For students looking for scholarships to help lessen the financial burden college brings, it’s not too late to participate in the annual Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Voice of Democracy and Patriot’s Pen essay competitions. Open to eligible high school students, the Voice of Democracy program is one of the
First Centennial Mortgage of Aurora is a partner with Fox Valley Habitat for Humanity by donating $175,000 to provide funds for the building of its first home in Batavia. “This is our 25th year in business so we wanted to do something special for our community to celebrate our anniversary,”
Members of the Naperville Park District Police invite the community to contribute new, unwrapped, toys for the 2020 DuPage County Toys for Tots program, presented by the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve. Toys will be collected at various locations now through Saturday, Dec. 12. “It’s not too early to think about
Volunteers are needed to deliver meals on wheels in northern DeKalb County. Voluntary Action Center (VAC) Meals on Wheels has expanded and enrolls more seniors than ever before and serves more than 1,500 meals a week. VAC depends on the generosity of volunteers to help in the deliveries.Being a meals
Dick Schindel, right, brings a fundraiser to-go luncheon to the drive-thru client Tuesday, Oct. 6 at Gaslite Manor in Aurora.
Marine Corps League Golf Committee representatives, Tom Bulin and Joe West, left, and Mike Eckburg, right, present checks to three food pantry representatives in the morning Thursday, Oct. 1 at the Fox Valley Breakfast Club at the 1 E. Benton building in Aurora.
Aurora Noon Lions Club will hold its annual Candy Day fundraiser from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday, Oct. 9. Noon Lions President Arvid Meyer of Aurora said volunteers will collect donations at Walgreen stores at 22 N. Constitution Avenue and 1207 N. Randall Road, both in Aurora. According to
Free frozen meals Monday for seniors 60 years and older provide food assistance in a drive-thru program at the Aurora Police Department.
Aurora Noon Lions Club will hold a frozen pizza fundraiser in September and October. Arvid Meyer, Noon Lions president, said the pizza sale is in partnership with Luigi’s Pizza and Fun Center in Aurora, 732 Prairie Street in Aurora. The Lions and Luigi’s will offer 12-inch frozen pizzas for $6
The Cosmopolitan Club of Aurora, The Club That Fights Diabetes, will be host to its 5B’s Fall BBQ Drive-Thru 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 8 at Advent Christian Church, 905 N Edgelawn Drive, Aurora. Tickets can be purchased from KCT Credit Union, Cosmo Club members, by phone at
The Grace Holistic Center for Education (GHCE) will hold its fourth annual Grace Gather & Gala, A Day of Grace. Saturday, Sept. 26 in Yorkville. The School is at 201 Garden Street, Yorkville. The only fundraiser each year is held for the private school which is pen to students from
The Neighbor Project in Aurora supplies an opportunity for rent and mortgage assistance in the Water Street Square Thursday, Aug. 27 across from the Aurora City Hall.
We don’t end hunger or transform lives by ourselves. We do it with the generosity and support from our entire community! On behalf of the nearly 1,000 families we serve each week, we offer our sincerest gratitude for the community’s outpouring of support for our virtual gala, Night to End
To help with the ongoing need for blood donations during the coronavirus pandemic, Naperville Park District will be host to several donation opportunities this Fall at its Alfred Rubin Riverwalk Community Center (ARRCC) in partnership with Versiti Blood Center of Illinois. The blood drives will take place in Community Hall,
Elected officials in the Aurora area serve guests, along with host staff members of the new Mora on The River in downtown Aurora Friday on Water Street as a part of three-day fundraiser for the STEM programs in School Districts 129 and 131 in Aurora.
The Friends of the Yorkville Public Library is beginning its annual membership drive and looks to the Yorkville area community for support. Yorkville Public Library is at 902 Game Farm Road, Yorkville. This group, a non-profit organization, believes in the importance of the Library to the entire community and recognizes
The global COVID-19 pandemic has created previously unforeseen hardships on our physical, mental, and economic health. It is with these economic hardships in mind that the Oswegoland Park foundation has made a $25,000 donation to the Oswegoland Park District to help with funds for the District’s Financial Assistance Program, which
As the effects of COVID-19 continue to impact our communities, food insecurity levels continue to rise. Aurora is coming together, once again, to fill in the gap. The City of Aurora will host its third communitywide Pop-Up Food Pantry from 9 a.m. to noon Monday, Aug. 10 at Phillips Park,
Montgomery-based Fox Valley Habitat for Humanity will raffle a 1967 Chevrolet in a benefit for the housing ministry. Barbara Zegiel, Habitat coordinator of funds, said the blue classic was donated by an anonymous man “…who wants us to raise money for the new ReStore. Habitat will open a ReStore, a
