This holiday season, Tri-Cities Canstruction is asking Fox Valley neighbors to give hunger a holiday. On Giving Tuesday, December 1. The region’s first Canstruction® event invites everyone to give to support their favorite team, designer or pantry, as teams turn thousands of cans into giant sculptures inspired by this year’s
Illinois State representative Stephanie Kifowit, D-Oswego, is pleased to announce her continued partnership with The Marine Corps Toys for Tots program for the upcoming holiday season. As a part of this initiative, Kifowit’s district office, 1677 Montgomery Road, suite 116 in Aurora, will serve as a drop-off location for new
Ready for winter! Kiwanis Club of Aurora president Alex Haughee carries a box of new winter coats to be loaded on a delivery truck in the 2026 “Coats for Kids” campaign.
Aurora’s annual Gifts from Home program can bring joy to active-duty military members from Aurora by sending them a special holiday care package. Each package includes a gift card for online shopping, a keepsake from Aurora, and a personalized message from mayor John Laesch. Submissions are now open and will
The Fox Valley Marines Detachment #1233 and the Aurora Area Interfaith Food Pantry will present Fox Valley Marines Day of Giving Saturday, Nov. 7, from noon to 2 p.m.. Veterans and their family members are invited to a special drive-up distribution at the Aurora Area Interfaith Food Pantry, l1110 Jericho
Aurora Area Interfaith Food Pantry’s 19th Annual Holiday Food Drive will run through November 25, a time when families feel the added pressure to provide for their households. Long before the summer’s end, local organizations and businesses were already reaching out asking how they could lend a hand. Local grocery
Big Hearts of Fox Valley is calling on the community to help make Christmas brighter for 625 local children facing financial hardship through its annual Holiday Toy Drive, running through November 11. Local businesses, schools, and community organizations are coming together to collect brand-new, unwrapped toys, board games, and teen
Kiwanis Club of Aurora members and East Aurora High School Key Club pose for a photo after preparing winter coats for the Annual Coats for Kids October 11.
Plano Methodist Church, 219 N Hale St., Plano, is participating in this year’s Samaritan’s Purse “Operation Christmas Child”. Congregation members will pack a box with toys, clothing, school supplies, and personal hygiene items. These boxes will then be sent to children in underprivileged countries. Boxes are due at the Plano
State representative Jed Davis (R-Yorkville) is hosting a Winter Warmth Drive along with co-host State senator Sue Rezin (R-Morris) through November 2. The drive will collect new and unused cold-weather items for families and individuals in need across local communities. “As the temperatures begin to drop, many families in our
Naperville Park District’s Park Police invite the community to donate new, unwrapped toys for the 2026 DuPage County Toys for Tots program, hosted by the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve. Toys will be collected at six different Naperville Park District locations through Saturday, Dec. 12. “The Naperville community has been incredibly
The Free Plano Food Pantry will have canned goods, fresh fruit & veggies, frozen meat, bread, milk, and eggs, Friday, Oct. 16 from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at First Lutheran Church in Plano, 200 N Center Street. Bring your food pantry card, if you have one. If you don’t,
By Al Benson “We’re in a housing crisis. Affordable housing solutions can’t keep up with the need.” That was the word from Rick Guzman, executive director of The Neighbor Project, neighborproject.us, an Aurora-based, nonprofit housing advocacy organization when the Aurora Lions Club hosted Guzman as guest speaker at its membership
The Plano Methodist Church members pose for a photo after making a donation to Feed My Starving Children September 25, in addition to sending 12 volunteers to aid in packing food for Guatemala and Panama.
Putting their “We Serve” motto into action, Aurora Lions Club members pose for a photo and serve lunch to approximately 180 clients of Hesed House, Aurora’s homeless shelter, September 29.
Check out the free Plano Food Pantry and pick up a box of canned goods, fresh fruit and veggies, frozen meat, bread, milk, eggs and more Friday, Sept. 18 from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.. All in need are welcome to visit the location at First Lutheran Church in Plano,
Friends of the Fox River invites individuals, community groups, businesses, and organizations to host events for the upcoming It’s Our Fox River Day (IOFRD) Saturday, Sept. 19. Spanning the river’s 200-mile length across sites in Wisconsin and Illinois, IOFRD facilitates meaningful connections with the watershed through an array of river-related
The 24th annual Rock & Bowl to End Homelessness, an event dedicated to raising essential funds for DuPagePads will be held Saturday, Sept. 19, from noon to 3 p.m. at Fox Bowl, 1101 Butterfield Rd., in Wheaton. The fun-filled day of bowling benefits the more than 300 guests, including 100
Pick up a box of canned goods, fresh fruit, and veggies, frozen meat, bread, milk, eggs and more at the FREE Plano Food Pantry, Friday, Aug. 21 from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.. All in need are welcome to visit the location at First Lutheran Church in Plano, 200 N
Celebrating a 43rd annual Appalachia Service Project (ASP), United Methodist Church of Geneva (UMCG) dedicated its Sunday, Aug. 9, worship service to the project. Some 27 UMCG volunteers, 17 youth and 10 adults, spent July 11-18 rehabbing homes in Hyden, rural eastern Kentucky. The week-long trip was aimed at making
