Articles filed under Volunteering
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Sugar Grove teen's advocacy gives her directionSep 21, 2014 7:30 am - In 2013, Sarah Feltes was like a lot of teenage girls: She LOVED the band One Direction. Besides listening to the music, watching videos and trying to get her mother to ...
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Wheaton man continues quest for clean water with IronmanSep 07, 2014 7:00 am - Steve Spear still gets choked up when he thinks about where he was roughly this same time last year. An avowed hater of all things having to do with running, Spear wrapp...
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Nominations open for BG 'Heart' awardsSep 07, 2014 1:01 am - The Buffalo Grove-Lincolnshire Chamber of Commerce is taking nominations for the 2014 Heart of the Community Awards, which will be presented at the Celebration Gala Even...
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Help clean the river:Sep 05, 2014 1:01 am - Join the Illinois Water TrailKeepers for the fourth annual Des Plaines River Cleanup. The event is set for 9 a.m. Saturday at Riverwoods village hall, 300 Portwine Road....
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Dist. 62 Foundation reports at school board meetingSep 02, 2014 11:00 pm - Des Plaines Elementary School District 62 Foundation officers Susie Adams and Julie Luck Jensen reviewed the grants that were funded during the 2013-2014 school year and...
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Four Boy Scout councils consolidating to increase membership, donationsAug 30, 2014 11:00 pm - Groups consolidate to boost membership, fundraising
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District 214 considers building community help centerAug 30, 2014 11:00 pm - Northwest Suburban High School District 214 is proposing building a community help center to provide services to needy residents and allow students to gain volunteer opp...
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New pet rescue plans open house in PalatineAug 27, 2014 11:00 pm - Barb's Precious Rescue and Adoption Center, a new not-for-profit animal rescue in Palatine, will begin offering pets for adoption Monday, Sept. 1, and plans an open hous...
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Labor Day blood drive:Aug 26, 2014 1:01 am - The Mundelein Fire Department will host the "Everyday Heroes Labor Day Blood Drive" on Tuesday, Sept. 2, from noon to 7 p.m. at Mundelein Fire Station #1, 1000 N. Midlot...
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Food bank trying to help suburbanites struggling even with jobsAug 25, 2014 5:15 am - Geneva-based agency finds hungry people with jobs or in wealthy suburbs