Most charity organizations start out with well-intended goals and when we decide to support a charity we hope the funds are spent wisely. Sadly, reports reveal that many charity leaders are paid huge sums of money and misuse these funds. Some of these funds are obtained by professional fundraisers and
Batavia Basketball Golf Outing July 13 The 18th annual Batavia High School basketball alumni golf outing will be held at 9 a.m. Friday, July 13 with a shotgun start at Bliss Creek Golf Course, formerly Prestbury Golf Course. The course is just off Bliss Road in Sugar Grove. The cost
The Aurora Area Interfaith Food Pantry and Marie Wilkinson Food Pantry will join forces Friday to end Summer childhood hunger. The two food pantries, both in Aurora, will take part in the annual Matching Pallet fundraiser, with a goal of $25,000, an amount that will be matched by six businesses:
Golf outing for East Aurora July 19 The Aurora East Educational Foundation will be host to its 17th annual benefit golf outing Thursday, July 19, at the Phillips Park Golf Course, on Ray Moses Drive in Aurora, near the intersection of Hill Avenue and Montgomery Road. The golf outing is
Golf outing for East Aurora July 19 The Aurora East Educational Foundation will be host to its 17th annual benefit golf outing Thursday, July 19, at the Phillips Park Golf Course, on Ray Moses Drive in Aurora, near the intersection of Hill Avenue and Montgomery Road. The golf outing is
Naperville Democrats FUNraiser June 23 The Naperville Township Democrats will be host to an annual Summer FUNdaiser and Pig Roast from 3 p.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday, June 23, to support the 2018 Election Fund. Democrats of all ages are welcome to bring their families to mix and mingle with
Geneva: Cancer survivors carry a banner with handprints of survivors to step off the annual American Cancer Society 2018 Relay for Life of Kane County at Northwestern Medicine Field in Geneva Friday. Al Benson/The Voice
Yorkville: The Color Fun Run at Silver Springs State Park Saturday helps Grace Holistic Center For Education. A video of the event can be seen at facebook.com/thevoice.us. Mark Krueger/The Voice
Naperville Democrats FUNraiser June 23 The Naperville Township Democrats will be host to an annual Summer FUNdaiser and Pig Roast from 3 p.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday, June 23, to support the 2018 Election Fund. Democrats of all ages are welcome to bring their families to mix and mingle with
Effort seeks funds for mural in Yorkville The Yorkville Public Library and Kendall Arts Guild have joined to raise funds to for artist Eulojio Ortega to paint a mural that would greet the public at the entrance of the Library at 902 Game Farm Road. It would excite the minds
The Batavia Chamber of Commerce members were pleased to be a part of the Batavia Woman’s Club’s Ribbon Cutting and monthly luncheon Monday, May 7 at Riverview Banquets in Batavia. Present for this wonderful occasion were: Nan Pope Phillips, Batavia Women’s Club (BWC) president; Batavia mayor Jeffery Schielke; Batavia city
AAMOU Breakfast fundraiser May 26 The African American Men of Unity (AAMOU) will present its annual breakfast fundraiser from 7:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Saturday, May 26 at the New Covenant Full Gospel Church, 1029 Kane Street, Aurora. All proceeds and donations will help support AAMOU whose mission is to
The largest one-day national food drive requires a large network to help fill depleted supplies in many food pantries. The annual event uses the mail trucks to pick up donations, including letter carriers on their routes. Saturday both National Association of Letter Carriers Branch 219, based in Aurora and NALC
Memorial Day is more than an unofficial first day of Summer with picnics, barbecues, and family gatherings. The fourth Monday in May each year is for a sense of remembering, a memorial. We can pause for a few hours in some way to participate in a memorial. Remembering a loved
Plano National Hispanic Club Fundrive NHI Club needs used items to reach its tuition fee goals for this Summer’s Leadership Programs! Individuals can help by cleaning out closets, garages, and basements, and pack donations in a yard waste 30 gallon back or a kitchen waste basket 13 gallon garbage bag.
Demeter funds go to Paws Saving Lives Donald A. Demeter Golf Tournament in Rocky Point, Mexico will be a benefit to Cosmopolitan Club of Aurora. Charles Demeter, son of Donald A. Demeter, and a member of the Aurora Club, organized the event in memory of his father. The funds raised
History on a Fork, Spring fundraiser for the Aurora Historical Society, Friday includes musicians, The Internationals, Henry Sergienko and Arkady Pevchin from Buffalo Grove. The site is One East Benton (Support Techs, formerly Aurora Public Library). Included was a kitchen, a replica of an immigrant kitchen centered around a c.
Books needed for Used Book Sale The Friends of the Yorkville Public Library are planning their 10th annual Used Book Sale. This great fundraiser has brought in $41,800 for the Library during the past nine years, with help, we can add to this total. Money raised by the sale goes
