Clothes Closet looks to help those in need in Aurora
First in English and then in Spanish, volunteers and shoppers of the St. John United Church of Christ Community Clothes Closet joined together recently to sing "Happy Birthday" to honor...
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Group works to help ‘hard-working Aurora families’ find homes
Today, Aurora's Raphael Kabemba works part-time and is a student at Waubonsee Community College studying to become an accountant. Two years ago, Kamemba, his mother, father and siblings made the...
Big Woods School celebration a century in the making
Slightly obscured by large oak trees, a sturdy brick building with a red tile roof that sits near Eola and Butterfield roads at the very northeastern tip of Aurora has...
Aurora University food pantry aims to help students in need
Hunger among college students is something that people just don't think about, according to an official at Aurora University. Still it exists and "across the United States, it is a...
Aurora Salvation Army helping with Harvey relief in Texas
Only days after Hurricane Harvey swept through Texas, Salvation Army Aurora Corps Capt. Rich Forney was on his way to Beaumont, Texas. First flying to Bentonville, Arkansas, and then driving...
Shell game: Adoption program aims to protect Kane County turtles
Zelva was one of the first of 63 Blanding's turtles adopted through a new Kane County Forest Preserve Foundation program designed to help the animals thrive in a bustling suburban...
Program gives pregnant teens in Aurora a place to experience life as a family
With three children of their own, Liz and Bill Hough of St. Charles still had a passion and interest for helping others in need — especially children. At one time,...
Three Aurora teens become Eagle Scouts
Three members of Aurora Boy Scout Troop 53 — brothers Jesse and Richard Kendle and fellow Scout Zac Tellman — recently were recognized for achieving the rank of Eagle Scout...
Aurora Freemasons to honor citizens who give back to city
Aurora resident Nicholas Smith, a longtime Freemason of Aurora's Jerusalem Temple Lodge 90, said the organization to him is like a family — a "fraternity" in the truest sense of...
Imperfect Angels works to help girls reach potential
When Aurora's Jetara Perry was 17 years old her parents adopted two daughters — up until that point, Perry was the youngest and only daughter in her family. "Watching them...