Beautiful U Ministries accepts $500 donation

Lily Sheehan from Beautiful U Ministries accepts our donation from MaryEllen Rix at our February 2024 Meeting.

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Bunco Proceeds to benefit CASA Kane County

January 26, 2024 Bunco Proceeds of $1,080 went to CASA Kane County. Adriana Plocinski, CASA’s Donor Relations Manager, accepts our check from Donna Fike the event chairperson.
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Naomi’s House received $500 to further their mission

Naomi’s House (NH) is based in Wheaton, IL and started in 2016. It is estimated that an astounding 24,300 people are trafficked in Illinois each year. (Safe House Project 2023 Annual Report and Polaris Project) NH provides tailored support to victims and survivors wherever they are. Whether that is fully ingrained in commercial sexual exploitation, preparing to leave it, or beginning a new life of their own, NH wants women to know that they are not alone. The majority of their clients are from DuPage, Cook and Kane counties. In 2023, they helped 194 women. For more information about Naomi’s House, go to https://www.naomishouse.org/.

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$1,000 to Northern Illinois Food Bank

NIFB relies on the community at large and organizations like the Ladies Auxiliary to help feed neighbors in need. This year the Auxiliary created a fundraiser on the NIFB website. This way we could track our personal donations through our Fundraiser and when it reached $1,000 of personal donations, the LAX would donate a matching $1,000. Happy to report that reaching our goal didn’t take very long and a check was issued to the Food Bank in January 2024. We chose this charity as we knew that the need has grown over the last couple of years. In the fiscal year ended June 30, 2023, the NIFB served more than 500,000 neighbors each month, 30% more than last year and 75% more than pre-pandemic. For more information on the Northern Illinois Food Bank, go to https://solvehungertoday.org/.

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Rorate Coeli Mass

Several ladies enjoyed the St. Peter’s Rorate Coeli Mass at 6:45AM on December 14th followed by breakfast at First Watch. A Rorate Coeli Mass is traditionally celebrated just before dawn in Advent as a devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary. The Mass is only lit by candles, representing Mary’s role in bringing the Light of the World into the darkness of the world.
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Northern Illinois Food Bank (NIFB) Volunteering

On October 26, 2023, 10 ladies packed 462 backpacks. This is equivalent to 4,966 meals for our neighbors. A second group of ladies helped with the November 2nd Door Dash orders.
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June’s Bunco Night brought in $500; $250 each to CASA Kane County and Beautiful U Ministries

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Mums for Mercy raised $1,700

This fundraiser has allow the Ladies Auxiliary to donate $850 to Living Well Cancer Resource Center and $850 to CASA Kane County. Thank you to all that supported these two important causes in our own neighborhood.
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We made the June 23, 2023 Observer!

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15th Anniversary Celebrated at our June Meeting

Our June meeting is usually a social occasion to celebrate the past year’s accomplishments and install the new officers. This year, we celebrated 15 years of accomplishments.

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