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Exchange Happenings – Let’s build Exchange
When you hear the word Exchange, usually a volunteer organization doesn’t come to mind.
Let me tell you a little about Exchange. It was founded...
Veterans in Touch – Golden nuggets of knowledge
Over the past two months I have had several family members of deceased Veterans call me and say they couldn’t find their loved ones...
Circling Back – Where is Nick now?
It was a great day for 360 Youth Services’ Transitional Housing resident Nick when he received a car recently from the Loaves and Fishes...
March Editor’s notes
Positively Naperville is hyperlocal. Rather than trying to cover all the news, our aim is to preview local upcoming events right here in heart...
Exchange Happenings – Allocation Lunch 2017
UPDATED March 3, 2017 / With 14 round tables set for 10, the Pavilion at Meson Sabika provided the perfect setting for another Exchange...
VFW will host ‘Caregiver Support Workshop’ on March 30
Above / The Judd Kendall VFW Post 3873 Post is located at 908 W. Jackson in Naperville. Plenty of parking is located at the back...
Equal Fun For Everyone – Celebrating Families and YOU!
At the Western DuPage Special Recreation Association (WDSRA) we like to celebrate. But there is one evening a year that we pull out all...
Ordinary People Doing Extraordinary Things
I feel honored to work with special people who choose to improve the circumstances of others by donating their most precious gift… their time....
Stay Tuned – Childish Gambino’s Funk Odyssey
The first time I heard “Boogie Shoes” by KC and the Sunshine Band, I was so confused and oh, so, intrigued. I wasn’t use...
Science Corner – Invisible matter
Do you sometimes wish you were invisible? There was once an invisible man, who could walk around and no one could see him. So...
Journey with Autism – Thoughts for Presidents Day
The holiday I'm longing to focus on is Presidents Day.
This year in particular we need to display a reverence for the office and what...
Real Life – Story time
One solitary winter evening, I turned on the radio.
A Prairie Home Companion seeped into the kitchen, a comfortable, friendly voice, distracting and warm. Alone,...
Transitions – Loving in an age of change
Recently I had a blast from the past when a woman I grew up with called. I have not seen or talked to her...
Naperville Gardener – The meaning of flowers
Roses are red, violets are blue. What can flowers say for you?
Valentine’s Day has a time-honored tradition of sending flowers to the one you...
Art Talk – Let It Go
I was recently diagnosed with Ap-pre-hen-sion: a fearful or uneasy anticipation of the future; dread. Overpowering and inescapable, this feeling took over and had...
Video Voice – Turning 30
In 1987 a small group of Naperville residents set out to launch a community television station. With a little training, a few pieces of...
Ed’s Many Hats – I’m back (again): Oh! Those resolutions
Here we are on the doorstep of February, the month we look back on all the foolish New Year’s resolutions we made in late...
Senior Voices – Promises for 2017 are on the move
Our Senior Task Force has been diligently working on RAN – Ride Assist Naperville. Lots of progress has been made. We now have our...
The Curious Curator – May I have your autograph?
Before the rise of school yearbooks, blank books were produced to capture the signatures, memories, thoughts, poems and drawings of classmates. The usually pocket-sized...
Pulse of Naperville Music Scene – Music from across the border
Expecting a review of a mariachi band or a flamenco guitar player? No, not that border. I’m talking about the Illinois-Wisconsin border; more specifically...
