Christie Willhite
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Naperville's Spring Ahead Race changes teens' livesApr 16, 2012 7:05 am - Transforming lives. It's a big goal, a lofty promise. And yet it's a daily job description for the staff and volunteers at 360 Youth Services. Sometimes it means talking...
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Participants choose who benefits when they join The Human RaceApr 10, 2012 2:29 pm - On any given weekend day you’re likely to find a group of walkers or runners on our streets or in our parks, each of them dedicated to a common cause. Together, they aim...
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Woman’s club racing to protect Naperville landmarkApr 10, 2012 2:31 pm - At the northern edge of downtown Naperville sits a small stone church, built in 1899 with locally quarried limestone to house the German Evangelical People’s Church. You...
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Teacher, student to walk together for Literacy DuPageApr 10, 2012 2:29 pm - Through her volunteer work, Lisa Lam of Naperville has found a common motivation among those she helps, evident in her own family as well as in her husband's. The drive ...
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Downers Grove Choral Society happy to be part of Human RaceApr 10, 2012 1:52 pm - Mimi Brile could tell you how the Downers Grove Choral Society has been her second home - the way her husband and children pitched in on her fundraising efforts, how the...
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Glen Ellyn Newcomers Club celebrates 60th year of social eventsMar 02, 2012 2:09 pm - When a family moves, Mom and Dad usually worry about the kids and how they’ll handle changing schools, whether they’ll find activities and friends in their new life. But...
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Scholarship honors Elmhurst teen killed in drunken-driving accidentFeb 22, 2012 1:22 pm - The photos on a website in Brian E. Wagner's honor show a life lived with enthusiasm. Posted by friends and family, they show Brian in grade school and high school, with...
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Scrapbooking Super Crop supports fight against MSFeb 14, 2012 1:27 pm - When scrapbookers sit down with a few favorite photos, some pretty acid-free papers and a handful of decorative embellishments, they usually have one goal in mind: Prese...
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West Suburban IONS takes science discussion to new frontiersFeb 03, 2012 1:56 pm - It's hard to imagine that standing on the moon looking back at Earth and out at the cosmos wouldn't have a profound impact on the few men who've been fortunate enough to...
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Walk to Remember celebrates lives of children lost too soonOct 10, 2011 12:04 pm - They’ve heard the words no parents think they could bear, endured a pain unimaginable to most. But rather than run from it, suppress it or try to move past it, they want...