Elmhurst American Legion THB Post 187 will honor a number of past and present Elmhurst Chamber of Commerce and Industry members at a Community Appreciation concert in the Normandy Banquet Room and adjoining bar at 310 West Butterfield Road on Saturday, August 12, from 6 to 10 p.m.
The Elmhurst Chamber of Commerce and Industry is among 13 chambers of commerce participating in a Hunger Action Luncheon at Abbington Distinctive Banquets in Glen Ellyn on Tuesday, August 29, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. to promote local food pantries heading into Hunger Action Month in September.
Elmhurst firefighters are working to raise $150K to memorialize 9/11 in a new piece of public sculpture designed by Jason Peot featuring a piece of rail recovered from below the Twin Towers in downtown New York for display near Fire Station No. 2 on South York Street.
Businesses and not-for-profit organizations across DuPage County financially hurt by the March 31 storms are among those eligible for United States Small Business Administration assistance via a low-interest Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL), or working capital loan.
Thanks to all who sent their kind thoughts, well wishes and offers of assistance in advance of my June 21 right knee replacement surgery at Elmhurst Memorial Hospital, and cards and food since. I have recovered well enough to spend time in the office every day this past week, but I look forward to a long weekend off in celebration of the Fourth of July.