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Taste of DeKalb to bring music and food to Downtown DeKalb

By Northern Star Entertainment Staff | September 27, 2019

Following the DeKalb Corn Classic 10K and 5K races, the Kishwaukee Rotary Club will host the Taste of DeKalb from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday at Frank Van Buer Plaza, 200 Palmer Court. The event is free to the public and will have food vendors from across...

Pay It Forward a good program to alleviate student debt

Pay It Forward a good program to alleviate student debt

By Hayley Devitt | July 16, 2013

If you’ve kept up with news for the last few weeks, you probably have learned interest rates for student loans are on the rise.But a more optimistic occurrence in the news was Oregon’s State Senate passing H.B. 3472 earlier this month. Called “Pay...

Local non-profit celebrates anniversary

By Alan Kozeluh | May 6, 2013

The Pay-It-Forward House, 719 Somonauk St., is celebrating its eighth anniversary this year. The nonprofit provides low-cost lodging for the families of patients at Kindred Hospitals, 225 Edward St. The house had its first guests in March 2005. Kindred...

Elijah Itah, graduate student in school counseling, and Mi Hee Jeom, doctoral counseling student, plant tulips outside of the Pay-It-Forward House during Selfless Saturdays hosted by the Womens Resource Center in October 2010.

Nonprofit offers overnight shelter

By Maria Ahmad | September 20, 2012

Having a family member in the hospital can be tough, but a nonprofit organization eases the worries by providing overnight accommodations to out-of-town families. The Pay-It-Forward House, 719 Somonauk Street in Sycamore, is a volunteer-based organization...

Volunteers welcome for Pay-It-Forward dinner

By Hailey Kurth | November 3, 2011

Pay-It-Forward House invites all of its volunteers and perspective volunteers to an appreciation soup-supper at 5 p.m. Sunday. The Pay-It-Forward House, located at 719 Somonauk Street in Sycamore, provides rest and respite for friends and family of patients...