By Russ George The Diabetes Club of Fox Valley held their first gala dinner, “A NIGHT TO END DIABETES”, Friday, Nov. 1, at the Lincoln Inn, Route 31, in Batavia. More than 100 members and guests were in attendance to enjoy the social hour, complete with a large selection of...
The Knights of Columbus of Somonauk, Ill. present Open Door Rehabilitation Center a check for $5,118. The check follows Knights of Columbus' annual" Tootsie Roll Drive" which raises funds through the community for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
Aurora Police Chief Keith Cross, right, and Lieutenant William Rowley, left, present a check to Jen Tedrow and Ann Zediker of the Lustgarten Foundation.
Aurora Area Retired Teachers Association (AARTA) donate $975 to Aurora Area Interfaith Food Pantry September 1.
Aurora Area Retired Teachers Association (AARTA) presents a $1,358 donation to Marie Wilkinson Food Pantry in Aurora July 8.
During its holiday luncheon Tuesday, Dec. 14 at Enticing Cuisine Banquets, the Batavia Women in Business (BWIB) raised $1,605. The combination of money and donated gift cards was divided between the Batavia Access Toy Drive and the Batavia United Way’s Adopt A Family program. Additionally, attendees donated tables filled with...
Russ George, left, Cosmopolitan Club of Aurora president, presents a $500 check to John Jaros, Aurora Historical Society executive director and Mary Clark-Ormond, society president.
Members of 100+ Women Who Care of Will County held their big check presentation November 4 and donated $4,000 to Navarro Farm. Sherri Navarro, co-founder, was presented the check by 100+ Women Who Care members Kathy DeSalvo and Joanne Tomczcuk. “We are so grateful for the support of the 100+...
Continuing a series of community-service grants, Cosmopolitan Club of Aurora, the club that fights diabetes, presented a $1,000 grant to Cities in Schools (CIS) of Aurora. Russ George, Cosmo president, presented a ceremonial check to Theresa Shoemaker, CIS executive director, at the Club’s Thursday, Sept. 16, meeting at Oak Street...
The Cosmopolitan Club of Aurora has donated $2,500 last week to support the Kovler Diabetes Center at University of Chicago, which provides research, care, and education to empower patients to effectively manage diabetes. Cosmopolitan Club President Russ George presented the check Thursday, May 11, to Peggy Hasenauer, MS, RN, executive...
Aurora Noon Lions Club presents a $250 ceremonial check to Aurora Area Interfaith Food Pantry Monday at Luigi's Pizza in Aurora.
Aurora Area Retired Teachers Association presents a $915 ceremonial check to Marie Wilkinson Food Pantry in Aurora.
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Diane Renner, left, Marie Wilkinson Food Pantry director, accepts a $530 replica check recently from Aurora Noon Lions Club president Arvid Meyer.
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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.
John Gamble, Fox Valley Snowdrifter Ski Club president, left, presents a $500 check to Nancy Nehmer, volunteer appreciation coordinator for Northern Illinois Food Bank.
Cantigny Park, part of the Robert R. McCormick Foundation, awarded a check for $12,500 to the Midwest Shelter for Homeless Veterans (MSHV) in Wheaton. The donation, presented on Veterans Day, represents net proceeds from the 16th annual Cantigny 5K Run/Walk November 2. The check amount included cash donations from participating...
