Montgomery resident Jim Reiland delivers a lunch to a patron at the Aurora Area Retired Teachers Association drive-thru benefit at Gaslite Manor in Aurora for two Aurora food pantries.
Oswego Kiwanis Club will replace its annual pancake breakfast fundraiser with a raffle February 13. In a January 28 Facebook post, Robyn Vickers said proceeds will benefit club scholarships for graduating seniors. Tickets are $20. Only 500 will be sold. Prizes are $2,021, grand prize; $500 Meijer gift card, second...
The Sons of the American Legion of Plano Post 395 will be host to an all-you-can-eat breakfast buffet on Valentine’s Day, from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. Sunday, Feb. 14. Menu Items include scrambled eggs, egg casserole, potatoes, bacon, sausage, biscuits and gravy, pancakes, waffles, made-to-order omelets, and more! The...
By Jason Crane Family and friends of Kim (Aigner) Weibring seek help for her long road of recovery and rehabilitation after her life changed in an instant January 16. The mother of two little boys was eating dinner in her vehicle in the parking lot of a fast food restaurant...
In December 2020, a team of 17 veterans and many community members came together to remedy two serious safety problems in the 37-year South Elgin home of World War II veteran, AMVETS Post 503 Commander, Colonel Angelo Di Liberti, 93 years. Angelo served his Country through two enlistments between 1944...
Aurora Noon Lions Club will be host a spaghetti dinner from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 13, at Luigi’s Pizza and Fun Center, 732 Prairie Street in Aurora. Proceeds will benefit Aurora Area Interfaith Food Pantry. The public is invited. The menu includes spaghetti, vegetables, meatballs or chicken...
Eddie Galvan, left, program director at Aurora Area Interfaith Food Pantry, interviews with Eddie Galvan, left, program director at Aurora Area Interfaith Food Pantry, receives an interview with Fox 32 News Saturday.
The Greater Aurora Area Interfaith Food Pantry will be host to its first Souper Bowl fundraiser as a virtual event at 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 4. Tickets are on sale now at aurorafoodpantry.org. Attendees will be among the first to meet the new Executive Director, and can bid on live...
Wesley United Methodist Church in Aurora is asking congregants and community members to write letters to support black Methodist churches vandalized in Washington, D.C., Dec. 12. Saturday, Dec. 12, racist mobs attacked Asbury United Methodist and Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal churches, two renowned, historically black congregations in downtown Washington, D.C.....
Madeline 'Maddie' Bozik of North Aurora responds to questions from a Chicago WGN-TV channel 9 videographer during Maddie's Mitten March Winter-gear-giveaway Sunday at North Aurora Police Department's parking lot.
According to a Facebook post today, North Aurora Police Department, 200 S. Airport Road in North Aurora, will be host to a Winter-gear giveaway of coats, hats, and gloves, outside the police station from noon to 3 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 3. People in need are invited. Maddie’s Mitten March (MMM),...
Founder and director of Aurora's Dominican Literacy Center Sister Kathleen Ryan, left, and center staffer Elisa Barocio of Oswego, check hundreds of gifts donated for children of Center adult students.
West Aurora School District 129 administration center members recently donated funds and Winter gear to holiday drives. According to the District’s weekly E-newsletter, nearly $1,000 was raised to give 19 District 129 students in need a happy holiday season through the Angel Tree Project. Additionally, numerous Winter accessories were collected...
Approximately 100 city of Aurora government employees volunteer for the Holiday Hope Pop-Up Pantry Tuesday, Dec. 22 and help to distribute food to 1,500 families.
Since November, The Just Food Initiative of the Fox Valley, 1921 Wilson Street, Suite A, in Batavia, has been buying, packing, and delivering free snacks for caregivers both at Sunnymere retirement home in Aurora and The Vines senior homes in Elgin. The nonprofit’s volunteers pack snacks at Calvary Episcopal Church,...
Fox Valley Habitat for Humanity will ring in 2021 with “Bingo For Owino,” a virtual bingo-game fundraiser for a Batavia Habitat home, from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 10, 2021. Habitat will be host to five virtual games on Zoom. Two raffle baskets and a 50-50 raffle are...
Reuland Food Service in Aurora has been delivering 1,000 hot meals to health care workers the last few weeks after relaunching its highly successful “Feeding the Frontline” initiative. Reuland Food Service, 115 Oak Avenue in Aurora, delivers oven-roasted chicken, garlic potatoes and a vegetable medley, or a vegetable lasagna, to...
Aurora’s Dominican Literacy Center has exceeded its goal for the 2020 Giving Tuesday fund drive. Sister Kathleen Ryan, center founder and executive director, said “Our goal was $10,000 and we received $10,300. “All of us at the Dominican Literacy Center are deeply grateful to our donors, who so generously contributed...
...
Buy a book or two for O.C. Allen Elementary School in East Aurora School District 131. That’s the request from Ellen Jo Ljung of Geneva, who leads a book drive for Allen. Her motivation: “Allen has a 92% minority population, yet its students often can’t see themselves in the books...
