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Pillars Boar Chair Margie Morris (Hinsdale), Former Executive Director of Pillars Florence Forshey (LaGrange), Helen Sauer Brown Leadership in Development Award Winner Louise Hillegass (Hinsdale)
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PILLARS: Recognition Event celebrates people who are changing lives

LAGRANGE PARK, IL – Statistics show that the average person will stay in one job for four years. Pillars, one of the leading mental health … Read more ›

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Get it While it's Fresh: Last HCHS Organic Produce Fundraiser

Hinsdale Central PTO's "Farm to Red Devils' Fork" organic food fundraiser has been providing Hinsdale area families with great, fresh produce this spring — and … Read more ›

Wheaton Academy's Brandon Ruggles is setting up a basketball skills camp so that four classmates can attend a leadership camp in the summer. (Photo submitted by Holly Ruggles)

Wheaton Academy student organizes basketball skills camp to aid four classmates

There is no “wait ‘til next year” attitude for Wheaton Academy junior Brandon Ruggles and he is setting up a basketball skills clinic to help … Read more ›

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SXU named to 2012 President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll

The Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) and the U.S. Department of Education recently honored the nation’s leading colleges and universities, students, faculty members, … Read more ›

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Fire Destroys EVERYTHING…Please Help!

Recently, a friend in our community (A. Keyes), had a house fire. EVERYTHING was destroyed–both of his wheelchairs and all clothes, furnishings, meds, etc. He … Read more ›

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Forget Spring Cleaning; Scrub Down Your Budget Instead

Spring is officially here. That means it’s time for spring cleaning! People everywhere are shedding the effects of fall and winter. But what about dusting … Read more ›

Nanci Garoon Leigner, left, with her friend, Michele Snyder. Leigner was named TribLocal Hero. (Submitted photo)

Foundation aims to prevent teen deaths from sudden cardiac arrest

Jenny Snyder, who would have celebrated her 21st birthday this month, died four years ago on a Glenview soccer field from sudden cardiac arrest. The … Read more ›

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Farm to Red Devils' Fork: Hinsdale Central Organic Food Fundraiser

Hinsdale Central parents — and anyone in the community who appreciates organically-grown produce — can support healthier eating by buying assorted boxes of organic fruits … Read more ›

Hmmmm, good! The La Grange Kiwanis will serve "all you can eat" pancakes on Sunday, May 6.
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La Grange Kiwanis – 62 years (!) of pancakes

The public is invited to the 62nd annual La Grange Kiwanis Pancakes Plus from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday, May 6, at a new … Read more ›

From left to right, Melanie Toth, Luke Toth, Rowan Shirley, Jenny Shirley and Aaron Shirley  enjoy some family time at the Shirleys' home in Westmont. Jenny and Melanie helped found Mended Little Hearts of Lutheran General Children's Hospital. (Sheryl DeVore/Tribune)

‘Mended Little Hearts’ aims to help parents and their children with heart defects

Melanie and Ben Toth’s 9-month-old son had just gone through open heart surgery when Jenny and Aaron Shirley’s son,  just 10 days old, was being … Read more ›