Schoolchildren chip in for injured officer
Students at Indiana School in Park Forest mounted a coin drive to benefit critically injured Park Forest police Officer Tim Jones. The students raised more than $1,036. Principal Camilla Covington and students Maryam Beg and Mia Lewis recently presented the check to Park Forest police Officer Julius Moore. The coin drive was initiated because the Indiana School students wanted to show their support for Jones, who suffered gunshot wounds to his head while on duty in March 2016.
SD230 seeks nominations for Legacy Hall
The School District 230 Foundation is seeking nominations of outstanding alumni of Sandburg, Stagg, Andrew and Franklin high schools for consideration for the district’s Legacy Hall. Alumni must have graduated at least five years ago and have made significant contributions to society as well as demonstrated leadership in their career or community. Legacy Hall inductees are selected by the District 230 Foundation Board and announced at the Legacy Dinner in the spring. Information and nomination forms are at www.d230foundation.org/.
Electronics recycling event set for Saturday
The Tinley Park Environmental Enhancement Commission will host an electronics recycling event from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday in the garage at Tinley Park Public Works, 7980 W. 183rd St. Residents and small business owners can bring small electronics to have them properly recycled free of charge. Television sets and monitors will be recycled for $25 for screens 20 inches and smaller, or $35 for those 21 inches and larger. Proceeds from the event will benefit the developmentally disabled. More information, including what items won’t be accepted, is at www.tinleypark.org.
School choral groups join for benefit concert
Choral groups from Richards, Oak Lawn and Reavis high schools and St. Xavier University will perform a benefit concert for Together We Cope at 7 p.m. Nov. 9 at St. Albert the Great Church, 8000 S. Linder Ave., Burbank. Those attending can donate an amount of their choice. Money raised will help Together We Cope, a homeless prevention agency based in Tinley Park that serves 27 communities in the south suburbs.
Heritage Quilters offer trunk show
The Heritage Quilters Guild will meet at 7 p.m. Nov. 21 at Redeemer Lutheran Church, 651 W. 166th St., South Holland, for a trunk show featuring Sue Knapp. Tickets are $5 for nonmembers. More information is at www.heritagequilts.org.
—Staff report
