Warrenville man donates 800 roses to Central DuPage nursing staff Warrenville resident Sid Fey started A Decade of Kindness initiative to bring roses to staff at Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital in Winfield. Courtesy of Northwestern Medicine On March 18, staff at Central DuPage Hospital in Winfield receive roses as part of the initiative called, A Decade of Kindness. Courtesy of Northwestern Medicine The roses delivered to health care staff and essential workers also include messages of love and kindness. Courtesy of Northwestern Medicine
Sid Fey is spreading love and kindness one rose at a time.
The Warrenville resident started an initiative called, A Decade of Kindness where he gives away live roses to people that make a difference, like essential workers and health care workers.
Former Palatine veteran plans to continue all his local volunteering
Air Force veteran Jim Parker, 74, received a community volunteer award from the Palatine Area Chamber of Commerce. Mark Welsh | Staff Photographer Veteran Jim Parker is with his late wife, Kathy, who encouraged him to become active in the Kiwanis Club of Palatine. That lead to numerous other volunteer activities for Parker. courtesy of Jim Parker
Updated 4/3/2021 6:59 PM
Veteran Jim Parker likes to joke that he has to be protected from himself, because he enjoys volunteering so much that he has a hard time refraining from seeking more opportunities to do so.
Lovell FHCC honors Vietnam veterans with ceremony Capt. Thomas Nelson, Navy Medicine Readiness Training Command Great Lakes commanding officer, with Edgar Dunbar, a Vietnam War veteran, after awarding him a Vietnam Veterans lapel pin during the Vietnam War Veterans Day event at Captain James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Caylen J. McCutcheon
Posted4/4/2021 7:21 AM
The Captain James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center in North Chicago joined more than 11,000 organizations across the country last week in honoring Vietnam veterans.
National Vietnam War Veterans Day was celebrated Monday, March 29. It s a commemoration to recognize the contributions and sacrifices made by Vietnam veterans, who did not all receive warm homecomings.
Posted4/4/2021 5:30 AM
This is Good News Sunday, a compilation of some of the more upbeat and inspiring stories published by the Daily Herald during the previous week:
It s that time of year when the best of the student performers leave college early for the pros.
Vernon Hills Robert Black knows what that is like. I was thinking about dropping out to play my first season, says Black, a sophomore attending Rice University remotely from his apartment in Milwaukee while he does his professional job as the principal tubist with the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra.
At age 18, Black skipped Vernon Hills High School s senior award day to travel to Milwaukee to audition. Black distinguished himself among more than five dozen tuba players and made the cut for the Final Four. In the months before the final audition, that group grew to about 20. Even so, Black won the position in January 2020 to become one of the youngest tubists ever hired by a major orchestra.
Two Arlington Heights girls make history by earning Eagle Scout rank Eagles Scouts Madeline Painter, left, and Skye Sonnabend of Arlington Heights joined a historic group last month, when they were honored as members of the first class of female Eagle Scouts in the country. Courtesy of Painter family Madeline Painter of Arlington Heights is a member of G32 and one of the first female Eagle Scouts in the state. Courtesy of Madeline Painter Eagle Scout Skye Sonnabend is a resident of Arlington Heights and a freshman at John Hersey High School. Courtesy of Skye Sonnabend
Updated 3/16/2021 9:23 AM
A pair of Arlington Heights girls joined a historic group last month when they were honored as members of the first class of female Eagle Scouts in the country.