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Randi Kennedy, marketing and management major at Kishwaukee Community College, folds shirts at Feed’em Soup’s clothing closet, 122 S. First St., in April 2012. Feed’em Soup, which is in need of some technological updates, lost a contest that could have garnered it a technology makeover.

Local charities lose out in contest

By Rachel Scaman | November 21, 2013

Opportunity House, 202 Lucas St. in Sycamore, won a printer valued at $1,000 in the Make My Non-Profit Run Better online contest by RKDixon.Each competing organization had to get people to vote online. The organization with the most votes won a grand...

Local non-profits contest finalists

By Northern Star Staff | November 3, 2013

Two nonprofits are battling to win a $15,000 office makeover.Opportunity House, 202 Lucas St. in Sycamore, and Feed’em Soup, 122 S. First St., have been named finalists in the RK Dixon/Premier Make My Non-Profit Run Better contest. The winning organization...

Janet Freeman, who works with the Opportunity House, packages gift wrap packaging for the upcoming holidays Wednesday morning.

Opportunity House knocks

By Jessica Wells | October 13, 2010

Sycamore | Since 1963, Opportunity House has been providing people with disabilities services to help them in their daily lives. Opportunity House, 202 Lucas St., Sycamore, helped more than 200 people last year by providing services like job placement,...