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
Marie Wilkinson Food Pantry will be host to, not only its annual Garden Harvest Dinner, but two additional events, Lunch and Brunch in Marie’s Garden Saturday, Aug. 15 and Sunday, Aug. 30. It will be a celebration of breakfast, lunch, and dinner, all from the garden. In lieu of the
Marmion Academy and Rosary High School will be host to a drive-in/drop-off Crayons for Kids (CFK) School Supply Drive Monday, July 27 and Tuesday, July 28 to benefit school and children in need. Families, alumni, friends, and community members are encouraged to purchase supplies and drop them off at either
By Russ George, president Cosmopolitan Club of Aurora I’m pleased to announce that our Second Annual “Race to Fight Diabetes” Awareness Night, will be held as scheduled Saturday, Aug. 1, at Sycamore Speedway on Route 64, Maple Park. Gates will open at 6 p.m.. Tiffany Olson, general manager of Sycamore
Luigi’s Pizza and Fun Center, 732 Prairie Street in Aurora, will be host to a trivia-night fundraiser sponsored by Aurora Noon Lions Club from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Wednesday, July 8, to benefit Marie Wilkinson and Aurora Interfaith Food Pantries in Aurora. The public is invited. —Al Benson
Citizens can donate blood at “Together We Can Save Lives” Blood Drive from 12:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m., Tuesday, July 21, at the American Legion Post 630, 112 N. Main Street in Elburn. The event will be presented by State senator Jim Oberweis, R-Sugar Grove, and State represenative Keith Wheeler,
More than 125 cars were lined up early by 7 a.m. Monday for the Aurora Pop-Up Pantry at Phillips Park! A city press release said approximately 100 volunteers distributed free food starting at 9 a.m.. Volunteers included youth, Mayor’s Office Service Team, Aurora Emergency Management Agency, Maya Angelou Academy, Quad
Many cars line up in Plano with a team of volunteers to load boxes of produce and gallons of milk into vehicles during the food drive-thru coordinated by the Kendall County Community Food Pantry and volunteers from the United Methodist Church of Plano.
Although we can not be together this year, we are looking forward to coming together as a community virtually for United as One for a Night to End Hunger at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 29. Together as one, we can make a difference by helping thousands of individuals and families
