Recycling day will help decluttering projects
At least once I year when I go to my mother's house, she has a box of things for me. The things were happily stored in a closet in her house until she found them and decided they needed to be returned to me. One time, it was all my high school yearbooks, dried flower bouquets and dance ticket stubs.

Many will sleep outdoors to help homeless
As Halloween approaches, we take delight in being frightened for moment by a ghoulish mask or a dangling spider. But there are some people dealing with a fear that is very real and far from spill-tingling fun. This is the fear of being homeless.

Help those with breast cancer 'turn it around'
'It's a great little shop," said Fox Valley resident Margaret Daugherty who recently called me to ask if I would be willing to write about a shop she had visited in Naperville called A Women's Place.

Firm's donation could save your pet's life
Two years ago, my sister's home burned to the ground. When I talked to her the day after the awful event, she was depressed about losing all of her clothing, dishes, furniture and pictures, but the thing that caused her the most stress was being unable to find her cat.