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April 2010 Newsletter
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Fox Valley United Way
Annual Recognition Breakfast
Our annual recognition breakfast, the one time we pause during the year to recognize our volunteers and sponsors, is scheduled for Thursday morning, May 20th at Pipers Banquets on Butterfield Road in Aurora.  See what your dollars...and efforts...have accomplished.  Meet fellow Fox Valley United Way supporters.  Discover new ways to get involved.  Tickets are only $20 per person, $175 per table of 10.  Adding to the festivities again this year...The popular Exelon United Way Band!  Register here or for more information contact Deborah Collins at 630-898-4636, ext. 102.
Prescription Drug Discount 
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If yours is one of the many Fox Valley families without health insurance, or if you have coverage but it doesn't cover all your meds, take advantage of the free familyWize prescription drug discount card.  Part of a national United Way service, the drug card can lower the cost of medicine by as much as 30 percent or more at participating pharmacies.
 
Visit the Fox Valley United Way website and click on the "familyWize" icon to print as many copies of the prescription drug discount card as you need - another way we serve the Fox Valley community.  In addition to the free discount drug card, visit the "Help for Hard Times Guide" for a helpful listing of resources for times like these.
Over $8,000.00 has been saved in the Fox Valley!
Click here here to access the familywize prescription drug card
Ice Cream:  A Delicious Way to Donate
There's no better way to kick off the Ice Cream Season than with a cone from Colonial Cafe and Ice Cream - especially when the cone is on sale for only 50 cents and you can share the money you don't spend on ice cream with Fox Valley United Way.Colonial 
 
Here's the yummy deal: Colonial Cafe and Ice Cream is repeating its popular 50 cent ice cream cone sale through April.
 
Visit your favorite Colonial Cafe - the one in West Plaza on Galena near Orchard is "ours" - order up a cone for the entire family and deposit the money you don't spend on ice cream in the special United Way collection box at the ice cream counter!
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Fox Valley United Way
40 West Downer Place
Aurora, IL  60506
630-896-4636
Ride IV Reasons
George HoodFox Valley United Way supporter George Hood will attempt to set a new Guinness World Record for stationary (spin) bike with a 300 hour, 12 1/2 day Ultra-Marathon Ride April 11-24. George's goal is to raise funds for Fox Valley United Way youth programs and the Injured Marine Semper Fi Fund. Read More......
Save The Date:
Several dates should be circled on that old-fashioned calendar hanging on your wall - or highlighted on whatever tech device you use:
 
Sunday, April 11.  The kickoff of the Ride IV Reasons fundraiser.
 
Thursday, May 20.  Our annual Recognition Breakfast.
 
Saturday, June 19.  Community Wide Day of Caring "Operation Helping Hands".
 
Friday and Saturday July 9 & 10.  The Chris Brown Youth Football Camp.
 
Saturday, August 21.  Our 8th Annual Campaign Kick Off Cardboard Boat Race!
 
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