Lori Civello, DVM, cuddles one of her patients. She has owned Glendale Animal Hospital for 20 years, and recently moved to a larger office.

GLEN ELLYN

Organization collecting school supplies for low-income students

Supplies 4 Success is holding a drive through Aug. 21 for the more than 1,200 local students in Glen Ellyn School District 41 and Community Consolidated School District 89 who are expected to need school supplies for the coming school year.

The drive will be held at the Glen Ellyn Public Library, 400 Duane St., Glen Ellyn, during regular library hours.

Particularly needed are donations of three-ring binders and children’s backpacks.

Supplies 4 Success, a nonprofit organization, also accepts cash donations for basic school supplies and winter outerwear. According to the group’s website:

▪ A $25 donation provides a school supply kit and backpack for one student;

▪ A $50 donation provides school supply kits and backpacks for two students or winter outerwear for one student;

▪ A $75 donation provides school supply kits and backpacks for three students or a school supply kit, backpack and winter outerwear for one student and

▪ A $100 donation provides school supply kits and backpacks for four students or winter outerwear for two students

Cash donations may be made online at mypaynetapps.com or thepepfoundation.org.

NAPERVILLE

Benefit to salute conservation group’s work

As part of its 45th anniversary celebration of its work to save local waterways and land, the Conservation Foundation is inviting 150 guests to enjoy a meal specially prepared by a gourmet chef from 5 to 8:30 p.m. Aug. 12, at McDonald Farm, 10S404 Knoch Knolls Road, Naperville.

The Green Earth Institute will provide the organic vegetables for the meal, all grown on the grounds surrounding the evening’s dinner table.

Iron Chef America alumnus chef Paul Virant, owner of Vie in Western Springs, has designed the event’s menu. The reception menu will feature breakfast radishes, herbed Nordic creamery harvest butter, sea salt fennel and carrots “a la grecque” charcuterie, cheese, pickles, black raspberry jam and olive oil crackers. The entree will be dry-aged CDK beef sirloin (raised in the Midwest without hormones or antibiotics), garden herb chimichurri, Russian banana fingerling potato salad, and summer crisp lettuce with Caesar dressing. The dessert will be honey mousse, seasonal fruit and vanilla shortbread.

While dining al fresco on the 60-acre farm not far from where some of the meal was grown, guests will be entertained by Katie Moritz, an award-winning hammered dulcimer musician.

Cost is $125 for Conservation Foundation and Green Earth Institute members; $150 for non-members. Registration is limited to the first 150 guests. Reservations can be made online at theconservationfoundation.org/farmtofork.

GLENDALE HEIGHTS

Animal hospital moves to state-of-the-art clinic

Glendale Animal Hospital has moved into a new facility that offers high-quality veterinary care, improved treatment areas, a glass-enclosed ICU recovery center, digital technology and dedicated suites for surgery, dental procedures, and radiology.

The new hospital is just behind the former building at 1114 Main St., Glendale Heights. The clinic is larger than the old space, and has a separate cat-friendly entrance, waiting room and designated exam room. Animals are given treats during their visits.

Lori Civello, DVM, has owned Glendale Animal Hospital for 20 years. She is planning on showcasing the new office at an open house in the fall.

Glendale Animal Hospital is open seven days a week. To learn more about hours and services, go to glendaleanimal.com or call (630) 858-3530.

ELMHURST

Hospital to expand emergency room

A dramatic increase in the number of patients seeking treatment in Elmhurst Hospital’s

emergency department (ED) has sparked a renovation and expansion project that will increase the size of the department. The project will increase the ED to 39 rooms from 31 rooms. Construction is planned to begin in August and is expected to be completed in the fall.

In 2012, the first full year of operation following the opening of the new Elmhurst Hospital in 2011, the ED had 51,190 patient visits. In 2016, 65,405 patients were treated in the ED, a 28 percent increase. The ED was originally designed to handle 55,000 patients a year.

The project‘s $600,000 price tag is being funded by the Elmhurst Memorial Hospital Foundation.

LOMBARD

Church to hold 38th annual holiday fair

Sure, the Fourth of July is not yet a distant memory, but that does not mean you cannot think about holiday bazaars.

Trinity Lutheran Church of Lombard may be one of the first to announce its bazaar: the 38th annual Holiday Craft Show, slated to be held 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Nov. 11. The popular holiday shopping event will feature more than 60 purveyors of handmade or one-of-a-kind items. The church is located at the northeast corner of Roosevelt and Meyers Road in Lombard.

Craft spaces are available. Inquiries may be directed to events@trinitylombard.org or (630) 629-8765.

DOWNERS GROVE

Jewish community honors DG native for her work

A Downers Grove native has been named to the sixth annual Double Chai in the Chi: 36 Under 36 list of young Jewish movers and shakers in Chicago.

(The letters of the Hebrew word “Chai,” which means “life,” also represent the number 18.)

Lisa Wywrot, 30, was chosen by the Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago’s Young Leadership Division (YLD) and Oy!Chicago (oychicago.com)—an outreach website for Chicago 20- and 30-somethings. The list shines a spotlight on the faces of Chicago’s Jewish future and recognizes the contributions of this generation.

Wywrot, a registered nurse, was chosen because she provides compassionate care for critically ill people and their families in their most vulnerable moments and explores ways to improve treatments for and the experiences of people with traumatic brain injuries. She is working toward a master of science in nursing. She mentors teen girls through Girls on the Run, promoting healthy living and confidence.

The 36 winners will be honored at YLD’s “WYLD” party at 7 p.m. Aug. 10, at Old Crow Smokehouse in River North, at 149 W Kinzie. The party is open to the public. Tickets are available for $20 in advance or $30 at the door. To register, visit bit.ly/WYLD2017 or e-mail yld@juf.org.

Check out the list and full biographies online at oychicago.com/36under36.

–DuPage County News Briefs–