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Local Business Hosting Toy Drive In Memory Of AJ Freund
The toy donations and other items listed on the Child Advocacy Center of McHenry County website wish list will be dropped off at the center.
MCHENRY COUNTY, IL — A toy and donation drive is taking place through Oct. 13 at Orazio Pub, 333 N. Center Street, Naperville, in honor of Andrew "AJ" Freund, the Crystal Lake 5-year-old found dead in April in rural Woodstock, and whose parents remain behind bars on first-degree murder charges. According to the Roar for AJ Facebook page, donations will be delivered to Child Advocacy Center of McHenry County before a March vigil held Roar for AJ members in honor of what would have been the boy's 6th birthday.
According to the website, the Child Advocacy Center of McHenry County is a 501(c)(3) organization "that provides critical services to children who are victims of sexual abuse and severe physical abuse, and their non-offending family members."
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In addition to toy donations, the center accepts new and unopened items noted on an online wish list, including snacks, travel size personal hygiene products, blankets, service needs and more.
For more information and to get involved, visit the Roar for AJ Facebook page
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Patch will have more details soon on an upcoming Roar for AJ peaceful protest happening Sept. 26.
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