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Harper College seeks community partners for 3D printed toy drive
Nov 29, 2021 10:40 AM - This season, Harper College's IDEAShop Makerspace and Entrepreneur Center is turning itself into a high-tech Santa's workshop. Jeff Moy, who manages the space, is leading a drive to use 3D printers to make toys for area children as part of 3D Printed Toys for Tots 2021. -
Super Mario and firefighters: Palatine students create themed bedrooms for young cancer patients
Nov 29, 2021 5:30 AM - The holidays have been made brighter for two young Palatine boys battling cancer, after students and staff at William Fremd High School teamed up with a national nonprofit to give them dream bedroom makeovers. -
The Spirit of Thanksgiving - Alum Gives Back, and HFCA Students Pay it Forward
Nov 30, 2021 9:32 AM - The celebration of Thanksgiving at many schools focuses on a meal shared by Native Americans and Pilgrims hundreds of years ago. -
Good News Sunday: St. Viator students interview veterans of recent wars for new book
Nov 21, 2021 7:00 AM - A group of honors history students from St. Viator High School in Arlington Heights collected the stories of local veterans -- and published them in a new book titled "Arlington Heights' War on Terror." -
Harper College seeks community partners for 3D printed toy drive
Nov 19, 2021 9:00 AM - This season, Harper College's IDEAShop Makerspace and Entrepreneur Center is turning itself into a high-tech Santa's workshop. Jeff Moy, who manages the space, is leading a drive to use 3D printers to make toys for area children as part of 3D Printed Toys for Tots 2021. The project, which makes toys for kids who might not otherwise receive them this holiday season, is the brainchild of IC3D Industries in Columbus, Ohio. Harper is a hub for IC3D's program. The college is raising money and recruiting volunteers, with plans to donate the finished toys to the area U.S. Marine Corps Reserves Toys for Tots chapter and other local community organizations. -
'Fancy and full of life': Esther's Friends supports families of hospitalized children
Nov 21, 2021 9:20 AM - Esther's Friends, a charity named in honor of a girl with rare genetic disease, offers support to families of hospitalized children. -
'This is living history': St. Viator students interview veterans of recent wars for new book
Nov 16, 2021 6:18 AM - As Madeline Dauphin listened to Craig Kopstain tell war stories from the desert battlefields of the Middle East, it felt like she, too, was right there with him. "It really just made history come to life. I could picture the stories he was telling me in my head," said Dauphin, a St. Viator High School senior. -
How the hardy bald cypress thrives in swamps and flooded areas
Nov 16, 2021 6:00 AM - When it comes to "immortal" trees in Illinois and the Eastern U.S., none has lived longer than the bald cypress (Taxodium distichum). -
South Barrington teen's fashion nonprofit helps refugee women
Nov 14, 2021 9:03 AM - From a young age, Barrington High School senior Nurayn Khan had an interest in fashion and designing her own line of modest and organic clothing. The 16-year-old wanted to be part of the solution, not the problem created by the fast-fashion industry. She channeled her passion into launching a nonprofit clothing company -- with the help of her mother, Shazia -- that educates and employs refugee Muslim women as seamstresses. -
Help pollinators survive throughout the winter
Nov 19, 2021 9:59 AM - Pollinators are responsible for helping one-third of the world's food supply flourish and grow. They are vital to the production of healthy crops for food, fibers, edible oils, medicines and other products. Their populations are also in sharp decline.
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