Rotarian Joe Yen, left, presents Gabriel Bradford a speaker gift at the Rotary Club of Montgomery meeting Thursday, Jan. 19, at the Montgomery Village Hall. The Rotary Club sponsored Bradford’s attendance to RYLA (Rotary Youth Leadership Awards) in 2022, a weekend getaway for youth leaders. Each year thousands of young people
Cameron Leys of Naperville, left, helps a patron load groceries Monday, Jan. 16, at Aurora Area Interfaith Food Pantry in Aurora. Leys, 15, is a sophomore at Metea Valley High School in Aurora.
Ryan Dowd, director of mission and strategy at Hesed House homeless shelter in Aurora, recently trained organizations in Australia for those individuals facing homelessness and how to serve them. Dowd taught important engagement strategies developed over the years at Hesed House to help more persons care for those in need
Members of Knights of Columbus Council 14929 at Our Lady of Good Counsel (OLGC) Catholic Church in Aurora pose with a $925 donation to Aurora’s Association for Individual Development (AID).
Loaves & Fishes, in partnership with Catch 35 in Naperville, will be host to Toasting for a Cause from 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 6. This popular event was paused during the pandemic, but is back and better than ever. Guests attending this signature event will enjoy a
Generosity + Caring + Compassion = Success! That is the recipe for what was achieved for this year’s St. Charles Breakfast Rotary’s Koats for Kids project.
Volunteers load a patron’s vehicle Aurora Area Interfaith Food Pantry’s drive-thru pantry Saturday, Jan. 7, at Iglesia Bautista Emmanuel Church in Aurora.
Our community of volunteers and charitable givers is incredible! Last year was another record-breaker, with approximately 1,600 visits to our Food Pantry for the first time. Most never dreamed they would ever need to rely on the kindness of strangers to feed their families. This years report shows a 47%
Becky Dunnigan, community impact manager, gives Christmas stockings to a patron at the Pantry Monday, Dec. 19 when the Pantry opened a three-day giveaway of 400 stockings. Separate stocking were available for boys and girls.
James Sanders, Marmion Academy theology instructor, delivers toys donated to Aurora’s Dominican Literacy Center by Marmion sophomores for an annual holiday service project.
Aurora Area Retired Teachers Association (AARTA) officials deliver 500 caps, mittens, and scarves for kids to Aurora Communities in Schools December 8.
During a December 4 worship service, congregants at Wesley United Methodist Church in Aurora take loaves of bread to give to others as a sign of welcome.
The Aurora Area Interfaith Food Pantry (AAIFP) was host to its 15th Annual Holiday Food Drive last month. The community stepped up in a big way. With a total of 11,374 pounds of groceries and more than $115,000 donated in just three weeks, this year’s drive was the most successful.
West Aurora High School honors society students join Cosmopolitan Club of Aurora members in ringing Aurora Salvation Army red kettle bells Saturday, Dec. 3, at Woodman’s Food Market in North Aurora.
By Russ George Members of the Diabetes Club of Fox Valley are raising funds, to assist Jackson and Elliot Webster in obtaining two Diabetic Alert Dogs (DADs), from Medical Mutts in Indianapolis, Ind.. Jackson and Elliot are seven-year- old twins, who live in Aurora, Ill., with parents, Paul and Luma
The Diabetes Club of Fox Valley is holding its first Holiday Party Fundraiser, Thursday, Dec. 8, at the historic Gray’s Mill Estate, 211 N. River Street, Montgomery. The club members have planned an old fashioned holiday party, with an optional $20 wrapped gift exchange game, along with Basket Raffles. Social
Snow Angels are needed for Aurora’s Operation Senior Shovel Program, which clears snow for senior citizens and residents with disabilities during the winter season. Nature will provide the snow, the City of Aurora provides the salt, and volunteers will provide the shovel or snow blower and the goodwill to a
Cosmopolitan Club of Aurora recently collected Winter scarves, hats, blankets, jackets and books for distribution by Aurora United Way.
Emily G Johns and Plano High School are sponsoring a Food Drive in conjunction with the Plano Rockin’ Christmas Event. Community members may drop off donations of canned goods and non-perishable food items in the bin in the lobby at either school or the Administration Office at 800 S Hale
From left: Frank Johnson, business development manager of the the Fox Valley Park District, Dawn Magana, Woman’s Club of Aurora president, and Cindy Gustafson, Woman’s Club environment chair person, check out one of the green boxes used to collect used sneakers in the Reuse-a-Shoe Recycling project
