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The Rotary Club of Carpentersville Morning and FISH Food Pantry are hosting a free drive-through food distribution event Saturday, March 13.

Nature programs explore the sweet tastes of spring   This month, naturalists are demonstrating how to tap for maple syrup with in-person and online programs across the suburbs. John Starks | Staff Photographer   Posted3/4/2021 3:03 PM The warmer, sunny days and cool nights of March encourage maple trees to produce their sweetest sap. Learn more about the process of making maple syrup at events around the suburbs this month. Cook County   The Forest Preserves of Cook County is o...

Naperville Park District plans diversity, equity and inclusion training for staff March 10   Updated 3/4/2021 5:51 PM As an organization that serves a large and diverse community, the Naperville Park District is committed to fostering and maintaining an environment where all individuals are treated with respect and dignity. An important part of fulfilling this commitment is to educate staff about implicit biases and how to overcome them. The park district will have Dr. Adrienne Colem...

Wheatons Gary UMC earns Cream of the CROP award Gary United Methodist Church member Judy Selby participates in the 2020 CROP Hunger Walk. Courtesy of Gary United Methodist Church   Gary United Methodist Church in Wheaton has received the "Cream of the CROP" award. The Wheaton church ranked in the top 50 in the United States for donations to the CROP Hunger Walk in 2020, at more than $8,000.   This years Glen Ellyn/Wheaton Area CROP Hunger Walk is scheduled for Sunday, May 2. For...

Murphy announces state partnership with Chicago Behavioral Hospital will bring more vaccines to Northwest Suburbs Courtesy of Chicago Behavioral Hospital   Updated 3/5/2021 8:48 AM The Illinois Department of Public Health will partner with Chicago Behavioral Hospital to administer vaccines to residents in Des Plaines and surrounding communities, State Senator Laura Murphy (D-Des Plaines) announced today. "Expanding access to the vaccine is especially important in the communities hi...

Roosevelt launches fellowship for student activists Mansfield Institute for Social Justice director Heather Dalmage   Updated 3/5/2021 8:52 AM With a generous three-year gift from the Albert and Anne Mansfield Foundation, Roosevelt University will establish a new fellowship for student activists. Launching in 2021, the Mansfield Fellowship for Activism and Community Engagement will help place 15 students a year in paid summer internships. The program, led by the Mansfield Institute...

Taxpayers anticipated to save $9M with COD board refunding of bonds   Updated 3/4/2021 4:41 PM The College of DuPage Board of Trustees at its Feb. 18 meeting unanimously approved the issuance of approximately $33.7 million in General Obligation Refunding Bonds, which will yield property tax savings for Community College District 502 taxpayers of approximately $9 million. "We are very pleased to take this opportunity to exercise fiscal responsibility and save our taxpayers money," sai...

Marvel at maple syruping traditions at two DuPage Forest Preserves Learn how to drill a sugar maple tree during "DIY Maple Sugaring: The Basics" on Saturday, March 13, at Fullersburg Woods in Oak Brook. Courtesy of Forest Preserve District of DuPage County The warmer, sunny days and cool nights of March encourage maple trees to produce their sweetest sap. Courtesy of Forest Preserve District of DuPage County   Posted3/4/2021 2:41 PM Explore how tree sap is transformed into sw...

Teens ages 12-19 years who participated in the #WeWereHere Project are welcome to join the Virtual Exhibit at the Schaumburg Library from 4:30-5:30 p.m., Tuesday, March 30 on Zoom.

Let It Be Us Adds to Board of Directors   Updated 3/5/2021 8:43 AM Let It Be Us, the not-for-profit organization dedicated to the care of children in the State of Illinois foster care system, today announced the addition of Debra Dyer-Webster, J.D., MSW, to its board of directors. Dyer-Webster joins the Let It Be Us board with over 30 years of child welfare experience, including more than 25 years with the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services. Currently, she is a Mana...