By Russ George In less than six months the newly formed Diabetes Club of For Valley (DCFV) has grown from 15 founding members to 43 dedicated individuals, who want to bring about an awareness of diabetes, provide aid and education for diabetics, along with investing in research to find a
By Russ George The Diabetes Club of Fox Valley is meeting Thursday, March 9, at the historic Gray’s Mill Estate, 211 North River Street, Montgomery. Meeting and dinner will be held in the Third Floor Banquet Room. Dinner is off the menu at 5:30 p.m. Meeting will begin at 6:30
By Russ George The Diabetes Club of Fox Valley will hold its March membership meeting Thursday, March 9, at the historic Gray’s Mill Estate, 211 N. River Street, Montgomery. Meetings are held in the Third Floor Banquet Room. Dinner is on members’ own from the menu at 5:30 p.m. and
By Russ George The Diabetes Club of Fox Valley (DCFV) enjoyed a history lesson from Jeanette and Denny Lee, the Village of Montgomery historians, at the Club’s February 9, membership meeting. Jeanette Lee spoke on the first European settler, Jacob Carpenter, who arrived in November 1832, from Ohio. Nicholas Gray
By Russ George As president of the Diabetes Club of Fox Valley (DCFV), I personally want to thank the 40 community minded individuals who have joined our newly-founded organization. The entire membership of the Diabetes Club of Fox Valley wishes to thank all the individuals and organizations who have made
By Russ George I’m just amazed! In a period of just eight weeks, what we have been able to accomplish! October 13, we began this new journey together, wanting to build a new Diabetes Club, a club that’ll bring about an awareness of diabetes, provide aid and education to diabetics,
By Russ George Members of the Diabetes Club of Fox Valley are raising funds, to assist Jackson and Elliot Webster in obtaining two Diabetic Alert Dogs (DADs), from the organization, Medical Mutts, in Indianapolis, Ind.. Jackson and Elliot are seven-year-old twins, who live in Aurora, Ill. with parents, Paul and
By Russ George November is National Diabetes Month and what a great honor it is to announce the formation of a brand new club, called the Diabetes Club of Fox Valley. The Diabetes Club of Fox Valley will be a true grassroots organization, where all money raised through dues, donations,
By Russ George Here is a note of thanks from the Cosmopolitan Club of Aurora on its second annual “A Night on at the Barn” fundraiser Friday, June 24 at Blackberry Farm in Aurora: The fundraiser was a success. • Thanks to those who sold and/or became a sponsor of
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.
December 20, 2021Dear editor; On behalf of the members of the Cosmopolitan Club of Aurora, please accept our sincere thank you for your support and participation, in our clubs various Diabetes Awareness and Fundraising Events, held during 2021. The Aurora Cosmo Members raise funds for Diabetes Research at the UChicago
Cosmopolitan Club of Aurora, the club that fights diabetes, recently installed officers and directors for 2021-2022. Presiding at an installation ceremony Thursday, June 17, at Oak Street Restaurant in North Aurora was Vic Smith, Cosmopolitan International Mid-States Federation governor. Smith, a Newark resident, is an Aurora Cosmo. Installed were Russ
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
By Russ George I’m writing to thank all of the Cosmopolitan Club of Aurora members who helped, and/or attended, Saturday evening’s second annual Race to Fight Diabetes at Sycamore Speedway. The Make a Goal to Fight Diabetes 50/50 raffle, originally scheduled to be completed at our ninth annual wine event,
By Russ George, president Cosmopolitan Club of Aurora I’m pleased to announce that our Second Annual “Race to Fight Diabetes” Awareness Night, will be held as scheduled Saturday, Aug. 1, at Sycamore Speedway on Route 64, Maple Park. Gates will open at 6 p.m.. Tiffany Olson, general manager of Sycamore
By Russ George The Cosmopolitan Club of Aurora made a decision during late 2018, that in order to build the membership, the Club must have an effective marketing program, in addition to the Club’s fundraising events. This decision, along with all of the marketing events the Club had or participated
By Russ George Saturday night, the members of the Cosmopolitan Club of Aurora The Club That Fights Diabetes, held a Diabetes Awareness Night at the Fox Valley Ice Arena, Geneva, while cheering on the Chicago Steel ice hockey team in a game against the Dubuque Fighting Saints. The Steel minor
By Russ George The SciTech Hands On Museum, in Downtown Aurora, was a beehive of activity when the Cosmopolitan Club of Aurora, “The Club That Fights Diabetes”, held its second annual World Diabetes Day Thursday, Nov. 14 to bring about an awareness of diabetes. Participating organizations at this year’s event
By Russ George The Cosmopolitan Club of Aurora, “The Club That Fights Diabetes”, invites everyone to an evening of Family Fun, complete with games, light, healthy, snacks, entertainment, free door-prize drawing, turkey giveaways every half hour, and information about diabetes awareness and treatment to celebrate World Diabetes Day, Thursday, Nov.
