Ice Skating Rink At Old Orchard Opens This Week

In this "plan your week" feature, find out about a coat drive, a holiday bazaar, preventing sexual exploitation of children, and more.

Posted Sun, Nov 17, 2013 at 12:34 am CT

The ice skating rink at Westfield Old Orchard Mall opens Wednesday, and costs $1 admission. If you need to rent skates, that will cost you $3 more. There will be DJs on Saturday evenings, and performances Tuesdays and Sundays.
Donate a slightly-used or never-used coat to help someone stay warm this winter. Rotary of the Skokie Valley is hosting a coat drive now through Dec. 13. Coats can be dropped off at a number of locations, including Oakton Park, the Weber Center, Devonshire Park, the Skokie Library, the Morton Grove Library, Feldman Park in Niles and many more.
Not only will the Cornucopia Holiday Fair have balanced offerings of jewelry, handicrafts, gourmet foods and other goodies and giftables, it will also have a Men's Den for the guys. Put on by the Women's Club of Evanston; starts Friday, Nov. 22.
A training seminar on Preventing Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children will be held starting at 8 a.m. Saturday Nov. 30 at Willow Creek Church's branch in Northfield. Teachers, social workers, park district personnel, law enforcement, youth agency employees and anyone who feels they could help are invited to attend; $30; register.

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