Articles filed under Volunteering
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'I get more out of it than I give': Volunteer is Arlington Heights hospital's heroJan 02, 2021 12:00 am - After retiring from a corporate career, Ira Fingerman is now a beloved, uber-active volunteer at Northwest Community Hospital in Arlington Heights, where staff members s...
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Suicide Prevention Services offers online START trainingDec 28, 2020 10:00 pm - Help spread the word and become more knowledgeable about suicide prevention. Suicide Prevention Services is offering START Training, an interactive program giving you th...
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St. Charles-based Lazarus House adapts for the holidays thanks to community volunteersDec 22, 2020 5:00 am - Amid the coronavirus pandemic, Lazarus House has had to adapt like so many volunteer-driven nonprofit organizations. Since 1997, Lazarus House has grown as a St. Charles...
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Mom of cancer patient brings holiday cheer to medical team at Central DuPageDec 20, 2020 6:00 am - In September, 5-year-old Averie Lazzara of South Elgin finished nearly 2.5 years of medical treatment. Averie was under the care of the pediatric oncology team at Northw...
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Constable: Roller coaster year ends on a high note for both kidney recipient and donorDec 19, 2020 12:00 am - College student Ally Hembd has spent most of 2020 sheltering in her Wheeling home, hooked up to a dialysis machine and hoping to find a donor who would give her a kidney...
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Rotary Club of Elgin's literacy project benefits thousands of childrenDec 17, 2020 10:00 pm - The Rotary Club of Elgin, sometimes referred to as the “Noon Club,” is participating in a communitywide project to promote reading, in collaboration with Bernie's Books....
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Do you know a Conservation Champion? MCCD taking nominations through Jan. 8Dec 17, 2020 10:00 pm - The McHenry County Conservation District is accepting nominations of individuals who are and have been "Conservation Champions for the Public Open Space of McHenry Count...
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Literacy Volunteers start tutor training Jan. 11Dec 16, 2020 10:00 pm - Literacy Volunteers Fox Valley will host a tutor training workshop from 6:30 to 9 p.m. on Mondays and Wednesdays, Jan. 11-20, at the Pottawatomi Community Center, 8 Nort...
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Marmion senior receives Ted Brattin Youth Service AwardDec 15, 2020 10:00 pm - Marmion Academy senior Nicholas Coffman, son of Terry and Nicole Coffman of Aurora, is a recipient of the 2020 Ted Brattin Youth Service Award, sponsored by the Rotary C...
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Salvation Army Aurora needs volunteers for Angel Tree program Dec. 17-18Dec 15, 2020 10:00 pm - More than 1,200 families will receive toys for Christmas through The Salvation Army's Angel Tree Program. Bags of toys will be placed in the family's vehicle outside of...