Tag: Christmas

Orland Fire hosts annual holiday Toy Drive for needy families/children

November 14, 2025November 14, 2025 Ray Hanania No Comments

Orland Fire hosts annual holiday Toy Drive for needy families/children The Orland Fire Protection District is hosting its annual Toy Drive for needy families and children. The Toy drive collections are located at all 6 of the OFPD Fire Stations and the Fire Administration Building, where toy donations can be dropped off. The OFPD Toy…

Features, Fire, Government, News, NewsWire, Orland Fire Protection District, Orland Park

Is Thanksgiving and Christmas about celebration, or just about the money?

December 1, 2023December 1, 2023 Ray Hanania No Comments

Is Thanksgiving and Christmas about celebration, or just about the money? Thanksgiving and Christmas have been forcibly morphed from family holidays into commercial focused profit generation and greed. It’s no longer about families, enjoyment or religion but rather about spending money. By Ray Hanania When I was growing up, a phrase I am sure younger…

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Leving law firm hosts Toys for Tots giveaway at WGN TV

December 13, 2021December 13, 2021 Ray Hanania No Comments

Leving law firm hosts Toys for Tots giveaway at WGN TV Dad’s Rights advocate Jeffery Leving is co-hosting a Toys for Tots holiday giveaway organized by his legal team led by attorney Jeffrey Paustian in conjunction ith WGN TV Morning News. Leving, who is the premier attorney representing father’s rights, said during alive interview Dec….

Chicago, Cook County, Features, Jeffery Leving, Law, News, Suburban Chicagoland

Orland Township hosts Bingo with Santa

December 13, 2021December 13, 2021 Ray Hanania No Comments

Orland Township hosts Bingo with Santa Families had a December to remember at Orland Township’s Bingo with Santa. Nearly 120 guests joined Orland Township in celebrating the most wonderful time of the year with pizza and Holiday Bingo with Santa! The event took place at Papa Joe’s Italian Restaurant, 14459 South La Grange Road, Orland…

Entertainment, Features, Government, News, Orland Park, Orland Township, Suburban Chicagoland

Pop’s Italian Beef & Sausage Launches Holiday Give-Back Initiative with Toys for Tots

December 7, 2021December 7, 2021 Ray Hanania 1 Comment

Pop’s Italian Beef & Sausage Launches Holiday Give-Back Initiative with Toys for Tots Chicago-Based Restaurant Brand Offers Customers Free Soda for Each Toy Donation Made at Local Restaurant Locations CHICAGO, Ill. – Donate a toy, leave with a free pop! Pop’s Italian Beef & Sausage is ringing in the season of giving through the launch of its…

Business, Chicago, Features, food, News, restaurants, Suburban Chicagoland

Orland Township Holiday Program: Highlighting Donor Kindness

December 3, 2021December 3, 2021 Ray Hanania No Comments

Orland Township Holiday Program: Highlighting Donor Kindness Students at Cardinal Joseph Bernardin Catholic School helped make the holidays a bit brighter for families in Orland Township. Orland Township’s Holiday Program has provided a yearly holiday meal, gifts, and other personal items to more than 200 resident families in need for over three decades. This year,…

Cook County, Features, Government, News, Orland Park, Orland Township, Suburban Chicagoland

Chicagoland Toys for Tots Motorcycle Parade is Back, Dec. 5

November 29, 2021November 29, 2021 Ray Hanania No Comments

Chicagoland Toys for Tots Motorcycle Parade is Back, Dec. 5 Fortier “Everyone had a rough year and we want to make it better.” Chicagoland Toys for Tots Motorcycle Parade has been a Chicago tradition for forty-three years and the non-profit organization plans to make a return this year with the 44th Motorcycle Parade. In year’s past,…

Chicago, Cook County, Events, News, NewsWire

“Oh, What Fun” Festival of Trees is Back to Usher in the Holiday Season in the Quad Cities

November 5, 2021November 5, 2021 Ray Hanania No Comments

“Oh, What Fun” Festival of Trees is Back to Usher in the Holiday Season in the Quad Cities “Oh, What Fun!” The Kwik Star Festival of Trees is BACK in person this year! Returning to the River Center in downtown Davenport, Iowa, on November 20-28, this year’s Festival brings the magic of the holiday season…