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Aquinas Literacy Center in the McKinley Park community of Chicago needs volunteers to tutor adults one-on-one in English as a second language. Volunteers commit to 90 minutes per week. Training is provided, and knowledge of a second language is not required; all classes are taught in English. For more information, call Alison Altmeyer at 773-927-0512.
The Iron Warriors Motorcycle Club-Joliet, a non-profit organization of police and firefighters, will hold a charity motorcycle run titled “Saddle Up for Stepping Stones” to benefit Stepping Stones of Roselle at 10 a.m. Sunday starting and stopping at KV Hot Shots, Illinois Highway 59 and Batavia Road, Warrenville. Sign-up will be held from 9 to 11 a.m. Sunday. The cost is $20 per person and includes lunch and water or a soft drink. A party with a live deejay and auction will begin at 2 p.m. Stepping Stones provides transitional housing and education services for victims of violence. For more information, e-mail [email protected].
First Presbyterian Church of La Grange is collecting school supplies for the Community Extension Project. Children in vacation Bible school will assemble 300 school supply kits to distribute to local area children in need. The kits will include pencils, thin or thick washable markers, crayons, colored pencils, glue sticks, scissors with blunt tips and large erasers. Any of these items may be dropped off at the church, 150 S. Ashland Ave., La Grange, by July 28. For more information, call 708-354-0771.
The Lombard Fire Department and the Lombard Professional Firefighters Association will conduct a “Fill the Boot Campaign” for muscular dystrophy from 7 to 9 a.m. and from 4 to 6 p.m. Friday at the intersections of St. Charles Road and Main Street, and Highland Avenue and 22nd Street in Lombard. The collection will also be held July 21 and 28. For more information, call 630-629-5738.
Volunteers from Lazarus House, an emergency shelter and transitional living facility at 214 Walnut St., St. Charles, are beginning a prayer ministry from 7:30 to 9 a.m. Tuesday mornings in the sanctuary of the St. Charles Free Methodist Church, also located at 214 Walnut. For more information, call 630-587-2144.
The Elgin Wayside Center, which serves the troubled and needy of the Fox Valley, is holding a grand opening for its new facility at 10 a.m. Saturday in the center, 441 E. Dundee Ave., Elgin. The event features a live band, a barbecue and a distribution of free clothing to the needy. The 6,300-square-foot facility will offer numerous services and expanded programs, including goal achievement, job training, life application training, counseling and education. For more information, call 847-695-4405.
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