Thursday, November 22, 2012
Dozens of Valley View students and staff were at the DuPage Township Food Pantry Tuesday distributing meals to more than 1,300 families in need.
Several dozen Valley View School District 365U students and staff were among the scores of volunteers helping the DuPage Township Food Pantry hand out free Thanksgiving meals to more than 1,300 families in need Tuesday. “We want to help as many people as we can,” said DuPage Township Supervisor Bill Mayer. “With the way the economy is right now, we have more and more people in DuPage Township coming to us.” Everyone received enough food to serve 8 to 10 people on Thanksgiving Day with volunteers separating, packing and distributing everything. “It makes me feel good because I get to help people at Thanksgiving,” said Brooks Middle School sixth-grader Elisha Armstrong, who was there with his 7th grade sister, Autumna, collecting …
Wednesday, September 21, 2011
There are plenty of ways around the area to volunteer and contribute to society. Below, some upcoming opportunities.
- VOLUNTEERS IN THE NEWS
- Colleen Kant
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Wednesday, September 21, 2011
WHAT: ESL Teaching Opportunity WHERE: St. Joseph Services, Bolingbrook WHEN: 12:45 to 3:15 p.m. Thursdays through Nov. 3 WHY HELP: Volunteers are needed to help teach basic English skills to adult students. Assigned classroom workbooks will be provided, and volunteers will have orientation and observe a class before teaching. REQUIRED SKILLS: Volunteers must be older than 18 and make a minimum six-month commitment, with at least two hours of in-class class and a half-hour of preparation per week. A 10-hour online training will be required. Volunteers also should be prepared to shadow two classes prior to teaching, and must provide a copy of their resume and two professional references. Volunteers also need to pass a background check and be…
Sunday, September 18, 2011
Students worked with more than a dozen area organizations.
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Sunday, September 18, 2011
Editor's note: The following is a release issued by Lewis University. More than 700 new Lewis University students and nearly 50 staff and peer ministers volunteered at “SOAR into the Community,” a community service opportunity that provided assistance to 18 off-campus sites—from Daybreak Center, operated by Catholic Charities in Joliet, to Big Brothers Big Sisters, which serves youngsters in Will and Grundy County. The community projects were organized in association with the United Way of Will County and the United Way of DuPage County. Eight projects also were conducted on campus, in collaboration with faculty and staff for community and university projects. The Salvation Army facility in Joliet was among the volunteer sites. Students …
