News Briefs: Vernon Hills High School food drive runs until Jan. 27

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Updated: February 27, 2012 8:17AM

VHHS food drive runs to Jan. 27

The Vernon Hills High School Freshman Student Council is holding a canned food and supply drive through Friday, Jan. 27 to benefit local food pantries. Donations to the drive can be dropped off to the check-in desk in the VHHS foyer, 145 Lakeview Parkway, Vernon Hills.

Local panties have expressed need for the following items: Cereal, especially oatmeal, peanut butter, jelly, pasta, pasta sauces, rice, beans; any nonperishables; and toiletries including soap, shampoo, toilet paper, laundry soap, paper towels, and Kleenex.

For more information, contact Freshman Student Council Sponsor Siobahn Szabo via e-mail at siobhan.szabo@d128.org.

Disco date night at Central YMCA

Fathers/daughters and mothers/sons can spend quality time together during a family-friendly “date” night at Central Lake YMCA just before Valentine’s Day.

Disco Date Night will be held on Feb. 11, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., at the Central Lake Y, 700 Lakeview Parkway, Vernon Hills. Parent/child (6 years and older) couples can enjoy an evening of dinner, dessert and dancing. Fees are $5 per couple for Lake County Family YMCA members and $10 per couple for community members.

To register or for more information, contact Jaclyn Kling at Central Lake Y at (847) 367-6797 or jkling@ymcalakecounty.org.

Fremont library offers math tutoring

Fremont Public Library will offer free math help to students from kindergarten through 12th grade. Tutors will be at the library on Wednesdays from 6 to 8 p.m., through May 16. Help will be offered with math, algebra and geometry homework.

Registration is not required, but students must check in at the Youth Services desk first. Students younger than 8 must be accompanied by a parent.

For students who need help on a different day, free online help can be found through the library’s website. “Live Homework Help” is available from 2 to 9 p.m. daily by visiting www.fremontlibrary.org, click on “Youth,” then “Homework Center,” then “Live Homework Help.” Individuals will be connected via chat with a live tutor who can help students across a wide range of grade levels with a variety of subjects. “Live Homework Help” is also available in Spanish.

For more information, call (847) 918-3218.

Venetian ball to be held at Cuneo

The Boys & Girls Club of Lake County will sponsor a Venetian Masquerade Ball on Feb. 11 at Cuneo Mansion and Gardens, 1350 N. Milwaukee Ave., Vernon Hills. Doors open at 6 p.m.

The evening will begin with cocktails and a tour of the museum’s fine antiques, Renaissance paintings, tapestries, sculptures, silver and porcelain. Dinner and dancing will follow with music by “Maggie Speaks”. 

Tickets are $175 per person and before Feb. 8, $1,500 for a table of 10. After Feb. 8, it is $1,750 for a table of 10.

For information or to sign up to attend, visit the organization’s website at www.bgclc.com or contact Donna Funk at The Boys & Girls Club of Lake County at (847) 473-5990, dfunk@bgclc.com or contact Susan Layton at s.layton@stantonchase.com

Condell to host training course

Advocate Condell Medical Center will host the first 2012 training course for nurses seeking Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) credentials.

About 42 nurses are expected to attend the five-day course, which will be held online and from Jan. 31-Feb. 2 at Advocate Condell in Libertyville. The course is offered in cooperation with the Illinois Attorney General’s Office.

SANE training is designed to educate RNs and other medical professionals on performing forensic medical examinations on survivors of sexual assault. Proper evidence collection from a medical examination is key in prosecuting perpetrators in sexual assault cases.