We held the Vakaros Strong Fundraiser on April 1 and 2 for our co-worker and friend, Lindsey Vakaros, and her two small children, Julianna, 9, and Preston, 2, who recently lost Steven Vakaros, their husband and father, suddenly.
We were supposed to do the entire event on that Saturday but Mother Nature got in the way. We did the first leg of our event Saturday and the second on Sunday.
My daughter's 2018 junior class in Hinsdale is trying hard to get Project Graduation - a drug- and alcohol-free all-night party for 2018 graduating seniors and their guests - back off the ground. It has been down for years. A few of us parents have started a committee this...