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Aurora retired teachers drive-thru luncheon to benefit food pantries Santas helper and Aurora resident Dick Schindel delivers a box lunch to Sugar Grove resident Janet Sweeney at a Dec. 1 event. A third drive-through luncheon fundraiser by Aurora Area Retired Teachers Association will be held Tuesday, Feb. 2. It benefits the Marie Wilkinson and Aurora Area Interfaith food pantries. Courtesy of Al Benson   Updated 1/11/2021 11:00 AM Aurora Area Retired Teachers Association will ho...

S a pandemic that struck quickly, erased jobs and created financial crises for many suburban families continues into a new year, High School District 214 continues to join others to assist those in need by utilizing the Rolling Meadows High School greenhouse.

Montini senior receives award from National Academy of Future Physicians Montini senior Joel Camba Courtesy of Montini Catholic High School     Updated 1/11/2021 10:45 AM Montini Catholic High School in Lombard is congratulating senior Joel Camba for being the recipient of the National Academy of Future Physicians Award of Excellence. The organizations primary founding principal is to recognize and reward high-achieving students dedicated to medicine or the STEM subjects.   The...

    Posted1/11/2021 11:23 AM St. Charles Unit District 303 is conducting online lottery registration for its Community Preschool Program from Jan. 19 through Feb. 2. Visit district.d303.org. Please note that survey will not be live until Jan. 19. For the 2021-2022 school year, District 303 is offering a five-day-a-week, half-day, morning or afternoon preschool program at Fox Ridge Early Childhood Center.   The program is open to children who reside within the District 303 school boundaries, ...

East Aurora Unit District 131 offers Internet safety workshops for parents   Posted1/11/2021 12:22 PM East Aurora Unit District 131 is offering "Internet Safety Workshops for Parents." Parents who missed the Internet Safety Workshops offered in the fall can join presenter Diana Graber as she returns for an encore presentation of her virtual series "Raising Students in a Digital Environment." Registration is required for these Zoom workshops at www.d131.org.   Topics include: increas...

Norwegian National League Offers Scholarships Scholarship winners in the Norwegian Constitution Day Parade, Park Ridge, IL   Updated 1/11/2021 1:05 PM The Norwegian National League of Chicago is offering scholarships and cash prizes to deserving students who are of Norwegian heritage residing in the counties of Cook, Lake, DuPage, Kane, Kendall, LaSalle, McHenry and Will. The first scholarship for $1,000 will be awarded to a high school senior with a minimum 3.0 GPA and who has bee...

CLC Womens Centers breaks donation record for Holiday Giving Tree More than 200 gifts were donated in this years Holiday Giving Tree drive. Courtesy of Tammy Burns | College of Lake County   Posted1/11/2021 11:18 AM The Womens Center at College of Lake County is known for supporting special student populations and their families. This includes single mothers, returning students, displaced homemakers, nontraditional career seekers, survivors of sexual assault, stalking and dating ...

Updated 1/11/2021 12:52 PM The Glenbard Parent Series: Navigating Healthy Families will present a panel discussion on rail safety at 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 21. Go to glenbardgps.org for the link to this live virtual event. Questions may be submitted to gilda_ross@glenbard.org prior to the event.   Every three hours, a person or vehicle in the U.S. is hit by a train, according to the National Traffic Safety Board. That translates to 2,100 Americans who are killed or seriously injured around trac...

Fermilab Art & Lecture Series Gallery Talk to explore Imagining Reality Jan. 12 On Tuesday, Jan. 12, Fermilabs Steve Geer will lead the next virtual "Gallery Talk" on "Imagining Reality." His 2017 project "River Ice" explores the textured surface of the frozen Chicago River. Courtesy of Fermilab Art & Lecture Series   Posted1/7/2021 2:37 PM On Tuesday, Jan. 12, the Fermilab Art & Lecture Series will present its next virtual "Gallery Talk" on "Imagining Reality," a photographic jo...

COD to host virtual conference on the needs of adult learners Experts from local community colleges will talk about out-of-the-box ways to reach adults students through virtual presentations and a round table discussion. Courtesy of COD News Bureau   Updated 1/7/2021 7:39 PM Community college student and academic affairs professionals are invited to evaluate recruitment and retention efforts for the post-traditional market from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 29. Hosted by the ...