Aurora Girl Scout Troop 4785 will hold a pancake breakfast fundraiser from 7 a.m. to noon Saturday, Feb. 15, at Wesley United Methodist Church, 14 N. May Street in Aurora. The public is invited. Parking is free. The menu includes all-you-can-eat pancakes, sausage, biscuits and gravy and fruit with orange
The DuPage Care Center offers the community an opportunity to send Valentine wishes to Center residents. For a $2 donation, community members can send a large Valentine to a Care Center resident to spread cheer and best wishes. The Valentines will be 16-inch by 14-inch hearts with personal greetings written
A dozen students from Lisle Teens with Character, a youth group, handpack dry-food meals at Feed My Starving Children in Aurora Monday.
The Compassion Foundation of Aurora announced its 2019 grant recipients and will award $43,500, its highest total annual amount ever, to 12 non-profits, helping those in need, including: Breaking Free, Mutual Ground, Kiwanis Club of Aurora (Coats for Kids), Tri City Family Services, Aurora Interfaith Food Pantry, CASA Kane County,
Nonprofits in the Dunham Fund service area scored big with donations during the #ILGive 2019 campaign. More than 2,000 donors generously contributed more than $954,824 to approximately 85 Aurora area service agencies. Earlier this year, the Dunham Fund provided marketing workshops to help nonprofits become prepared for this fundraising event.
Recent Fox Valley Habitat homeowner, Andrea Wood, is pulled by sons, Nicholas and Christopher, at the dedication of her home at 1530 Solfisburg Avenue in Aurora Saturday, Dec. 7.
The Aurora Women’s Empowerment Foundation is excited to carry on the 126-year mission of the YWCA Aurora by awarding grants to partners who deliver programs that empower women and girls and give them the tools to succeed in their communities. We are excited to be members of the Aurora Regional
Cars line up on Smith Boulevard next to East Aurora High School to enter the 13th Annual Festival of Lights in Aurora’s Phillips Park Saturday.
By Tom Siebert As the season of giving coincides with cold weather and early darkness, Kendall County youth are showing warmth and brightness to the homeless community. Students from Parkview Academy and members of a 4-H Club, both in Yorkville, recently donated colorful fleece blankets to PADS’ temporary shelters. Jennifer
Approximately 70 West Aurora High School choristers participate in the school’s 33rd annual madrigal dinner-concert Saturday.
Meals on Wheels recipients will receive a hot meal on Christmas Day thanks to the William Frankiewicz Foundation, the First Congregational UCC of DeKalb, and Northwestern Medicine Valley West Community Hospital. Although our Meals on Wheels kitchens will close December 24 and 25 to give staff members the holidays with
By Lenore Blatner In late November, the women of St. Joseph Catholic Parish in Aurora, sent 157 colorful dresses and pants to Food for the Poor in Coconut Creek, Fla.. From there they were sent to Jamaica and Trinidad, for the needy children at these missions. In October, an article
The North Aurora Police Department was host to a Visit Santa event Saturday. Officers and their families helped children have their photo taken with Santa.
The Batavia American Legion Post 504 thanks the general public for being so generous during it’s “Gifts for Yanks” poppy collection on Veterans Day weekend. The Post thanks the Batavia merchants who were kind to allow the Post to collect at their business’. They are: Apple Villa Rest., Briana’s Restaurant,
The mascots for Plano Schools were happy to take part in the recent Rockin’ Christmas parade and other festivities. • P.H. the Panther from P.H. Miller School; • Cheetah from Centennial School • Josie the Jaguar from Emily G. Johns School; • Ted the Tiger from Plano Middle School. Superintendent
Even in retirement, former Aurora-area teachers remember Fox Valley students. Aurora-based Aurora Area Retired Teachers Association recently donated 474 items of Winter gear–homemade and from stores–to Communities in Schools (CIS). Included were 208 socks, 146 gloves, 113 Winter hats, five scarves, and two blankets. CIS will distribute the gear to
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, Dec. 15. It will be an affordable all-you-can-eat breakfast buffet and it will help the Sons of the American Legion raise funds to help support
Kiwanis Club of Aurora members sort toys at a warehouse on Hankes Road on Aurora’s East side to assist Toys for Tots, Tuesday.
#ILGive is a State-wide, 24-hour digital fundraising event that connects individuals with the causes that matter to them. This year, four communities across Illinois have their own regional web page to make it easier for donors to find their favorite local nonprofit or cause on Giving Tuesday, Dec. 3, and
