Articles filed under Volunteering
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Aurora Kiwanis seeking expansion of high school clubsSep 25, 2022 11:00 pm - On Tuesday, Aug. 16, the Kiwanis Club of Aurora heard from Sheel Parikh, Key Club Lt. Governor Division 21 North, along with VP Shreen and Director Salomey Parikh of the...
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Centro de Información is celebrating 50 years of helping immigrants with a fundraising galaSep 23, 2022 6:00 am - Centro de Información is celebrating 50 years of helping immigrants assimilate into their new surroundings. Often identified as the first stop on the road to American ci...
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Literacy Volunteers Fox Valley needs volunteersSep 22, 2022 11:00 pm - If you are interested in helping a neighbor communicate in English, you will want to attend Literacy Volunteers Fox Valley's free tutor training workshop. The workshop ...
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Multicultural food services based at Holy Trinity Church of ElginSep 22, 2022 11:00 pm - Volunteers serve food for needy families every day in the basement of Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in Elgin. A startlingly multicultural collection of local churches and...
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'I go where I am needed': Batavia Chamber of Commerce honors volunteer Mary Anne CallahanSep 16, 2022 6:00 am - If there were a mantra for what makes a community volunteer click, it would simply be this: "I go where I am needed." That's what Mary Anne Callahan of Batavia told me w...
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A show of support: Together in Teal 5K hopes to bring awareness about ovarian cancerSep 15, 2022 6:00 am - One in 78 women will develop ovarian cancer. In 2022, it is estimated that 19,880 women will be diagnosed with the disease, which has a 93% five-year survival rate if c...
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'I kept on praying that I would survive this cancer'Sep 15, 2022 6:00 am - I was quite surprised when I was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in March of 2014. I thought I was healthy and going through menopause. A month and a half before my surger...
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Aurora Lions set children's vision screeningsSep 13, 2022 11:00 pm - Celebrating its 100th anniversary, Aurora Noon Lions Club will sponsor free vision screenings for children on Saturday, Sept. 17. Children from 6 months to 6 years old w...
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First Church of Lombard's Lilac Auction ends with a celebration Sept. 17Sep 13, 2022 11:00 pm - To conclude this year's Lilac Auction, First Church of Lombard, 220 S. Main St., will have a live auction celebration from 7 to 10 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 17. The online au...
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Join in celebration of It's Our Fox River Day! Sept. 17Sep 12, 2022 11:00 pm - Join a thousand Friends on Saturday, Sept. 17, for the largest Fox River watershed-wide celebration of the year - It's Our Fox River Day! The Friends of the Fox River is...