Cosmopolitan Club of Aurora will hold a drive-through barbecue dinner fundraiser from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 23, at Aurora Advent Christian Church, 905 N. Edgelawn Drive in Aurora. The public is invited. Proceeds will benefit the club’s anti-diabetes programs. Included are diabetes research, education and wellness, Americans
Friends of West Aurora Cemetery, a nonprofit caretaking of a cemetery home to Aurora pioneers and Civil War veterans, is offering donated bottled honey to 10 donors of $25. According to a Facebook statement, “We… have received a challenge from a local beekeeper, Wilder Side Honey, to plant a tree
Aurora Noon Lions Club will hold a pork-chop dinner fundraiser from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 22. at Luigi’s Pizza and Fun Center, 732 Prairie Street in Aurora. The public is invited. Patrons may pick up dinners in a drive-thru or eat in the center. Proceeds will benefit
If you do not participate the Friends of the Library’s annual Used Book Sale, it’s not too late to find a bargain. The Friends are having an after-the-sale sale. Gently-used books left from the weekend sale have been marked down in price to $.25 for paperbacks and $1 for hardcover
L.I.F.T. (Live. Improve. Flourish. Thrive.) Aurora (aka Culture Stock) needs help to win a $25,000 grant to enhance its reading and arts program. It is close to the Top 40 and needs help getting the word out to acquire more votes. Click here for more information https://www.neighborhoodassist.com/entry/2039862Help a Cause in
From left, Sharissa McQueen, Deb Bell, Officer Jason Contreras, Officer Rodriguez, and Jose Cervantes help out during the Special Olympics’ fundraiser Friday, Aug. 20.
The Aurora Police Department officers invite everyone for a cup of coffee Friday, Aug. 20, at Dunkin’ locations to support Special Olympics Illinois Coffee for Champions (formerly Cop On Top). From 5 a.m. to noon, officers will be at 1255 N. Farnsworth Avenue and 1237 N. Eola Road in Aurora.
Citizen Police Academy Alumni Association of Aurora will hold a car-wash fundraiser from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 21, at Aurora Police Department headquarters, 1200 E. Indian Trail Dr. in Aurora. The drive-through event will benefit APD’s K-9 unit dogs and officers. Prices are $6 for cars and
On a warm and beautiful night, Saturday, Aug. 7 the Sycamore Speedway, in Maple Park was host to the Cosmopolitan Club of Aurora’s, “Race to Fight Diabetes”. Tiffany Olson, general manager of Sycamore Speedway, turned the race track over to the Cosmos to bring an awareness about diabetes, to the
Friends of the Fox River has rescheduled its sixth annual fundraiser No Clean Water No Good Beer, to Monday, Aug. 16. River lovers from across the Fox River watershed will convene outside in the back patio at Bandito Barney’s, 10 N. River Street, in East Dundee, from 6 p.m. to
Friends of the Fox River holds its sixth annual fundraiser No Clean Water No Good Beer Monday, Aug. 9. River lovers from across the Fox River watershed can convene outside in the back patio at Bandito Barney’s on 10 N River Street, in East Dundee from 6 p.m. to 9
Senior Services Associates and the United City of Yorkville will be host to a BBQ and Big Band Night as part of the Hometown Days celebration Thursday, Sept. 2 at the Beecher Center, 908 Game Farm Road in Yorkville. Dinner will be served from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. and
The Plano Area Chamber of Commerce will be host to the first Back to School Bash & Color Run, Saturday, Aug. 14 at The Montcler Hotel, 3450 Drew Street, Sandwich. The festivities will be from 3 p.m. to 8 p.m. and the Run will start at 5 p.m.. The after
Aurora Area Interfaith Food Pantry, Aurora’s largest food pantry, joins together with 95.9 The River, asking for community support to ensure no one goes hungry in Fox Valley this Summer, Thursday, July 15. Pack the Pantry Radiothon, a 13-hour live radio broadcast, from three Aurora restaurant locations, Breakfast at Syrup,
The Aurora Police Department will team up with Mutual Ground, an Aurora domestic violence shelter, to be host to Christmas in July, a donation drive-thru to help support victims and families impacted by Domestic & Sexual Violence. from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, July 10, Aurora Police Department will
The 20th Annual Aurora East Education Foundation (AEEF) benefit golf outing, a fundraiser for scholarships and education projects by teachers, will be held Thursday, July 15, at Phillips Park Golf Course, 1001 Hill Avenue in Aurora.The public is invited. The schedule is: 11 a.m., registration; noon, box lunch; 12:30 p.m.,
Franklin Creek Conservation Association, an Illinois registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit and Friends group to Franklin Creek and the Franklin Creek State Natural Area, will be host to the first Grist Mill Grind 10K and Fun Walk at 8 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 11. All proceeds from this event will go to the
Cosmopolitan Club of Aurora, the club that fights diabetes, recently installed officers and directors for 2021-2022. Presiding at an installation ceremony Thursday, June 17, at Oak Street Restaurant in North Aurora was Vic Smith, Cosmopolitan International Mid-States Federation governor. Smith, a Newark resident, is an Aurora Cosmo. Installed were Russ
The members of the Cosmopolitan Club of Aurora, “The Club That Fights Diabetes”, cordially invites everyone to attend our First major fundraiser of this year. The Barn at Blackberry Farm will come alive with an evening of fun and excitement at 6:30pm. Friday, June 25. Live Entertainment will be by
Nobody needs a birdie’s eye view to notice the resurgence. It doesn’t take a golfer to realize the sport is writing quite the comeback story. “You drive down the street and pass a golf course, and we’ve got golf carts going forwards, backwards and any other direction they can fit,”
