Giving Tuesday ended at Oberweis Dairy Tuesday, April 14 and 20% of fountain sales will be contributed to food pantries in Illinois, Missouri, and Michigan. Oberweis Dairy will send Hesed House in Aurora, a check for $23,983.77, which represents 20% of last Tuesday’s fountain sales plus $10,000 from Oberweis family
With many individuals inside, representative Stephanie Kifowit has created a COVID-19 BINGO card to help raise awareness during this time of crisis and each completed card will generate a meal donation through Feeding the Frontline initiative through April. The BINGO card was posted on Friday to representative Kifowit’s Facebook page,
Oberweis Dairy is giving patrons an opportunity to turn ice cream into charity by committing 20% of fountain sales Tuesday, April 7 to Aurora’s Hesed House. Based in Aurora, Hesed House’s mission is to feed the hungry, clothe the naked, shelter the homeless and give individuals the chance to hope
Reuland Food Service in Aurora has provided a first round of lunches donated to ER departments at Amita Mercy and Rush Copley medical centers in Aurora. In Facebook post, Brigit Reuland said, “Thank you to all those who have sponsored lunches. You are making a difference!” John Diederich, president and
Flowing Forth United Methodist Church in Aurora is looking for volunteers willing to write thank-you notes for delivery to Aurora area frontline health-care workers. Those willing to write thank-you cards can contact Flowing Forth Pastor Derek Rogers at pastorderekrogers@Gmail.com or call the church office, 630-239-2321, to advise many cards you
Ryan Reuland, right, of Reuland Food Service in Aurora, delivers 40 free lunches Saturday to the ER Department at Rush-Copley Medical Center in Aurora.
Community Foundation of the Fox River Valley recently announced the creation of the Fox Valley Grantmakers COVID-19 Response Fund. Fox Valley area funders have come together to establish the Fox Valley Grantmakers COVID-19 Response Fund at the Community Foundation of the Fox River Valley to support nonprofits in the greater
John Gamble, Fox Valley Snowdrifter Ski Club president, left, presents a $500 check to Nancy Nehmer, volunteer appreciation coordinator for Northern Illinois Food Bank.
The Aurora Food Pantry is in need of N95 Respirator Masks and needs at least 10 more in order to serve food for the next two distribution cycles. This is an urgent need. Please view the video below to see the please from Cat Battista, executive director .
An Aurora letter carrier has appealed for donations of hand sanitizer and wipes for postal employees. Tony Hutson, a City letter carrier and regional administrative assistant at National Association of Letter Carriers (AFL-CIO), posted an appeal on his Facebook page. He said, “We are in desperate need. The USPS is
By Russ George Saturday night, the members of the Cosmopolitan Club of Aurora The Club That Fights Diabetes, held a Diabetes Awareness Night at the Fox Valley Ice Arena, Geneva, while cheering on the Chicago Steel ice hockey team in a game against the Dubuque Fighting Saints. The Steel minor
The Aurora and Fox Valley community are invited to the 70th Kiwanis Pancake Day at Aurora Central Catholic High School, 1255 N. Edgelawn Drive, Aurora, from 7 a.m. to noon Saturday, March 14. The Kiwanis Club of Aurora in its 104th year celebration will present the annual breakfast event to
Members of the Share Fox Valley group, along with representation from the Community Foundation of the Fox River Valley, present a $15,000 donation to the board members of Mutual Ground, a domestic violence shelter in Aurora.
Open Roads ABATE will be host to Trivia Night at the Plano American Legion, 510 E. Dearborn Street, starting at 6 p.m. Saturday, March 21. Cost is $10 per person, ages 12 and older at the door. The event will bring lots of laughs, fun, brain-teasers, prizes, and refreshments. Attendees
The Sons of the American Legion of Plano Post 395 will be host to its All-You-Can-Eat Breakfast Buffet from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. Sunday, March 15 at the American Legion Post 510 E. Dearborn Street in Plano. Menu items include scrambled eggs, egg casserole, potatoes, bacon, sausage, biscuits and
Wesley United Methodist Church preschool in Aurora will hold an all-you-can-eat pizza and pasta fundraiser from 5 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 26, at Luigi’s Pizza and Fun Center, 732 Prairie Street in Aurora. The public is invited. Proceeds will help benefit the preschool. Dinner will include pizzas, pastas,
Montgomery-based Fox Valley Habitat for Humanity will hold information meetings in Aurora and Batavia for prospective homeowners. The public is invited. Applications to be partners with Habitat will be available. Information will be provided at 6 p.m. Wednesday, March 25, at Batavia Public Library, 10 S. Batavia Avenue; Tuesday, April
Editor’s note: There are extra notices this week, so The Voice is providing extra space on this page as a public service. Paid advertising rates are available to guarantee space assignment. Batavia Book Sale for treasurers The Friends of the Batavia Public Library will hold its March Book sale from
The annual Polar Plunge in Yorkville Saturday at Loon Lake includes warm air and cold water.
There will be a National Meatball Day, Swedish style, with a benefit dinner for the Swedish American Children’s Choir from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Saturday, March 7, at Bethany Lutheran Church, 8 S Lincoln Street in Batavia. The dinner will feature Swedish meatballs and gravy, mashed potatoes, vegetables, lingonberries,
