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What was old is about to be new for hundreds of kids, as a shipping crate packed with generosity and a little love is making its way from the Chicagoland-area all the way to Africa.
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In this week's Good News Sunday, we spotlight a 91-year-old man who won best in his category at the Shamrock Shuffle, a volunteer effort during Ramadan to pack meals for the hungry, and the Mundelein Police Department's donation of unclaimed bikes to charity.
SCARCE, based in DuPage County, is hosting several workshops this year with the goal of getting people to keep their stuff rather than throw it away. So far, the organization has put on presentations about knives and bikes, and it has programs queued up on garden tools, lamps and clocks.
After three years off because of the coronavirus pandemic, an expanded Green Living Fair is being revived at a new location in Lake County.