Christie Willhite
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Lombard girl fighting cancer with lemonade standJun 04, 2017 4:11 pm - So often when we talk about childhood cancer, we think of the child as the passive victim and their adults as the actors — the doctors and nurses who make diagnoses and ...
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Vibrant mom joins Cantigny walk to fight her ALSJun 02, 2017 6:18 am - Vibrant mom joins Cantigny walk for ALS
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How a Batavia man fights Huntington's diseaseMay 18, 2017 6:10 am - All of Ed Izenstark's life, a secret was lurking in his genes. It was a life-threatening secret he didn't know to try to uncover. Izenstark was adopted, and neither he n...
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Human Race supports 71 DuPage nonprofitsMay 08, 2017 6:13 am - Adam Schweitzer of Downers Grove runs to ensure the YWCA can continue to help survivors of sexual assault. Oak Brook lawyer Clarissa Myers runs to help the DuPage Bar Fo...
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Youngsters scoop up 15,000 eggs in Naperville huntApr 17, 2017 6:13 am - By 9 a.m. Saturday, somewhere around 3,500 basket-toting youngsters are lined up at the edges of the ball fields at Naperville's Frontier Park. To look at them - antsy ...
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Event helps Northern Illinois Food Bank solve hungerMar 02, 2017 5:18 am - “What's for dinner?” Our kids ask. Our spouse asks. We ask ourselves. On a good day, we have a plan — recipe, groceries and time to prepare. On an off day, we stare at ...
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Relay For Life of Northern DuPage aims to unite nine communitiesFeb 02, 2017 5:18 am - Being diagnosed with cancer can feel isolating, as if a line suddenly separates you from your cancer-free family and friends. But an event in the works aims to show canc...
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Walk to Remember helps parents cope with lossOct 11, 2016 9:58 am - Megan Mabrey's life-altering moment came on Mother's Day in 2012 - the day she would deliver her baby boy. But instead of celebrating the arrival of her second child, sh...
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Walk supports school for children with autismSep 27, 2016 6:29 am - 5K walk supports Giant Steps school for children with autism
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Images: Icons of MedinahMay 23, 2016 5:29 am - Quite literally, Medinah Country Club put the community on the map. Back in 1924, the Shriners of Medinah Temple in Chicago founded the club to provide recreational oppo...