Articles filed under Volunteering
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Buffalo Grove police grow beards for healthNov 04, 2014 12:01 am - During the month of November, about 20 Buffalo Grove police officers will be growing facial hair in support of The Movember Foundation and their efforts to raise public ...
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District 214's centennial food drive sets ambitious goalNov 03, 2014 10:00 pm - When Mark Gunther joined John Hersey High School's food drive more than 10 years ago, he saw potential to better serve the community. By reorganizing, creating a new str...
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Clinic painting event in Palatine draws lots of volunteersNov 02, 2014 10:00 pm - Take nearly 100 volunteers, 158 paint brushes and 37 gallons of paint, and it adds up to a complete makeover for a medical clinic located at the Palatine Opportunity Cen...
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'Sad' cemetery gets spruce-up from Libertyville teen ministry volunteersOct 31, 2014 1:01 am - Mike Graham thought about the little cemetery he visited once with his dad when he and other teens from St. Joseph Catholic Church in Libertyville were trying to come up...
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Lake Zurich native fundraising for Guatemalan orphanage when she volunteersOct 29, 2014 1:01 am - Lake Zurich native fundraising for Guatemalan orphanage
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Smart Farm in Barrington proves to be a smart ideaOct 26, 2014 11:00 pm - Organizers with the Smart Farm in Barrington are wrapping up their sixth growing season, and the numbers are staggering. This grass-roots, educational farm project produ...
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Dundee Township Rotary to throw special Halloween partyOct 21, 2014 11:00 pm - For the last 15 years, Dundee Township Rotary Club members have been hosting a Halloween party for disabled and terminally ill people. Many who have attended were childr...
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Good feelings run high at Cantigny cancer walkOct 19, 2014 1:01 am - Wheaton's Cantigny Park was filled Sunday morning with the kind of celebration that occurs when people band together to do something good. More than 2,000 people partici...
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Hospital stay inspires Geneva teen to help othersOct 18, 2014 11:00 pm - Confined to bed, waiting for broken bones to heal. That's plenty to vex anyone, let alone an active teenager. Lindsey McDonald, 15, had all sorts of summer plans: family...
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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...