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Virtual Walks Raise Money, Spirits

Posted on Oct 8, 2020, by

These (pink) feet were made for walking. Walking for a great cause! The Community Foundation team is cheering on participants of local virtual fundraising walks/runs or participating in them. This year’s re-imagined American Heart Association Heart Walk was Sept. 26-Oct. 3, raising funds for lifesaving science that can teach us all how to live longer […]

American Cancer Society’s Sole Burner goes virtual; Community Foundation team walks together

Posted on Sep 3, 2020, by

The Community Foundation staff is teaming up to safely support the American Cancer Society. This year’s Sole Burner 5K Walk/Run is now a virtual event on or before September 12 to benefit the American Cancer Society. Megan participates in the virtual event with her dogs Peyton and Sissy. What is a “virtual” race? This year’s […]

Interview gave a closer look at Joyce Bytof

Posted on Nov 1, 2013, by

The Fox Valley lost a true mover and shaker with the Oct. 31 passing of Joyce Bytof. That’s how I knew her from a distance through the years. An interview in May gave me a closer experience with this extraordinary woman. I saw beyond the successful businesswoman to an individual who was convinced her will […]

Joyce Bytof considers her legacy

Posted on Jun 24, 2013, by

In many years as a city hall and business reporter, I dealt with a lot of real estate professionals. The successful ones always presented an unwaveringly optimistic facade, no matter the reality or their actual opinions. So when I went to the offices of Coldwell Banker the Real Estate Group Inc. to interview company Chair […]

Future focused

Posted on Jun 24, 2013, by

When someone plans a campaign for a community project in the Fox Valley, the list of people they’d like to champion it is certain to include Joyce Bytof. For a good cause, her answer always normally would have been yes. But a long battle with a rare form of cancer has forced Joyce, chairman 0f […]

Kicking it to cancer

Posted on May 20, 2013, by

Rebecca Skowronski was a typical high school sophomore, her days filled with studying, athletics and friends, when her mother’s breast cancer diagnosis turned everything upside-down. “At the time I hadn’t really heard too much about cancer, at least not anyone that I was close to, especially a family member,” Rebecca said. Her mom had surgery […]