Montgomery resident Jim Reiland delivers a lunch to a patron at the Aurora Area Retired Teachers Association drive-thru benefit at Gaslite Manor in Aurora for two Aurora food pantries.
Aurora Noon Lions Club will be host a spaghetti dinner from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 13, at Luigi’s Pizza and Fun Center, 732 Prairie Street in Aurora. Proceeds will benefit Aurora Area Interfaith Food Pantry. The public is invited. The menu includes spaghetti, vegetables, meatballs or chicken
Since November, The Just Food Initiative of the Fox Valley, 1921 Wilson Street, Suite A, in Batavia, has been buying, packing, and delivering free snacks for caregivers both at Sunnymere retirement home in Aurora and The Vines senior homes in Elgin. The nonprofit’s volunteers pack snacks at Calvary Episcopal Church,
Fox Valley Habitat for Humanity will ring in 2021 with “Bingo For Owino,” a virtual bingo-game fundraiser for a Batavia Habitat home, from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 10, 2021. Habitat will be host to five virtual games on Zoom. Two raffle baskets and a 50-50 raffle are
Buy a book or two for O.C. Allen Elementary School in East Aurora School District 131. That’s the request from Ellen Jo Ljung of Geneva, who leads a book drive for Allen. Her motivation: “Allen has a 92% minority population, yet its students often can’t see themselves in the books
Naperville Park District invites donations to the 14th annual Pennies for Pies drive from November 2-20. From its inception in 2006, the goal of the Pennies for Pies campaign has been to encourage the community to make donations of any amount, including pocket change, to help fund the purchase of
Members of the Naperville Park District Police invite the community to contribute new, unwrapped, toys for the 2020 DuPage County Toys for Tots program, presented by the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve. Toys will be collected at various locations now through Saturday, Dec. 12. “It’s not too early to think about
Dick Schindel, right, brings a fundraiser to-go luncheon to the drive-thru client Tuesday, Oct. 6 at Gaslite Manor in Aurora.
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
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
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
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,
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
The COVID-19 pandemic has altered all of our lives. Some are financially equipped to weather the storm. Others are not so fortunate. This request is for voluntary donations which would be made to our loyal server, Denise, who serves the Aurora Navy League so well each month at Grandma’s Table
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
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
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
