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Chicago Tribune
06-05-2025
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- Chicago Tribune
Pint for Kim blood drive and festival set for May 10
The sixth annual A Pint for Kim blood drive and festival will take place from 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Saturday, May 10, at Naperville North High School, 899 N. Mill St. in Naperville. Area residents can make an appointment or drop in during the event to donate blood. Organizers recommend arriving a half hour before a scheduled appointment. There are 1,300 blood donation appointment spots available, and the last walk-in will be taken at 3:15 p.m., an event announcement said. As part of the gathering, there will be live music, a car show, food trucks, raffle prizes, a dunk tank, face painting, U.S. Marine Corps' pull-up challenge, children's crafts, games and bounce houses, Edward Hospital therapy dogs and other attractions and activities. Each blood donor and event volunteer will receive 10 tickets for a raffle for about 100 prizes worth more than $25,000. Each donor also will be given a pass for themselves and their children to sit in one of the cars in the Hamilton Collection Car Show, the announcement said. Organizers hope to break their record of collecting more than 600 pints, the largest one-day blood drive in the state, the announcement said. The event started in 2020 to honor Naperville resident Kimberly Sandford, who lost her eight-year battle with a rare cancer. To sign up to donate blood, volunteer or for more information, go to Tour to visit historic cemetery near Oswego Registration is still open for the upcoming Oswegoland Heritage Association, Oswegoland Park District and Little White School Museum bus tour of the historic Evergreen Cemetery, according to a press release from the museum. The bus will leave at noon Saturday, May 10, from the Little White School Museum, 72 Polk St., Oswego, to visit the pioneer burying ground. Advance registration is required. The cost is $7 for Oswegoland Park District residents and $10 non-residents, officials said. Evergreen Cemetery, formerly owned by the Oswego Prairie Methodist Church but now part of the Oswego Township cemetery system, is on Roth Road east of Oswego. The cemetery's burials include some of the community's earliest German immigrant farming families, according to the release. To register or for more information about the tour, call the park district at 630-554-1010 or go to the museum's program registration site at For more information about the Little White School Museum, email info@ or go to Paint the Riverside event planned in St. Charles The annual Paint the Riverside event is planned for 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, May 10, at the intersection of Walnut and Riverside avenues in downtown St. Charles. The free event, sponsored by the St. Charles Arts Council, invites community members of all ages to join in painting a public mural right on the pavement at the site. No registration is required, organizers said. Paint and rollers will be provided at the site. Each year, the mural design changes to bring something fresh to the downtown area, according to a press release about the event. This year's artwork has been created by local graphic designer Dennis Pryber. In addition to mural painting, families can enjoy face painting for kids by Becky Blaine, along with free coffee and doughnuts, organizers said. Stamp Out Hunger food drive scheduled Saturday, May 10, is the date for the National Association of Letter Carriers Stamp Out Hunger food drive. The Kiwanis Club of Aurora is set up to help in the drive, club officials said in a press release. The Kiwanis International Illinois-Eastern Iowa District and its 165 clubs have been encouraged to participate to help ease the burden for the postal carriers with volunteers helping in the sorting of food donated for local food pantries, club officials said. National Association of Letter Carriers Region 3 Coordinator Tenisha Watkins said the food drive is an annual tradition. 'Each year, letter carriers across the country head out on their routes on the second Saturday in May to collect donations of non-perishable food items to benefit local food pantries,' Watkins said in the release. 'Since launching in 1993, the National Association of Letter Carriers' annual Stamp Out Hunger food drive has grown into the nation's largest one-day food drive, helping to fill the shelves of food banks in cities and towns throughout the United States.' Watkins said it is easy for residents to take part in the food drive. 'Simply leave your donation of non-perishable food in a bag near your mailbox on the second Saturday in May, and your letter carrier will do the rest,' Watkins said.
Chicago Tribune
30-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Chicago Tribune
Naperville News Digest: Novack retires after three decades working for city of Naperville; 6th annual Pint For Kim blood drive/fest to be held May 10
Novack retires after three decades working for city of Naperville Bill Novack, director of Naperville's Transportation, Engineering and Development department, will retire Friday, May 2, after 33 years with the city. His tenure was honored April 15 at the Naperville City Council meeting, where Mayor Scott Wehrli presented Novack with a proclamation. 'Throughout his more than three-decade career, Bill has consistently exemplified the city's core values of people, trust, respect and pride and become a trusted partner, mentor, leader and friend to city employees and his fellow directors,' Wehrli said as part of the proclamation. 'He will be greatly missed.' In his time with the city, Novack attended more than 600 city council meetings and led the planning, development and management of the Naperville Riverwalk for more than 25 years, according to the proclamation. The recognition was met with a standing ovation from audience members. 'Little did I know or expect that I would finish my full-time civil engineering career in the city of Naperville,' Novack said as he accepted the honor. 'How lucky I am.' 6th annual Pint For Kim blood drive/fest to be held May 10 The 6th annual A Pint for Kim blood drive and festival will take place from 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Saturday, May 10, at Naperville North High School, 899 N. Mill St. Community members can make an appointment or drop in during the event to donate blood. Organizers recommend arriving a half hour before a scheduled appointment. There are 1,300 blood donation appointment spots available, and the last walk-in will be taken at 3:15 p.m., an event announcement said. As part of the gathering, there will be live music, a car show, food trucks, raffle prizes, a dunk tank, face painting, U.S. Marine Corps' pull-up challenge, children's crafts, games and bounce houses, Edward Hospital therapy dogs, and other attractions and activities. Each blood donor and event volunteer will receive 10 tickets for a raffle for about 100 prizes worth more than $25,000. Each donor also will be given a pass for themselves and their children to sit in one of the cars in the Hamilton Collection Car Show, the announcement said. Organizers hope to break their record of collecting more than 600 pints, the largest one-day blood drive in the state, the announcement said. The event started in 2020 to honor Naperville resident Kimberly Sandford, who lost her eight-year battle with a rare cancer. To sign up to donate blood, volunteer or for more information, go to Travelers will need REAL ID or passport starting Wednesday Travelers 18 and older who want to take a commercial flight anywhere in the U.S. will need to present a REAL ID or passport for verification starting Wednesday, May 7, according to an alert from U.S. Rep. Bill Foster, D-Naperville. Either of those documents also will be needed to enter some federal facilities and military bases, Foster's release said. However, REAL IDs are not be needed to drive, vote or enter state-owned buildings and some federal buildings. The requirement is a post-9/11 initiative to improve security. It took many years to implement but is now taking effect, the release said. REAL ID designations on driver's licenses or identification cards can be obtained at Illinois Secretary of State's facilities. Recipients must provide several forms of identification in order to obtain the designation. Information on making an appointment to obtain a license or card can be found at Naperville VFW Post hosting Day of Service events Saturday Judd Kendall VFW Post 3873 will host a fitness competition for veterans and the public as part of its VFW Day of Service at 10 a.m. Saturday, May 3, at the Yellow Box Community Theatre, 1635 Emerson Lane, Naperville. Last year the day drew more than 2,000 people, organizers said in a news release. Members of the community are invited to take part in the event, which will also include military fitness demonstrations, recruiting booths and merchandise from all participating organizations, organizers said. Military and first responders will be recognized as part of the activities.
