Sunday CROP walk in Elgin to be led by Danise Habun
Elgin’s 39th CROP hunger walk, organized by Elgin Cooperative Ministries to raise money for disaster relief, disaster prevention and food programs, will be led by local volunteer Danise Habin at 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 27.
Registration gets underway at 1:30 p.m. behind the Elgin City Hall, 150 Dexter Court. Participants can walk a two-mile course or bike a five-mile course, with money raised through pledges and gifts made to those who complete the event, a news release said.
Habun is the event’s honorary chair. She is “being honored for her longtime service as a volunteer, nonprofit executive and board member who had worked diligently to create a community in Elgin that respects the rights and needs of people who have been marginalized by their financial poverty,” the release said.
CROP walks are held all over the country to support “faith-based work transforming communities around the globe through just and sustainable responses to hunger, poverty, displacement and disaster,” the release said.
Last year, the Elgin CROP walk was the 65th largest in the country, organizers said. Of the money raised, 25% will go to Elgin Cooperative Ministries to fund local food pantries and soup kettles, the release said.
Halloween trick-or-treat hours set for Elgin, neighboring towns
The city of Elgin and neighboring communities have announced the following hours for trick-or-treating on Halloween, which this year is Thursday, Oct. 31.
Elgin, Carpentersville, East Dundee, West Dundee and South Elgin’s hours are 3 to 7 p.m. and Sleepy Hollow’s are 3 to 8 p.m.
The East Dundee Facebook page recommends that residents who welcome trick-or-treaters should turn their porch lights on and those who don’t want to give out candy keep theirs off.
For a list of trick-or-treating hours in other Elgin-area towns, go to exploreelginarea.com/2024/09/elgin-area-trick-or-treating-hours-and-trunk-or-treats-events or to kanecountyconnects.com/article/halloween-trickortreating-trickortreatinghours-kanecounty.
Elgin Master Chorale’s new season starts Sunday at ECC
The Elgin Master Chorale will start its season with performances of Robert Hanson’s Psalms of David and Brahms’ Gesang der Parzen and Tragic Overture at 3:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 27, at Elgin Community College’s Performing Arts Center.
The concert will be directed by Andrew Lewis and features the Elgin Symphony Orchestra, according to a news release.
Founded in 1947 as the Elgin Choral Union, the chorale became a nonprofit organization in 1996 and was rebranded as the Elgin Master Chorale in 2014. It features 85 volunteer singers.
Tickets are $26 for students and seniors and $31 for the general public. They can be purchased at eccartscenter.org/tickets or by calling 847-622-0300.
For more information on the chorale and its 2024-25 season, go to elginmasterchorale.org.
