Buffalo Wild Wings helps Halo of Hope put on successful donation program

CROWN POINT | After a successful March, the Halo of Hope Foundation would like to thank the Northwest Indiana and Chicagoland Buffalo Wild Wings locations that participated in the Hoops for Halos Donation Program.

Auxiliary keeps on giving

Union thanks Whiting with food pantry donation

WHITING | To staff the largest economic development project in the history of the State of Indiana, BP Whiting Refinery steadily employed 650 operating engineers and numerous union trades. "The working relationship established between the International Union of Operating Engineers Local No. …

Lansing Lions Club gives $1,000 donation to LARC

LANSING | LARC provides services to more than 100 developmentally disabled adults through a wide array of programs including developmental training, job placement, supported employment and community living arrangements.

Lansing Lions Club donates $1,000 to LARC

LANSING | LARC provides services to more than 100 developmentally disabled adults through a wide array of programs including developmental training, job placement, supported employment and community living arrangements.

Lansing Liions Club donates $1,000 to LARC

The Lansing Lions donated to LARC of Lansing. Pictured from left are Lion Jim Janssen, Lora Hurling, LARC executive director; Lion Steve Mayerak, Lion Tom Lockton, Lion President Richard "Doc" Rucoba, Lion Phil Stewart (in hat), PDG Lion Ken Straka, Garry Buell, LARC public relations/develop…

Wheelchair hoops team bows out at extravaganza

GRIFFITH | "Community Connections" was the theme as Griffith High and Middle School celebrated Disability Awareness Month in March with its sixth annual Wheelchair Basketball Extravaganza featuring the Hammond Rollin Hoosiers.

Lansing Lions donate to camp for children with cancer

The Lansing Lions Club donated $4,000 to Camp Quality Illinois. Pictured from left are Lion Steve Mayerak, PDG Lion Ken Straka, Lion President Richard "Doc" Rucoba, Lion Phil Stewart, Lion Dale Zylstra, Camp Quality Fundraising Coordinator Monica Lockton, Lion Les Bogs

Lansing Lions donate to camp for children with cancer

LANSING | The Lansing Lions Club recently donated $4,000 to Camp Quality Illinois, which serves Illinois and Northwest Indiana children with cancer by providing a one week camping experience, as well as, year-round programs to the children and their families at no cost.

Family honors trio of siblings

MERRILLVILLE | A donation of $100,000 has been given to the Lake County Public Library Foundation in memory of siblings Nancy, Mary, and Nicholas Yakovatz.

Challenger Learning Center receives grant from Praxair

HAMMOND | Challenger Learning Center of Northwest Indiana has received a $10,000 donation from Praxair Inc. to help fund the purchase and redevelopment of teacher professional development programs as well as the purchase of supplies for the upcoming space adventure summer camp series.

Canine program gets a boost

Glenwood donates firetruck to Gary Fire Department

GLENWOOD | As an act of interstate goodwill, the village has donated a surplus firetruck to the city of Gary.

Quilt proves Readers are Leaders

LOWELL | Readers are Leaders, a machine-pieced quilt, was recently donated to the library by Carole and John Sutton in the memory of their longtime friend, Dick Keithley.

Munster Lions roar for D.A.R.E.

Westville's inmates donate $5,800 to local communities

WESTVILLE | Even though they are locked up in a prison, the inmates at Westville Correctional Facility have found ways to help others in need. During the past year, they donated $5,800 of their funds to help multiple local agencies.

Casino valet donates kidney to customer

Jaime Maldonado, 62, a valet at Rivers Casino in Des Plaines, Ill., talks with Timothy Brennan, 64, of Elmhurst, a regular customer at the casino. Maladonado recently donated a kidney to Brennan.

Lansing Lions help Meals on Wheels

LANSING | The Lansing Lions Club donated $3,000 to the village's Meals on Wheels program for the purchase of a second commercial stove to feed more people in need.

Lansing Lions help Meals on Wheels

Lansing Lions Club donated to the village's Meals on Wheels program to purchase a second stove. Pictured from left are Lion Mike Winters, Meals on Wheels staff Anna Mae Brandsma, Betty Crisp, Elaine Siersema, Joan Voll, James Cassoday and Cathy Stone.