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Emmitt Thulin, president of the National Honor Society at Downers Grove North High Schol collects donated items from a car during a food drive at the school Dec. 12.
Jack Goddard loads a bag of donated items on to a bus during a food drive at Downers Grove North in Downers Grove Dec. 12.
Gunde Iwersen-Burritt collects a bag of donated items from a vehicle during a food drive at Downers Grove North in Downers Grove Dec. 12.
Hope Tschosik collects a bag of donated items from a vehicle during a food drive at Downers Grove North in Downers Grove Dec. 12.
Mackenzie Werthman thanks a donor during a food drive at Downers Grove North in Downers Grove Dec. 12.
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The first shipment of COVID-19 vaccinations from Pfizer-BioNTech arrived at Elmhurst Hospital on Dec. 17.
The first shipment of COVID-19 vaccinations from Pfizer-BioNTech arrives at Edward Hospital in Naperville on Dec. 17.
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Principal Janice Schwarze poses for a portrait at Downers Grove North in Downers Grove Dec. 17.
Principal Janice Schwarze poses for a portrait in her office at Downers Grove North in Downers Grove Dec. 17.
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Andy Dhanoa of South Elgin, a respiratory therapist at Edward Hospital in Naperville, is applauded as he enters the room to be the first employee to be administered the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine on Dec. 17.
Registered Nurse Amy Rowe loads a syringe with the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine during the first day of vaccinations for employees at Edward Hospital in Naperville on Dec. 17.
Nurses Amy Rowe (left) and Nikki Carini-Wardecki inspect a syringe with the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine during the first day of vaccinations for employees at Edward Hospital in Naperville on Dec. 17.
Andy Dhanoa of South Elgin, a respiratory therapist at Edward Hospital in Naperville, is the first employee to be administered the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine on Dec. 17 by nurse Nikki Carini-Wardecki.
Registered Nurse Nikki Carini-Wardecki loads a syringe with the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine during the first day of vaccinations for employees at Edward Hospital in Naperville on Dec. 17.
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Julian Barnes, 10, (left) and Jack Berman, 9, hop on pogo sticks as they wait for the city of Elmhurst's Hometown Holiday Parade throughout the city on Dec. 17.
