Community Events and Information
Overview
Below is a list of events taking place within our community, as well
as other general information which may be helpful to you.
Please note that the events are sponsored by other not-for-profit
organizations and not by the Village.
If your are interested in having your event or information published on this page,
please contact our Village Clerk at 630-372-4221.
To view a list of Village sponsored events,
click here.
Young Eagles Program
ComEd Helping Hand Program
Breakfast with the Bunny
Path to Citizenship/2010 Census Information Session
Kids at Hope Community Resource Fair
Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive
Illinois ENERGY STAR® Appliance Rebate Program
Comcast Changes
American Cancer Society Relay for Life
Elgin High School Youth Assisting Community Homeless
Teens Club
Schaumburg Flyers - Hanover Park Community Night
 Young
Eagles Program
The EAA Young Eagles program was launched
in 1992 to give interested young people, ages 8 - 17, an opportunity to
go flying in a general aviation airplane. These flights are offered free
of charge and are made possible through the generosity of EAA member
volunteers.
Since 1992, more than 1.5 million Young Eagles have enjoyed a flight
through the program. Young Eagles have been registered in more than 90
different countries and have been flown by more than 42,000 volunteer
pilots.
EAA, the Experimental Aircraft
Association, is an international aviation membership association founded
in 1953 and headquartered in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. EAA sponsors many
aviation education programs including the EAA Young Eagles program.
For further information,
click here to
visit the EAA Young Eagles website.
ComEd
Helping Hand Program
In response to unemployment rates of more than 20 percent in parts of
the Chicago metropolitan area, ComEd launched its Helping Hand program.
The Helping Hand program is designed to provide immediate relief to
residential customers in need facing service suspension. It is open to
qualifying ComEd customers who have received a disconnection notice or
were recently disconnected.
Customers with a financial, medical, or other hardship issue can pay
50 percent of their outstanding balance and ComEd will credit the
remaining 50 percent once the payment has been cleared. The Helping Hand
program is only available from March 1 through March 31, 2010.
To sign up, customers must either call 1-888-806-CARE (2273) or
attend a ComEd assistance fair (click
here for a list of those fairs). Customers who call to sign up by
phone need to provide a ComEd account number, a method of payment
(check, credit card or debit card) and proof of a financial, medical, or
other hardship issue. Customers who sign up at a ComEd assistance fair
must provide a disconnection notice, a method of payment and proof of a
financial, medical, or other hardship issue; proof of identification for
the ComEd customer of record, and a current ComEd bill (within 30 days).
Breakfast
with the Bunny
The Hanover Park Lions Club will host a Breakfast with the Bunny
event on Saturday, March 27 from 8:00 a.m. to Noon at the Hanover Park
Community Center, 1919 Walnut Street. Bring the whole family for a
fun-filled morning. Each child will receive bunny money to be used
for crafts to make and games to play. The cost for adults is $4.00
and children 12 & under $3.00. Pancakes, sausage, orange juice,
coffee and hot chocolate will be served buffet style. Professional
photos with the bunny will be available for purchase. For further
information, contact Lion Lori Kaiser at 630-837-9152.
Path
to Citizenship/2010 Census Information Session
Join HIAS Chicago on Tuesday, March 9, 2010 from 6:00-8:00 p.m. for
an informational session on "Paths to Citizenship". The Village of
Hanover Park will also be there to provide information on the 2010
Census. Click here to view the
event flyer.
Kids
at Hope Community Resource Fair
The Hanover Park Kids at Hope Coalition will be sponsoring a special
"Kids at Hope Community Resource Fair" on April 10, 2010 at the
Community Center Gym of the Hanover Park Park District, 1919 Walnut
Avenue from 10:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m.
This resource fair is designed to promote and provide information
regarding various opportunities and activities for youth in the Village
of Hanover Park.
The fair is free and open to the public. There will be
concessions available for a small fee. For further information
about the Community Resource Fair, or to sign up to have a table at the
fair, please contact Gail Mehlan at
gailmehlan@sd54.k12.il or
call 630-736-3525.
Stamp
Out Hunger Food Drive
On Saturday, May 8, the Campbell Soup Company will team up with the
National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) to collect food donations
in order to provide assistance to the rapidly increasing number of
Americans who are struggling with hunger during the NALC’s annual Stamp
Out Hunger! food drive.
The Stamp Out Hunger! drive is a nationwide effort to provide food to
local food banks and pantries that would otherwise have depleted stocks
during the summer months and are experiencing universal increases in
demand for emergency food assistance due to the current recession as
well as growing unemployment rates.
Helping Stamp Out Hunger! is as easy as checking your mailbox. Just
leave a bag of non-perishable food where your letter carrier normally
delivers your mail on Saturday, May 8. Your letter carrier will then
pick up and deliver the food to a local food bank. Examples of
non-perishable items include:
o Canned soup
o Canned meats and fish
o Canned vegetables, fruits and juices
o Boxed goods (such as cereal)
o Pasta and rice
For more information about the annual Stamp Out Hunger! effort in
your community, ask your letter carrier, contact your local post office
or visit either
www.helpstampouthunger.com or
www.facebook.com/StampOutHunger, or follow the drive at
www.twitter.com/StampOutHunger.
Illinois
Energy Star Appliance Rebate Program
The State of Illinois is pleased to announce the Illinois ENERGY STAR®
Appliance Rebate Program, funded by the American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act and the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic
Opportunity (DCEO).
This program provides incentives for Illinois consumers to replace
older appliances with specific residential ENERGY STAR qualified
appliances, water heaters, and HVAC equipment. The new appliances must
be purchased in Illinois through participating retail stores or
contractors.
Illinois' program will be rolled out in two phases:
• Starting January 31, 2010, consumers can get point of purchase
rebates on qualifying heating and cooling equipment and water heaters as
long as funding lasts.
• Point of purchase rebates on ENERGY STAR qualified clothes washers,
dishwashers, refrigerators, freezers and room air conditioners will be
available for items purchased from April 16 – 25, 2010.
Consumers looking for more information on the Illinois Energy Star
Appliance Rebate Program can call 877-782-7005 or
click here for additional details.
Comcast
Changes
In early 2010, Comcast will be making updates to their on-screen
cable guide for their digital cable customers. To get additional
information, visit
www.comcast.com/guide.
The American Cancer Society Relay For Life is a life-changing event
that gives everyone in communities across the globe a chance to
celebrate the lives of people who have battled cancer, remember loved
ones lost, and fight back against the disease. At Relay, teams of people
camp out at a local high school, park, or fairground and take turns
walking or running around a track or path. Each team is asked to have a
representative on the track at all times during the event. Because
cancer never sleeps, Relays are overnight events up to 24 hours in
length.
The Relay for Life event will take place on June 25-26, 2010 at
the Fire Barn in Bartlett. If you are interested in putting a team
together and start fundraising, please go to
www.relayforlifebhps.com to sign up.
For further information, please contact Wendy Bednarek at
630-372-4254.
Elgin
High School Youth Assisting Community Homeless Teens Club
The Youth Assisting Community Homeless Teens Club is a student-led,
philanthropic organization focused on lessening the effects of youth
homelessness in the community. YACHT places a strong emphasis on
volunteering and spreading awareness about the pervasiveness of this
deeply complex issue. If you are interested in learning more or working
with YACHT Club, please contact Sarah Clark via e-mail at
sarahv20@comcast.net.
Schaumburg
Flyers - Hanover Park Community Night
Mark your calendars! Saturday, August 14th is Hanover Park
Community Night at the Schaumburg Flyers Baseball Game. The game
starts at 6:00 p.m. Hanover Park residents will be offered
discounted tickets for that evening. Watch our website for
additional information.
Village of Hanover Park
2121 West Lake Street
Hanover Park, IL 60133
(630) 372-4200
Hours:
Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays & Fridays, 8:00 am - 4:30 pm
Thursday, 8:00 am - 7:30 pm
All information © 2008 Village of Hanover Park, Illinois
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