Donations
Advocate Lutheran General Hospital’s Fitness Center is soliciting donations for its Bucks for Bunnies program, which provides pediatric patients with stuffed animals delivered on Easter weekend. New animals may be dropped off at the fitness center, or checks made payable to Advocate Lutheran General Hospital may be mailed to Eric Feizulov, Advocate Lutheran General Hospital Fitness Center, 1875 Dempster St., Suite G01, Park Ridge, IL 60068. For information, call 847-723-6139.
Fundraisers
Battle of the Badges, a lacrosse game between the New York City Fire and Police Departments, will begin at noon Sunday before the Chicago Shamrox game at the Sears Centre in Hoffman Estates. Five dollars of every ticket sold to fans who mention “Battle of the Badges” when ordering will be donated to the New York Police & Fire Widows’ & Children’s Fund. The Shamrox will also host a silent auction during the game. For tickets, call 877-SHAMROX or visit www.chicagoshamrox.com.
The Bacon Brothers, featuring actor Kevin Bacon, will perform a benefit concert for McHenry County Public Action to Deliver Shelter at 7 p.m. Sunday in the Raue Center for the Arts, 26 N. Williams St., Crystal Lake. Tickets start at $40 and run to $125 for a chance to meet the performers. Call 815-356-9212.
The Elgin Choral Union will hold its 60th anniversary fundraiser, Song of Hiawatha, Saturday at Elgin Country Club, 2575 Weld Rd., Elgin. Cocktails and a silent auction will begin at 6 p.m., with dinner and entertainment from 7:30 to 10 p.m. Tickets cost $50. Call 847-214-7225.
The Literacy Connection will hold its 10th annual Trivia Bee fundraiser from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. April 14 in the Heritage Ballroom at the Centre of Elgin, 100 Symphony Way. Top teams will win prizes and trophies. Team registration ends March 30. Team registration fee is $475 and includes free admission for family and friends. Admission is $5 and includes refreshments and the chance to win audience participation prizes. Call 847-742-6565 or visit www.elginliteracy.org.
Volunteers
The McHenry County Conservation District is seeking volunteers to help lead weekday environmental education field trips for schoolchildren. Volunteers should be 14 or older, like the outdoors and be capable of walking unpaved trails. Training sessions will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. March 30 in the Prairieview Education Center, 2112 Behan Rd., Crystal Lake, and from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. April 4 in the Living Land Education Center, 716 E. Crystal Lake Ave., Cary. Register at the center where you would like to help by calling 815-479-5779.
Nominations will be accepted through April 1 for Schaumburg’s volunteer of the year, volunteer organization of the year and youth individual volunteer. Nominees may represent social, civic, religious, community, school and medical organizations. For-profit and political organizations are excluded. Awards will be presented April 17. Nomination information is available on the Prairie Center for the Arts Web site, www.prairiecenter.org. For information, call Roxane Benvenuti at 847-923-3605.
The Literacy Connection will hold a free orientation session for adult literacy tutors from 7 to 8:30 p.m. April 2 in Associated Bank’s Community Room, 2001 Larkin Ave., Elgin. Training workshops will follow from 6 to 8:45 p.m. April 4, 9, 12, 23, 25 and 30. Once trained, tutors will be matched with a student for tutoring an hour or two a week at a time and location of their choosing. Volunteers are needed for basic English and English as a second language. To register for the orientation, call 847-742-6565 or visit www.elginliteracy.org.
The Lake in the Hills Parks and Recreation Department is looking for Girl Scouts, Brownies and Cub Scouts to help at its spaghetti dinner for seniors from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. April 15 in the community room of Village Hall, 600 Harvest Gate. If your troop wants to participate, call Casie Peltz at 847-960-7436.
The 4-C, serving McHenry, DeKalb, Ogle, Lee, Carroll and Whiteside Counties, will accept nominations through April 2 for its Baker Award for Excellence in Childcare and its Friend of the Child Award. The awards will be presented on April 30. For nominee packets, call 815-758-8149 or 1-800-848-8727, or e-mail rhondae@four-c.org.
Making a difference
The Friends of the Dundee Township Public Library recently donated $4,500 to the library’s children’s department for an innovative reading system called Peek-a-Book, a kiosk with an interactive touch screen and headsets that displays six different book talks that are rotated weekly.
Prospect High School recently raised more than $2,300 for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society through its 13th annual all-school Pennies for Patients campaign.
Six senior citizens age 90 and older were recognized this week for their volunteer work by the Community Nutrition Network site at the Schaumburg Barn. The network provides low-cost meals for seniors and the disabled in Schaumburg Township. The recognized seniors are: Dorothy Ingram, Edward Petka, Anne Geisler, Helen Nowak, Helen Jurewicz and Alice Moore.
