🌱 Blood Drive: Go Gold for Kids with Cancer and 10 more events

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Coming up on the calendar:

• Blessing of the Animals at St. Barnabas Episcopal Church
• Book Club: Atmosphere: A Love Story by Taylor Jenkins Reid at Glenside Library
• Blood Drive: Go Gold for Kids with Cancer at Glenside Library, 25 E Fullerton Ave, Glendale Heights, IL, 60139

... and check out 9 more events on the calendar!

Today's riddle: What do you call a one-legged Big Foot? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Increasing cloudiness, with a high of 76 and low of 61 degrees.
• Wednesday: A little afternoon rain, temps: high: 74, low: 66.
• Thursday: Periods of rain, with a high of 68 and low of 53 degrees.

📸 Around Glendale Heights

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Glendale Heights

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday October 3
• Blessing of the Animals →
  St. Barnabas Episcopal Church, 22W415 Butterfield Rd, Glen Ellyn
  1:00 pm

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Other local events

Tuesday September 29
• Book Club: Atmosphere: A Love Story by Taylor Jenkins Reid →
  Glenside Library, 25 E Fullerton Ave., Glendale Heights
  7:00 pm
Wednesday September 30
• Blood Drive: Go Gold for Kids with Cancer →
  Glenside Library, 25 E Fullerton Ave, Glendale Heights, IL, 60139
  9:00 am
• Baby Time (Ages 0-24 Months + Guardian) →
  Glenside Library, 25 E Fullerton Ave., Glendale Heights
  10:00 am
• Toddler Time (Ages 2-4 + Guardian) →
  Glenside Library, 25 E Fullerton Ave., Glendale Heights
  10:45 am
• ASZ →
  Glenside Library, 25 E Fullerton Ave., Glendale Heights
  3:00 pm
• Getting Started with PowerPoint →
  Glenside Library, 25 E Fullerton Ave., Glendale Heights
  7:00 pm
• 9/30: Countdown to 250 - Celebrating Our Freedom
  DuPage County Historical Museum, 102 E. Wesley St., Wheaton
  7:00 pm
Thursday October 1
• Month of October: Pumpkin Fest
  Cosley Zoo, 1356 North Gary Ave, Wheaton
  9:00 am
• Watercolor Pattern Leaves (Grades 1-3) →
  Glenside Library, 25 E Fullerton Ave., Glendale Heights
  4:00 pm
• ELL Conversation Group →
  Glenside Library, 25 E Fullerton Ave., Glendale Heights
  7:00 pm
Saturday October 10
• Friends of the Library Fall Book Sale →
  Glenside Library, 25 E Fullerton Ave, Glendale Heights, IL, 60139
  9:00 am

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🪧 Patch Classifieds

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Dunkin' posted a job opening for Shift Leader in Lombard. Apply here.
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🗞 Nearby News

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• CCL football roundup: Here are results, stats and scoring plays from Week 6 of the 2026 IHSA season (shawlocal.com)

Wheaton

• Wheaton Students Launch New Psychology Club (thewheatonrecord.com)
• The Search for the Senior Bench, and Who's Still Playing (thewheatonrecord.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Hop Squatch! (Thank you Terri R. for sending it in!)
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