundry aid from medical centersOct 03, 2014 1:01 am - Two days before Northwest suburban homeless shelters' Oct. 1 opening for the cold weather months, JOURNEYS | The Road Home received word that its primary donator of laun...
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Prospect Heights Police reach out to communitySep 30, 2014 1:01 am - Prospect Heights Police will be holding the last Community Outreach Field Trip of the 2014 Summer Program Sunday, Oct. 5. Volunteers made up of Prospect Heights police o...
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Libertyville dentist and her staff heading to Kenya on mission trip to help orphansSep 29, 2014 11:00 pm - As a local dentist, Meagan Heilman regularly helps children with their dental hygiene, but it's not every day she gets to have the same impact on children half a world a...
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Oakton raises awareness about homelessness on World Habitat DaySep 25, 2014 11:00 pm - In honor of World Habitat Day, Monday, Oct. 6, Oakton Community College will call attention to the plight of the homeless by filling the Des Plaines campus courtyard thr...
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Kitchen tours benefit Fox Valley Food for HealthSep 22, 2014 11:00 pm - Kitchen envy isn't always a bad thing. From 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 27, five new, beautiful kitchens in St. Charles and Geneva will be open for tours, with pro...
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Charity garage sale Saturday in Arlington Hts.Sep 22, 2014 1:01 am - The "Truly Priceless Garage Sale," which over the last nine years has raised almost $17,000 for charities, will be held from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 27, at 303 ...