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Sudhir Ravi – Oxygen for Life
Delivers Life Saving Oxygen Fighting Covid-19 and its Variants Raging Over His Homeland India By Scott Jonlich Hinsdale resident Sudhir Ravi is racing against time to deliver life-saving oxygen to pandemic victims on a very large scale to various cities across India, as dangerous Covid-19 and its variants ravage the population. The Major Problems When…
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Dads Unite for Youth Football By Larry Atseff Every year, thousands of families across the western suburbs enroll their boys in youth tackle football as part of the Bill George Youth Football League. They are taught by their Dads who have played college and even pro football, as well as other Dads and other members…
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Jeff Waters Joins District 86 School Board By Larry Atseff Wait a minute. You already may know Jeff. He may have knocked on your door urging you to Vote Yes on the D-86 facilities referendum in 2019. You listened, and the referendum ultimately passed. Or, you may have seen him on a YouTube video during…
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Tom Van Winkle Leads Hinsdale Humane Society By Larry Atseff From working in corporate America to leading a nonprofit organization, Tom Van Winkle, CEO/Executive Director of Hinsdale Humane Society (HHS), has followed his passion into animal welfare, and he’s not stopping until the “harder to adopt” animals have all been helped. His parents, a colleague,…
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By Kristi Smith In honoring Dads who were not only great Dads, but were influential beyond their family, we want you to know about Joe Lizzadro. He arrived in the United States from his native Italy in the early 1900s. He traveled with his father, a shoemaker, who set up a cobbler’s shop in Chicago,…
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Dave McGowan Guides The DuPage Foundation By Larry Atseff ommunity foundations like DuPage Foundation are defined as grantmaking public charities that improve lives of people in defined geographic areas by connecting donors with effective nonprofits. Dave McGowan, for 23 years, has led DuPage Foundation to become one of the most productive links between donors and…
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Waverley Family Has an Impact By Larry Atseff Meet Braden Waverley: A Hinsdale dad who is all about volunteering to make Hinsdale a better place to raise a family. It’s a past time that is not lost on any member of his family and it’s one that helps his family bond to each other and…
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Adam Andrzejewski’s Transparency Revolution By Hinsdale Magazine We recently talked with Adam Andrzejewski (pronounced Angieeff-ski) and his interest in greater transparency in government spending, by establishing his website “Open The Books”. Adam, 51, explains “I’ve always believed in family, faith and small towns. As the oldest of seven children, I grew up in Herscher, a…
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Dentist Marks Nearly Four Decades in Hinsdale By Larry Atseff Longevity is a key measure of success. In the following Q and A with Dr. Peter Harnois, we find out how he has carried on the tradition started by Dr. Donald Thorne in 1969. This year, Dr. Harnois will mark nearly 40 years of dentistry…
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the father of Oak Brook… and much more By Larry Atseff Once upon a time, spanning much of the 20th century, a true visionary came on the scene in what is now the Village of Oak Brook. Paul Butler was the Father of Oak Brook—but he accomplished a whole lot more. What follows is a…
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