An all-you-can-eat pizza and pasta dinner fundraiser will be held by the Aurora Noon Lions Club from 5 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 25, at Luigi’s Pizza and Fun Center, 732 Prairie Street in Aurora. The public is invited. Parking is free. Donations are $8 for adults, $6 for
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 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
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.
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,
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
State representative Barbara Hernandez, D-Aurora, will collect donations of Winter clothing items to help benefit families who utilize the Marie Wilkinson Food Pantry and the Aurora Area Interfaith Food Pantry, this month. Items needed include gently-used or new hats, scarves, gloves, coats, and sweatshirts. Residents can donate items through December
The Aurora Public Library (APL) Bookmobile has been off road for 33 days for emergency repairs so far this year. It has interrupted services, including school visits and community stops! It is why the time is now to raise funds for a new Bookmobile for Aurora! Imagine a new Bookmobile
By: Izzy Cueller Eighth grader at Grace Holistic Ghosts, Witches, and Ghouls! Sunday, Oct. 20, at Grace Holistic Center for Education in Yorkville, was a school fundraising event called the Goblin Games. There was a haunted house, a bounce house, and many games in each classroom. Each classroom had a
A citywide Sunday Brunch Fundraiser will be held Sunday, Oct. 27 by a coalition of more than 20 Fox Valley restaurants. Fill the Bowls organizers will welcome guests of all ages from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at Gaslight Manor Banquets, 2485 Church Road in Aurora. Funds raised will support
Tickets are available now for the Aurora Children’s Dental Service’s Santa’s Fun Fest at the Montgomery VFW Post 7452, 121 N. River Street, Montgomery, Saturday, Nov. 30, sponsored by the Aurora Junior Woman’s Club. The fundraiser will be from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. the Saturday following Thanksgiving Day. Tickets
The Oswego Senior Center, 156 E. Washington Street, Oswego, will be host to many events for seniors in November. All events will take place at the Oswego Senior Center unless otherwise noted. • Oswego Senior Center Cocktail Party Fundraiser, Friday, Nov. 1, 7 p.m. to 10 p.m..Tickets are available for
“Fill the Bowls,” an annual fundraiser to benefit Marie Wilkinson Food Pantry of Aurora, will be held from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 27, at Gaslite Manor, 2485 Church Road in Aurora. The public is invited. Parking is free. Aurora-area restaurants and food vendors will offer samples. High
The Fall fundraiser for the Aurora Historical Society will be a Halloween party which will feature costumes, food, dancing, and historical characters. The party will be Friday, Oct. 18 at One East Benton, a 1904 building that was formerly the Aurora Public Library and is now the headquarters of SupportTechs,
Aurora Evening Lions Club will hold its eighth annual night golf fundraiser and raffle from 6:30 p.m. to 11 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 14, at Phillips Park Golf Course, 1001 Hill Ave. in Aurora. The schedule is: Registration, 6:25 p.m.; contests, raffles and silent auction, 6:45 p.m.; shotgun start, 7:30 p.m.
Third annual Grace Gala September 6 The Grace Holistic Center For Education (GHCE) will hold its third annual Grace Gala from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Friday, Sept. 6 at the Homestead 1854, 611 Main Street in Plano. The fundraiser for the school in Yorkville will include a craft beverage
