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12 | December 5, 2019 | The wilmette beacon News
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Family Service Center
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Funds raised at
2019 Greek Fest
in Glenview
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Rev. Richard Demetrius Andrews (left) and Rev.
Panagiotis Boznos (right), pastor of Sts. Peter and
Paul Greek Orthodox Church, present a check to Dr.
Renee Dominguez, executive director of Family Service
Center, a mental health agency serving Glenview,
Wilmette, Northbrook and Kenilworth. Photo submitted
The Family Service Center,
a mental health agency
serving Northbrook, Wilmette,
Kenilworth and
Glenview, was one of two
nonprofit organizations
to benefit from this year’s
Greek Fest celebration in
Glenview.
Sts. Peter and Paul
Greek Orthodox Church
recently presented donations
of $8,400 each, rasied
through proceeds from the
Glenview church’s annual
event.
Along with Family Service
Center, Orthodox
Christian Fellowship, a
collegiate campus ministry
with 200 university
chapters in the U.S. and
Canada, was a beneficiary
of Greek Fest.
“Our annual Greek Fest
gives the parish an opportunity
to reach out to our
neighbors in Glenview
and surrounding communities
to share our Greek
cuisine, our culture and
our faith,” said Rev. Richard
Demetrius Andrews,
pastor of Saints Peter and
Paul Church. “In addition,
we want to give some of
the event proceeds back
to the community by selecting
one local and one
national or international
organization each year as
recipients. We are pleased
to be supporting these
two worthwhile organizations.”
Family Service Center
Executive Director Dr. Renee
Dominguez said the
Wilmette-based organization
is “honored” to be a
beneficiary of Greek Fest
2019.
“We appreciate that the
Saints Peter and Paul parish
recognizes the value
of our work in the community,”
Dominguez said.
“The donation will make a
significant impact and allow
us to deliver critical
services to FSC’s clients
most in need.”
Family Service Center,
with offices in Wilmette,
provides clinical insight,
individual counseling for
children and adults, family
counseling, student
health and safety assessments,
community crisis
response, outreach, education
and consultation.
Deacon Marek Simon,
executive director of Orthodox
Christian Fellowship,
said the donation
from Saints Peter and Paul
Church will aallow dozens
of student to participate in
a regional retreat.
“OCF is grateful to
Saints Peter and Paul
Church for the donation,
as well as the commitment
from this community to
supporting college students,”
Simon said. “Over
60 students will attend a
regional retreat this fall,
which would not be possible
without this gracious
gift.”
OCF provides students
with a home away from
home, opportunities to
learn about their Orthodox
faith and skills to be effective
Orthodox leaders.
Student life on campus
focuses on four key areas:
fellowship, education,
worship and service.
Sts. Peter and Paul
Church will host the 2020
Glenview Greek Fest on
Saturday, July 25, and
Sunday, July 26, on its
church grounds at 1401
Wagner Road.
Barbara Schilling Stanton rings the bell at North Shore Country Day School in 1963.
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NSCDS offers reward
for bell stolen in 1978
Submitted by North Shore
Country Day School
North Shore Country
Day is once again initiating
a $500 reward for information
that would lead to the
recovery of the 168-pound
bronze bell given to the
school in 1962 and stolen
in 1978. The bell was a gift
from the Otto and Dorothy
Schilling family.
In the summer of 1962,
the Schilling family — including
Barbara (NSCD
Class of 1963) — took a
trip to Europe. While in
Germany, they stopped at
her uncle’s bell foundry
in Heidelberg. She was
so taken with the beautiful
bells that she thought
North Shore Country Day
should have one of its own.
Her father Otto Schilling,
inspired by his family’s
history as bell makers,
designed and selected
the specific ringtones for
the school bell he commissioned
to be cast by his
younger brother Friedrich
Schilling.
The bell was delivered
on Dec. 31, 1962.
“We all have been waiting
anxiously for the arrival
of our new bell and it was
a moment of joy for those
who were here when it arrived
on the day before New
Years,” wrote Headmaster
Nathaniel French to Friedrich
in early January 1963.
“Happily, Barbara was here
at school and so was able to
enjoy its unpacking with the
rest of us.“
arbara Schilling Stanton
of Golden, Colorado, remembers
ringing it for the
first time after it had been
hung outside the school’s
auditorium in the spring of
her senior year.
“The bell was beautiful,”
she said. “The name
of the school encircled the
top with the school crest
below.”
Beginning the following
school year, the bell was
used to signal the beginning
of classes each day,
to call students to the daily
assembly and for special
events.
The bell rang for the last
time during the early hours
of Nov. 28, 1978. Headmaster
Douglas McDonald,
who lived in Wavering
House at the northwest
corner of campus, heard
it ring once and fell back
asleep. In the morning, the
bell was gone.
Despite reporting the
theft to the Winnetka Police
and offering a reward
of $500 for its return, the
bell was never recovered.
If you have information
about its whereabouts,
contact communications@
nscds.org, or call (847)
441-3337.