The DuPage County Animal Care and Control Department is joining the nationwide effort to find new homes for displaced animals as the result of Hurricane Katrina. Beginning Oct. 15, those interested in adopting a homeless pet can visit the Animal Care and Control facility at 120 N. County Farm Rd. For more information, visit www.dupageco.org/animalcontrol.
Glenbard North High School is sponsoring a food drive to assist the Outreach Community Center Food Pantry of Carol Stream. Canned goods and non-perishable food items will be gathered through Oct. 21 in collection boxes at the school, 990 Kuhn Rd., in Carol Stream. The Outreach Community Center supports Carol Stream residents. For more information, call 630-653-7000.
Suicide Prevention Services will offer a class for interested community members from 11:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday in Stone Manor, 528 S. Batavia Ave., in Batavia. Information on self-destructive behavior and its causes, the techniques of intervention and ways to help someone after the suicide of a loved one will be provided. The class is free. To register, call Holly Cherry at 630-482-9699, ext. 227.
A series of training classes for College of DuPage People Educating People volunteers will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Nov. 12 and 19 at the college’s Glen Ellyn campus. Volunteers assist students in English as a second language, reading and math courses. For more information and an application on the training series, call Joan Morris at 630-942-3788.
Rotary Clubs from Woodridge, Darien, Downers Grove, Lisle and Westmont will hold an informational meeting to promote Alliance for Smiles, a humanitarian medical project to treat cleft lips and palates, from 7:30 to 9 p.m. Oct. 25 in the Woodridge Public Library, 3 Plaza Drive, in Woodridge. Everyone is welcome to attend. For reservations, call 630-964-7899.
Those making a difference
The Des Plaines Valley Council of the Boy Scouts of America recently announced the recipients of its 2005 Outstanding Leadership Awards. Dr. Jerome Hines, cardiologist at Adventist Hinsdale Hospital and Adventist La Grange Memorial Hospital, is the winner in the category of medicine; Kevin Cronin, superintendent of schools in Summit, won for education; Patrick Rogers, Township of Lyons supervisor, won for community service; Joel Daly, broadcaster, won for communication; and Edward Ward, retired president of the Chicago Federation of Musicians, won for performing arts.
The Valley of the Fox group of the Sierra Club recently received a donation of $1,200 from the students of Central Middle School in Burlington. The students raised the money selling school supplies and snacks, then held a competition to determine what to do with the money. A presentation by a Sierra Club member about the organization won the competition.
The St. John United Church of Christ Youth Fellowship in Naperville recently raised $450 for Hurricane Katrina relief efforts by holding a carwash.
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