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Meet Debbie Smith, recently retired from over 30 years at the Fox Valley Park District and also a former teacher. Read more…

Meet Lauren Audrey, a junior at Rosary High School. Read more…

Meet Nicholas Richard-Thompson, YEP Mentor and Communications Coordinator for the Mayor’s Office of Community Affairs, City of Aurora. Read more…

Meet Alexis, a senior at East Aurora High School. Read more…

Every Friday we will feature a different component fund of the Community Foundation. This week's fund is the Philip B. Elfstrom & Peg Bond Scholarship Endowment Fund. Read more…

Hollywood Casino's myheroes program reached a milestone by enrolling 100,000 myheroes throughout all of Penn National Gaming properties. To celebrate this achievement, Hollywood Casino Aurora recently made donations to two Foundation funds. Read more…

Youth Engagement in Philanthropy (YEP) members Jackson and Abby recently attended an Aurora Rotary meeting where they shared information about their involvement with high school clubs and activities -- while also giving a shout out to YEP.  Wonderful job, Jackson and Abby! Read more…

After two years of virtual meetings, it was wonderful to host the 2022 Annual Meeting in person.  It was an honor to celebrate and recognize the years of service and the contributions to the Foundation of several retiring board members: Scott Voris, John Diederich, Rick Guzman, and Duncan Alexander.  Several new members were welcomed to the board: Mariana Martinez, Brian Konen, and Don Kremin. Read more…

Meet Maximus, a senior at West Aurora High School. This is his third year with YEP and he serves as Co-Chair. Read more…

Meet Daisy Garcia, Social Worker at Unity Hospice of Western Illinois. “I think getting involved in the community is so important because these communities play a major role in who we are and who we become Read more…