Articles filed under Volunteering
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Arlington Heights hero gets a new homeNov 12, 2013 4:00 am - This morning, Dan Tsutsumi will wake up in his own room for the first time in 17 months. The 27-year-old paralyzed Marine Corps veteran has been sleeping in a hospital b...
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‘North Pole’ a great day for childrenNov 11, 2013 4:00 am - Hi there! My name is Charles Severns and I was hoping to maybe share a wonderful story. I volunteer with an amazing charity called Operation North Pole which gives famil...
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Grateful for help with GEM projectNov 11, 2013 4:00 am - “It takes a village” for Southminster Presbyterian Church’s biennial God Energizing Mission (GEM) project to be successful. In early November, several local businesses, ...
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District 54, Rotary open second food pantry in a local schoolNov 11, 2013 3:45 am - Keneni Godana, an eighth-grader at Hellen Keller Junior High School in Hoffman Estates always lacked the courage to speak in public. But on Friday, she was among a core...
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Halloween fun fair another big successNov 04, 2013 5:00 am - Wheeling Township’s annual Halloween Fun Fair Make A Difference Day held on Saturday, Oct. 26 at Riley School was a fun-filled day for over 150 children with special nee...
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Yellow Ribbon Support Group offers its heartfelt thanksNov 04, 2013 5:00 am - The Yellow Ribbon Support Group would like to extend its sincere thanks to following: 타 The Village of Palatine for hosting the YRSG for 10+ years. 타 The Palatine Police...
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Need is greater than ever in the suburbsNov 04, 2013 5:00 am - Those of us working in the nonprofit service sector have seen a growing number of clients come to our doors. This has been especially true in the last five years, the ye...
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Libertyville fall park cleanupNov 03, 2013 8:44 am - The Keep Libertyville Beautiful Commission has scheduled the 21st annual Fall Park Cleanup Day for Saturday, Nov. 9. Participants or group leaders will meet at Nicholas-...
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Navy wants sailors to connect with families for holidayOct 23, 2013 5:00 pm - Great Lakes Naval Station brass are trying to boost the number of young sailors participating in a program dating to World War I by reminding them that local families wa...
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CLC is planning Make a Difference Day projectsOct 23, 2013 12:36 pm - About 200 volunteers from the College of Lake County, along with volunteers from United Way of Lake County, will join millions of others nationwide for service projects ...