Friday, October 26, 2012
Lake in the Hills Bingo kicks off tonight at 7 p.m. at the American Legion Post 1231, 1101 W. Algonquin Road in Lake in the Hills.
Marianne Ricciardi of Huntley knows all too well the emotional toll that goes along with watching a child battle — and then lose that battle — with cancer. Ricciardi's son, Pasty (Pasquale) Ricciardi, died 10 years ago when he was 25 years old after a three-year battle with a rare pediatric bone cancer known as Ewing's Sarcoma Pediatric Cancer. If the emotional toll wasn't enough, Marianne said her family struggled financially trying to pay for the medical expenses to help save their son's life. The chemotherapy to help fight Pasty's cancer required five days of in-patient care every three weeks the initial year he was diagnosed, which cost $138,000 each time, she said. "The cost of the medical treatment and all it encompasses for this …
Friday, September 7, 2012
Huntley resident Joe Kettner will run the Chicago Half Marathon and Hyundai Hope on Wheels 5K run this weekend.
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- Gloria Casas
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Friday, September 7, 2012
Joe Kettner’s son, Carter, was at the finish line with his captivating smile when the Huntley man ran his first half marathon for the American Cancer Society. “The beautiful thing about that race that got me through without training was knowing Carter was at the finish line,” Kettner said. It will be that memory that Kettner carries with him, along with an iPod filled with the little boy’s favorite songs, as he runs in the Chicago Half Marathon and Hyundai Hope on Wheels 5K Sunday in downtown Chicago. Kettner is running in memory of his 6-year-old son, who died in May 2010 of an inoperable brain tumor, and for the charity his family started in Carter’s memory, Cancer Kiss My Cooley. “How cool it is this year I am able to run for our own …
Carter Kettner's family incorporated the charity in December 2010 then launched publicly on Sept. 23, 2011_ what would have been his 7th birthday. The family made this video to tell his story and how the charity was founded.
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- Gloria Casas
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Friday, September 7, 2012
Monday, August 20, 2012
Organization invites public to win big with a progressive jackpot game.
Huntley Bingo is introducing the Daily Power Ball, just one of several creative bingo games held at its weekly game. The Daily Power Ball is 50 cents per player and if you raffle on the Power Ball (the date of the day) you win the jackpot. If there is no winner, the jackpot grows. Huntley Bingon also has a free $500 drawing. Names are entered into the drawing when you play at the American Legion, 11712 W. Coral St. in Huntley. Doors open at 6 p.m. Games start at 7 p.m. The winner must be present for the $500 drawing. Regular book of cards start at $5 and specials are $1. You get a free 25 cent card with a purchase before 6:15 p.m. There is also an early bird game and an $80 jackpot game at 6:45 a.m. The progressive jackpot bingo, which …
cynthia
5:37 pm on Friday, October 26, 2012
I want to wish you all a great deal of luck and thank you for doing this. We just need an end to Cancer.. All cancers period. If only cancer reserch had the same amount of funds donated to it as AIDs reserch we just might have a cure soon. Cancer kills 100 times more people and children. We need an end to this terrible disease. more ›