Articles filed under Volunteering
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'TreeCycle' community partnership keeps unsold Christmas trees from landfillDec 06, 2022 10:00 pm - Geneva Park District is partnering with the Unitarian Universalist Society of Geneva's Green Sanctuary Team to provide Geneva area retailers an alternative to placing un...
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Good News Sunday: 103-year-old World War II veteran from Fox River Grove bowls in a league every weekDec 04, 2022 6:30 am - Good News Sunday: 103-year-old World War II veteran from Fox River Grove bowls in a league every week
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ECC Phi Theta Kappa officers bring Honors in Action project to TexasNov 30, 2022 10:00 pm - Six officers from Elgin Community College's Phi Theta Kappa International Honor Society went to Texas this past October for the National Collegiate Honors Council to com...
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Good News Sunday: College of DuPage culinary students cook Thanksgiving dinner for Navy recruitsNov 27, 2022 6:00 am - This is Good News Sunday, a compilation of some of the more upbeat and inspiring stories published recently by the Daily Herald: About 50 recruits from the Great Lakes N...
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'Everyone deserves dignity': Hesed House aims to help people avoid, overcome homelessnessNov 26, 2022 12:00 am - Mark Watson has a large, lovely home in Shorewood that he shares with his wife and three children. He has a good job, as an operations shift manager at the Braidwood nuc...
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Waukegan's Paul Klonowski helps keep Des Plaines River clean and healthyNov 23, 2022 5:00 am - As trash collector in chief for nearly 15 years, Paul Klonowski has volunteered and directed efforts to remove tons of debris from the roughly 33 miles the Des Plaines R...
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Registration starts Tuesday for Aurora's snow-shoveling volunteer serviceNov 08, 2022 12:00 am - Signup starts Tuesday for Aurora's Operation Senior Shovel. People 60 and older, or those with disabilities or severe medical conditions, can sign up for free snow shov...
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Rotary Youth Leadership Camps accepting applicationsNov 03, 2022 11:00 pm - Rotary Youth Leadership Awards, or RYLA for short, is an all-expense paid weekend of training and bonding experiences for high school students. It takes place at the YMC...
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Downers Grove Transitions 99 students learn life lessons at West Suburban Community PantryNov 01, 2022 11:00 pm - Jeri Smolek, special education teacher and program coordinator for the Transition 99 program, says when her students work at the West Suburban Community Pantry, they're ...
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Lombard's Fall Blood Drive honors veterans and memory of former Village President Bill MuellerOct 31, 2022 11:00 pm - The Village of Lombard is hosting its annual fall blood drive on Tuesday, Nov. 15 in honor of Veterans Day. This event also recognizes the former Village President Bill...