Category: Charity

Aurora Area Retired Teachers Association donates homemade blankets

Retired educators from the Aurora area are giving back. At their Tuesday, June 6 luncheon meeting, Aurora Area Retired Teachers Association (AARTA) members donated 70 homemade blankets. After the meeting, volunteers delivered the blankets to Batavia Rehabilitation and McAuley Manor (Avantara Aurora), Pearl of Orchard Valley, The Grove of Fox

Association for Individual Development Summer Stroll & Roll June 11

Association for Individual Development (AID) will be host to the second annual AID Summer Stroll & Roll at 9 a.m. Sunday, June 11 at Peck Farm: 4038 Kaneville Road, Geneva, IL 60134. All proceeds help AID provide services for individuals with developmental, behavioral and crisis needs across Kane, Kendall, DeKalb,

Senator Durbin visits Aurora Area Interfaith Food Pantry, brings funding

U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) visited Aurora Area Interfaith Food Pantry in Aurora Thursday, April 6 to discuss the $700,000 in federal funding he secured through congressionally-directed spending in the Fiscal Year 2023 (FY23) Omnibus appropriations bill for their new Mobile Meals Program that will expand their services to food-insecure

Mission Week, Aurora Christian School students help

One-hundred and fifty Aurora Christian School students and teachers started a five-day Mission Week observance Monday, April 3. A delegation of 10 students and two teachers volunteered to load groceries into guests’ vehicles at Aurora Area Interfaith Food Pantry in Aurora. The team was among 150 students and teachers leaving

Aurora Area Interfaith Food Pantry to distribute groceries from mobile pantry

Aurora Area Interfaith Food Pantry will distribute groceries from a mobile pantry from noon to 2 p.m. Saturday, April 1, at New Covenant Full Gospel Church, 1029 Kane St. in Aurora. The public is invited. Admission is free. Identification and registration are not required. In addition to groceries, diapers, toilet