At the Special Olympics Spring Games, there’ll be some die-hard athletes and there’ll be some showboaters. Above all, there’ll be some competitors as more than 650 athletes from DuPage, Kane, Kendall and western Cook counties participate in the 2012 Areas 2 and 5 Special Olympics Spring Games on Sunday in Naperville. View full post on [...]
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Posts Tagged ‘spring’
West suburban athletes go for gold in Special Olympics Spring Games
By NaperBuzz on Friday, April 27th, 2012 | No Comments
‘Spring Ahead’ run a success for Naperville service agency
By NaperBuzz on Sunday, April 15th, 2012 | No Comments
Roughly 875 people participated in Sunday’s 360 Youth Services Spring Ahead Run, a fundraiser for the Naperville-based social service agency 360 Youth Services (formerly NCO Youth Services), which provides counseling and other services to local young people. View full post on DailyHerald.com > Naperville
Read More...A spring walk at Knoch Knolls
By NaperBuzz on Friday, April 13th, 2012 | No Comments
With the addition of the new bicycle bridge and the DuPage River Trail at Knoch Knolls, more people have been walking or riding through the beautiful woodland. In addition to the new paved trail, there are established grass, gravel, and mulch trails that allow visitors to see much more of the natural landscape. While the [...]
Read More...Naperville’s Spring Ahead Race changes teens’ lives
By NaperBuzz on Friday, April 13th, 2012 | No Comments
Transforming lives. It’s a big goal, a lofty promise. And yet it’s a daily job description for the staff and volunteers at 360 Youth Services. Miguel Caballero of Naperville has seen 360 Youth as both a participant and a volunteer. Today, he tells us about his experiences with the organization. View full post on DailyHerald.com [...]
Read More...Spring comes early to the Riverwalk
By NaperBuzz on Friday, March 30th, 2012 | No Comments
The tulips and daffodils are blooming on the Riverwalk, in pink, yellow, white, and purple, a mix of spring colors designed to look like Easter eggs in a basket. Tulips in bloom in front of the Park District Administration Building Daffodils at the Riverwalk I was curious about what goes into the planning of the [...]
Read More...Running season starts with 5K Spring Gallop at Blackberry Farm
By NaperBuzz on Friday, March 23rd, 2012 | No Comments
Mother Nature is running a fever of record-breaking proportions. But this wacky warm weather has also brought more people outside, and sooner. For runners, that means longer and perhaps more frequent runs without the choking pain of frost-cold air penetrating your lungs. Next Saturday, March 31, the fifth annual 5K Spring Gallop is run at [...]
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