Ellman, Yang Rohr holding food drive for Loaves & Fishes
A food drive to benefit Loaves & Fishes Community Services will be held from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, Sept. 10, at the district offices of state Sen. Laura Ellman and state Rep. Janet Yang Rohr in Naperville.
Residents dropping off nonperishable food items should go to 475 River Bend Road follow the sidewalk to the right of the building and towards the back, a news release said.
Loaves & Fishes President/CEO Mike Havala will be at the event to talk about local food insecurity and the importance of donations. Loaves & Fishes has served residents in DuPage, Will, Kane and Kendall counties since 1984.
For more information, call 630-601-9961 and 630-296-4157.
9/11 survivor to speak at remembrance ceremony Sunday
Retired Army Lt. Col. Ryan Yantis, who survived the 9/11 attack on the Pentagon, will speak at Naperville’s 21st annual remembrance ceremony Sunday, Sept. 11, at the Cmdr. Dan Shanower Memorial, north of the Naperville Municipal Center at 400 S. Eagle St.
The event starts at 10:45 a.m., and also will feature comments from Naperville Fire Chief Mark Puknaitis and Police Chief Jason Arres. The Naperville Municipal Band will perform for 15 minutes prior to the ceremony’s start.
Yantis, of Crystal Lake, is vice president of education and outreach for American Pride Inc., a nonprofit group that supports Sept. 11 survivors. He also collaborated with other survivors on the book, “9/11 Survivors’ Stories: Midwest Memories.”
The ceremony is hosted by the Exchange Club of Naperville and the city of Naperville. It pays tribute to the victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on New York’s Twin Towers, the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, and in the plane crash in Shanksville, Pennsylvania.
Shanower, a Naperville native, was one of the victims at the Pentagon.
In the event of rain, the ceremony will be moved inside to the Municipal Center.
