Cosmopolitan Club of Aurora drive-thru fundraiser
Cosmopolitan Club of Aurora volunteers pass out barbecue chicken and pork chop dinners during a drive-thru fundraiser Tuesday, May 4, at Aurora Advent Christian Church.
Aurora Noon Lions Club rib dinner fundraiser May 19
Aurora Noon Lions Club will hold a barbecue rib dinner fundraiser from 4:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. Wednesday, May 19, at Luigi’s Pizza, 732 Prairie Street in Aurora. The public is invited. Diners may eat in or pickup dinners at a drive-thru in the parking lot. Menu choices are ribs
Aurora Urban Youth Ministry to hold barbecue fundraiser May 13
Urban Youth Ministry (UYM), a program of Wayside Cross Ministries in Aurora, will hold a drive-thru barbecue dinner fundraiser from 4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. Thursday, May 13. The public is invited to the event in the Westminster Presbyterian Church parking lot, 10 N. Edgelawn Drive in Aurora. Robin Sterkel,
Aurora’s Dominican Literacy Center to hold three fundraisers May 12
Aurora’s Dominican Literacy Center (DLC) will hold fundraisers at three Lou Malnati’s Pizzerias Wednesday, May 12.“Raise a Slice for a Good Cause” fundraisers will be held at Lou Malnati’s locations in Aurora, Oswego, and Naperville. Locations and hours will include: • Lou Malnati’s, 1720 Orchard Road, Aurora, from 4 p.m.
Batavia Lions Club to hold plant sale
Batavia Lions Club will be host to its 39th annual plant sale fundraiser from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, May 8.Plants include geraniums, combination baskets, variegated impatiens, lantanas, and petunias. Lori Wilson, fundraiser chair, said stationary wagons will be in the 7-Eleven parking lot at Wilson and Prairie Streets,
Boy Scouts post flags
Aurora brothers and Boy Scouts Cole, left, and Jack Eigsti, right, salute an American flag last year in a Post the Colors fundraiser by Blackhawk Boy Scout Troop 11 at Wesley United Methodist Church in Aurora.
Aurora Cosmopolitan Club BBQ fundraiser May 4
Aurora Cosmopolitan Club will hold a drive-through barbecue dinner fundraiser from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 4, at Aurora Advent Christian Church, 905 N. Edgelawn Drive in Aurora. Russ George, Aurora Cosmo president, said 5-B’s Catering will prepare meals. Options are a half chicken dinner, $15; two pork
Washington Middle School PTA scoop: Ice cream
Washington Middle School PTA in West Aurora School Dist. 129 will hold a fundraiser from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. Thursday, April 22, at Oberweis Ice Cream and Dairy Store, 951 Ice Cream Dr. in North Aurora. The public is invited. Receipts returned to Washington Middle School will be entered
Rummage sale for congregant trip
Aurora Advent Christian Church, 905 N. Edgelawn Drive in Aurora, will hold a rummage-sale fundraiser, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, April 10. The public is invited. Parking is free. Pastor Matt Mull said sale items include toys, games/puzzles, electronics, office and craft supplies, holiday decorations, jewelry, bedding, linens, luggage,
United Methodist Church of Plano collecting care items
The United Methodist Church of Plano is collecting items for college care packages for Church family members who are away at college. Items can be dropped off from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday through Friday at the Church, 219 N Hale Street, Plano. The packages are designed to give
Cosmopolitan Club of Aurora two-weekend rummage sale
Cosmopolitan Club of Aurora will hold a four-day indoor rummage sale fundraiser to fight diabetes.Sales will be held at Timberlake Clubhouse, 1600 Colorado Avenue in Aurora, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday, March 26; 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, March 27; 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday, April
Community blood drive in Aurora March 29
Calling on the community to help those in need, State representative Stephanie Kifowit, D-Oswego, is encouraging residents to sign up to donate blood at a community blood drive from noon to 5 p.m. Monday, March 29 at the former Aurora Public Library, 1 E. Benton Street in Aurora. “Hospitals and
Shave results good cause
Montgomery resident Tyler Becker, 12, reacts as barber Gus Rodriguez of Oswego shaves Tyler’s head Sunday at Oswego Brewing Co. parking lot in a Bike Bald Group fundraiser for childhood cancer awareness.
Jim Gilbert’s hair-razing raises funds
Jim Gilbert of Aurora got a free haircut Sunday, March 7, and raised $1,062 from family and friends for childhood cancer research. Gilbert was among 47 participants in an annual head-shaving event to benefit the Los Angeles-based St. Baldrick’s Foundation. Ballydoyle Irish Pub and Restaurant in Aurora was host to
Plan: Build a veterans’ community
Fox Valley Habitat for Humanity (FVHFH) announced its plan to break ground on a sustainable community for veterans. The Yorkville project called Operation Home America, seeks to raise $6 Million by June 15. Funds will be used to develop and zone land for permanent, full-equity, affordable single-family and duplex homes
Chicago Steel game, auction, raise $10,00 for Foundation
Chicago Steel fans helped raise approximately $10,000 when they bid on game-worn special jerseys presented by FONA International to benefit the Geneva Academic Foundation (GAF). The Steel wore the special blackout jerseys Saturday, Feb. 13 for its game against the Dubuque Fighting Saints, a 3-2 overtime Steel victory. The week-long
Legion Post 181 Bowl for Veterans March 27
The American Legion Riders Post 181 from Sandwich will be host to a “Bowl for Veterans” nine pin, no tap event Saturday, March 27, at Sandwich Idle Hour Lanes, 927 E. Railroad Street. Start times will be 4 p.m. and 7 p.m.. There will be prizes for first, second, and
Aurora Area Interfaith Food Pantry’s second drive-thru Kids’ Pop-Up food giveaway
Reverend Kyle Dern, center, outreach pastor at Calvary Church in Naperville, directs traffic at the Aurora Area Interfaith Food Pantry’s second drive-thru Kids’ Pop-Up food giveaway Saturday.
Aurora Area Retired Teachers Association drive-thru to benefit food pantries
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.